Hello, I'm Paul Konasewich. I'm the founder of Connect Leadership. I am a passionate believer in approaching leadership as a science—a definable, measurable phenomenon that can be understood. I am particularly interested in how to effectively teach core leadership skills. These are still the early days of the field! Much innovation is yet to come.

 
Outside of Connect Leadership, I teach part time with the Challenge Learning Center in Mountain View, California.

In years past I was a group program manager at Microsoft, including stints on Excel, Encarta.com, and the Tablet PC. I have an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of business, where I focused on leadership and corporate strategy. Much of my thinking on group functioning was inspired by post graduate studies in family systems at the Georgetown Family Center.

I currently serve on the board of the Bay Area Organization Development Network.

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Robert Brennan, M.A. Robert is a corporate trainer, psychotherapist, international speaker and former team leader. He has provided training services for over 10 years to companies such as Bank of America, McGraw Hill and Genentech. He is inspired by the opportunity to bring psychological principles to an organization for the purpose of developing leaders.

David Dahl, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. He has extensive experience with cognitive therapy for depression, stress and anxiety. He is an executive and personal coach, and a talented communication instructor for couples and work groups. Dr. Dahl has 25 years of experience as a pastor and offers spiritual direction and religious counseling. He teaches graduate courses in neuropsychology, law and ethics, marriage and discerning vocational direction.

Eran Magen, Ph.D. conducts research on population health at the University of Pennsylvania through the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars program. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, where he also earned his M.A. in education. Eran chose a fascinating topic for his Ph.D. thesis: temptation and impulse control.