Barry Zweibel, MBA, MCC
President and Founder of GottaGettaCoach!, Inc.

Biography

Barry Zweibel, MBA, MCC, and President of GottaGettaCoach!, Inc., is a noted executive coach, leadership consultant, and certified life coach, having earned his Master Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation. (The MCC is the gold standard of coach certifications, the highest of three levels awarded by the ICF, one that only 2% of coaches worldwide have achieved.) Both the National and Worldwide Associations of Business Coaches have also designated him as a Certified Executive Coach. 

Prior to founding GGCI, in 2000, Barry held positions in customer service, project management, and operations – most recently in the financial services/information technology sector as vice president and corporate officer of telecommunications for the world’s largest futures and options trading facility. For several years, he was also an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University, blending his IT experience and coaching interests into a cohesive whole through the highly popular and engaging course he created entitled, Managing (the Human Side of) Mission Critical Systems.

Barry holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) and an MBA in marketing from DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois).

Credentials/Professional Affiliations

• MCC - Master Certified Coach - International Coach Federation (ICF) - 2007

• PCC - Professional Certified Coach - ICF - 2004

• CEC - Certified Executive Coach - National Association of Business Coaches (NABC) - 2002

• ACC - Associate Certified Coach - ICF - 2002

• RCC - Registered Corporate Coach - NABC - 2002

• CPCC - Certified Professional Co-Active Coach - The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) - 2001
   

• Adjunct Instructor, Northwestern University - 1997-1999

• MBA, marketing - DePaul University - 1991

• BA, psychology - Case Western Reserve University - 1977
   

• Associate Member - International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)

• Founding Member - 24x7 Coaching

• Founding Member and R&D Team Member - CoachVille

• Founding Member - International Association of Coaches (IAC)

• Member - American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

• Past Member - Human Capital Institute (HCI)

• Past Member - Peer Resources Network (PRN)

• Past Member - National Association of Business Coaches (NABC)

• Past Member - Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC)
   

• Cheerful Member - Secret Society of Happy People (hey, why not?!) [link]

Subject Matter Expert (SME) Interviews and Published Articles
Barry Zweibel, MBA, MCC, President
GottaGettaCoach!, Inc.

Quoted often as a Subject Matter Expert on a variety of personal and professional development topics, Barry Zweibel has appeared in a wide variety of print and on-line news resources: 

Books that Include/Cite Content by Barry Zweibel

• Professional Development: What Works, by Sally J. Zepeda (ISBN: 978-1-59667-086-0), includes a review and discussion of The  "F.R.A.M.E." Coaching Model, by Barry Zweibel.

• Building Employee Trust: A New Equation, edited by K.Sangeetha (ISBN: 81-314-0875-2), includes a reprint of Barry's provocative article, "The Dangerous Allure of Trust".

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