Community Impact
Emerging Leaders Program
Instructor Biography
Elizabeth
Guman
Strategy Arts
Elizabeth Guman is a consultant who specialized in helping organizations, teams and individuals create results by aligning performance with their goals. She is a partner with Strategy Arts, a planning and research consulting firm based in West Chester. Her focus is on leadership development, stakeholder meeting facilitation and strategic planning. In order to provide this in-depth, highly customized work for clients, Elizabeth draws on her expertise in leadership, performance improvement and adult learning. This expertise is a result of over 21 years of consulting to all types of organization, combined with a solid educational background and credentials.
One of the primary offerings in Elizabeth’s consulting experience is the leadership course that she designed and delivers and that will be presented in the United Way Emerging Leaders Program. Over 170 leaders in the Philadelphia area have completed this leadership course. The course focuses on how leadership style, effective communication, conflict resolution and emotional intelligence are applied as critical leadership skills. Elizabeth currently teaches in the Communications Program for Wharton’s MBA and Executive MBA programs at University of Pennsylvania. She has also been a part-time faculty member in the graduate program in Instructional Design at Penn State Great Valley.
Elizabeth currently serves on the board of the Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia. She has been a featured presenter at international, regional and local professional conferences and meetings, and has been published in the Performance Improvement Quarterly. She serves on the Advisory Committee for the Chester County Leadership Connection program and on the board of the West Chester Rotary Club.
