Bruce Hammer, Ph.D.
President

Bruce Hammer is an executive coach and organizational consultant with an exceptional ability to effect lasting change in individuals and groups. Drawing on over 30 years of assessment and counseling experience, as well as his own leadership experience, Bruce applies up-to-date trends and best practices in the fields of psychology, organizational development, and coaching to his work.

As an executive coach, Bruce excels at identifying and targeting his clients' development needs, and communicating sensitive information in a straightforward yet empathic fashion. His potent communication style enables clients to integrate and utilize potentially challenging 360o survey feedback to propel their careers forward. His consistent dedication to his clients' growth allows him to gain their trust while helping them make and sustain difficult modifications to their behavior.

Bruce's approach to coaching reflects his belief that effective coaching always takes into account both the client's needs and the organization's culture and values; and that when individual development goals are aligned with organizational expectations, executive coaching results in success for both the individual and the company.

In addition to working one-on-one with executives, Bruce's expertise in organizational culture, group process, and interpersonal psychology make him especially effective when dealing with group interventions in the workplace. He has achieved remarkable results with leadership teams, business partners in conflict, and family members in family-owned businesses -- increasing communication and collaboration between these individuals, helping them identify and work towards shared goals, and ultimately enabling them to be more productive.

Before founding Hammer Associates in 2002, Bruce served as Executive Vice President of Lurie Executive Development, a position he assumed in 1995. Clients over the last decade have included Prudential Financial, Mellon Financial Services, First Data Corporation, National Football League, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Viacom, Wiley and Sons, Weiss Peck & Greer, Medical Action Industries, Telmar/ Peaktime, The Alcott Group, Norman Hecht Research, Burmax, and Vartest.

Bruce holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Hofstra University and has completed four years of postdoctoral training at Adelphi University. He is currently a full faculty member at the Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy (SIPP), a member of FFI (Family Firm Institute), and also teaches and supervises students at Adelphi University and C.W. Post. Earlier in his career, Bruce founded and served as Executive Director of Suffolk Institute, a position that provided him with personal experience in leadership and mentoring. Bruce is also an avid runner who has competed in many races and marathons; he credits much of his coaching passion and expertise to his lifelong involvement with endurance athletics.

Shulamit Falik
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

With over twenty years experience in corporate consulting, Shulamit Falik brings to Hammer Associates a rich and varied background in organizational development, project management, communications and technology.

Shulamit is involved with a wide range of organizational development activities at Hammer Associates, including the design and implementation of organizational assessments and surveys; meeting design and facilitation; and creating customized competency models for performance management. She also supports clients' communications needs by developing customized reports, presentations, marketing materials, position papers, and other communications vehicles. In addition to her work with clients, Shulamit is responsible for all of Hammer Associates marketing and communication initiatives as well as internal project management.

From 1998-2002, Shulamit served as Vice President of Lurie Executive Development, where she was responsible for culture change and organizational improvement initiatives for Prudential Financial, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, and the National Football League. Prior to 1998, she spent fifteen years as an independent consultant in Information Technology, working as a project manager, business analyst, and software developer, for AXA/Equitable, Cigna, and TIAA/CREF.

A graduate of Brooklyn College, Shulamit studied Organizational Development at the New School Leadership Center, marketing and small business development at Hofstra University Business Development Center, and is currently enrolled in classes at Gotham Writers' Workshop.

Sola Winley
Senior Consultant

Sola Winley brings to his executive development work his diverse experience and education in both business and counseling, enabling him to address all aspects of clients’ needs and concerns.

Before joining Hammer Associates in 2004, Sola founded the Institute for Leadership and Change, a leadership and management development organization for minority executives that has served numerous emerging and established professionals in a wide range of industries. As the Institute’s founder, Sola developed the business and strategic plans, secured the required funding, and designed and administered all the executive and management training programs. He is currently implementing a similar large-scale program for a nationwide non-profit agency.

Prior to that, Sola spent seven years with the National Football League (NFL) in a variety of capacities – most recently, as Senior Manager for Media Marketing and Sales, International Division. His responsibilities included special events marketing, fan development, sponsorship integration, and business and staff development. While at the NFL, Sola negotiated multi-million dollar international media contracts and opened new media distribution channels in Asia Pacific, Western Europe, and North America.

A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Sola holds an MA from Adelphi University, an MBA from the Fordham University Graduate School of Business, and an MSW from New York University. While at NYU, Sola was a Lucretia Jett Phillips Fellow, and is also a recipient of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Workers Award of Distinction. Mr. Winley is a member of the National MBA Association, the National Association of Social Workers, the New York State Society of Clinical Social Workers, and the Black Psychiatrists of Greater New York.