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 Dede Osborn is a leadership specialist working in organizations struggling with change and multi-cultural complexity and the principal of Salamana Associates. During the 15 years she lived in Mexico, she co-founded Tecnología Administratíva Moderna (TEAM, SC), a training and consulting organization which provides leadership training and assessment for development, in Spanish, for Latin American executives. This experience provided the opportunity to work throughout Latin America and provided the database for numerous research articles on Latin American leadership styles.
She has served as adjunct senior faculty and executive coach for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and was the Project Manager for the International Leadership at the Peak program for European senior executives in Barcelona, Spain in the year 2000. Most recently she was a core faculty member and coach for the Hawai'i Leadership Center, contributing to program design and delivery of a new program that views leadership through three cultural lenses -- Asian, Polynesian and Western -- and the senior consultant to the Pauahi Leadership Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dede has worked with international organizations such as: Colgate Palmolive, Whirlpool, Black and Decker, Prudential, Goodyear Oxo, Avon Asia, Hawai'i Air National Guard, US Army, Inter-american Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. She has also served as a consultant and coach in a wide variety of industries from international banking to manufacturing, non-profits, federal government, educational foundations, military, dot-coms, and entrepreneurial start-ups.
Born and raised in the Midwest, she is currently married and resides in Providence, Rhode Island. She has a Master's degree in Psychology and Professional Certification in Organization Development from Georgetown University and is a Certified Executive Coach with the National Association of Business Coaches. She has devoted her professional life to creating happier and more productive workplaces.
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