ABOUT COOPERPERSON & CONNECT

Ellen Cooperperson, President and Chief Learning Officer of Cooperperson Performance Consultants, is the Creative Force behind the Connect Course.

As a best-selling author, bold thought leader, communications consultant and trusted advisor to family businesses, Ellen has moved and inspired thousands to change, grow, and succeed. A pioneer in executive coaching, she has been instrumental in boosting employee effectiveness and maximizing individual, team, and corporate performance from entrepreneurial companies to multi-national organizations.

In 1978, Ellen achieved a precedent-setting victory in the NY State Supreme Court, and demonstrated the impact of language on cultural inclusion. Her name change case is a vivid example of a “Courageous Conversation™”, a term she coined for the method she teaches to quickly and effectively establish psychological safety and resolve conflict.  Ellen received her MA in Organizational Development from Norwich University, a top ranking military academy, She is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), as well as a Certified Master Coach and Facilitator.

To find out more about Ellen and Cooperperson Performance Consulting, go to www.cooperperson.com.


Thirty-Year Journey

Connect 4- Effective Communication is the culmination of over 30 years of coaching, teaching and motivating individuals and teams of every size, industry and trade –from Fortune 500 enterprises to small family owned business companies that grew to dominate market segments.  Ellen realized over time that it is communications styles that are the key to achieving great results within organizations of every kind, and even within interpersonal relationships outside of the workplace.

Over a two-year period, Ellen distilled all of that learning into an engaging 94-minute, 10-lesson course that is designed to impact and even transform individual and organizational behavior.

Speaking Engagements

Ellen Cooperperson is a dynamic speaker who draws upon three decades of experience and a vast knowledge of business to engage and inspire audiences with humor, impact and grace.  The following is a list of just a few of the many organizations that have welcomed Ellen to speak:

  • Association for Financial Professionals
  • American Express
  • Bank of New York Mellon
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Century 21 – Annual Sales Conference – Keynote
  • Citibank
  • Coca Cola
  • L’Oreal International National Convention – Keynote
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) – Keynote
  • Teachers Federal Credit Union – Keynote

Media Coverage

Ellen has been featured many times in print and broadcast media. Here are just a few:

  • Business Week
  • CNBC
  • Distinction Magazine
  • Long Island Business News
  • Newsday
  • Newsweek
  • The New York Times
  • Time Magazine
  • The Wall Street Journal