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Philip is the President of Philip Berry Associates, LLC. He inspired the founding of PBA after working in over 60 countries and lecturing extensively on leadership, innovation, talent development and diversity.

 

The focus of Philip Berry Associates LLC is on a broad range of human capital improvement programs including their unique 360 degree Executive Transformational Coaching program; comprehensive global talent development initiatives; truly global diversity strategic platform; along with targeted leadership and innovation training programs.

Prior to this he was Vice President, Global Workplace Initiatives and Corporate Officer for Colgate-Palmolive, a global consumer products company. Mr. Berry led the company’s efforts to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce and was responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating diversity and inclusion strategies on a global basis, along with EEO government compliance.

 

 

Philip joined Colgate in 1990 as Associate Director of Human Resources in the U.S. Company. He subsequently held senior Human Resources positions serving the Central Europe/Russia, Africa/Middle East, Latin America and European Divisions. In each of these areas Philip made meaningful contributions in focusing the Human Resources function on key business issues, particularly goal alignment, training, plant site rationalization, and acquisition integration.

 

 

In 2001, Philip became Vice President, Global Employee Relations - Best Place to Work, and was elected a Corporate Officer in 2003.  In this position he had responsibility for developing and managing employee relations policy; responsibility for emergency preparedness, ie the SARS crises, 9/11 and other global initiatives.

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Prior to joining Colgate, Philip acquired broad Human Resources expertise at Procter & Gamble, where he worked for eight years in labor relations, organizational development and compensation. He also worked at Digital Equipment as Personnel Manager and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority as Vice President, Human Resources.

 

 

A frequently sought out motivational speaker; Philip is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for City University, which has responsibility for the 23 colleges within the New York City area.  He is also Vice Chair of the Panel for Education Policy appointed by the Mayor of New York.

 

 

Additionally, he was appointed to the Business Leadership Council of CUNY (City University of New York). Further, He is the President of Hispanic Corporate Achievers and he is also on the Advisory Board of the New York City Center, an arts and cultural institution. In addition, he is Co-Chair of the Corporate Diversity Council for the Asia Society. Philip has received numerous awards, most recently the Crossing Borders awards from Feminist Press; and other awards from National Hispanic Corporate Achievers, Community Service Award from Alianza Dominica, the National Association of Asian American Professionals; the Quality of Work Life award from Work Life Matters magazine; the 100 Most Powerful Blacks in New York award from Crain Magazine, the Communicator of the Year award from Global HR News and the Governor’s award for Distinction in Community Service.

 

 

Mr. Berry received a B.A. in Sociology from Queens College and an Associate’s Degree in Marketing from Borough of Manhattan Community College. He holds an MBA from Xavier University, and an M.S.W from Columbia University. He knows French, Spanish and Swahili and several other languages.

 

 

Philip is the author of an upcoming book called “ Being Better Than You Believe: 8 Steps to Ultimate Success” and  has authored several articles.  Among the most recent are Mastering Cultural Dexterity: Diversity Best Practices  Journal 2009; How to Re-Light the Fire in Yourself & Others in a Down Economy: Global HR News 3/09 ;How Global Megatrends are Shaping Global Talent Management Strategies : Global H R News 12/08 and  How Transformational Leadership Inspires Change: Global H R News 11/08.