Yael Sara Zofi is the Founder and CEO of AIM Strategies^®, Applied Innovative Management^®. For 20+ years she has applied behavioral science techniques to organizations and teams and has dedicated her efforts to improving productivity in the areas of global leadership development, virtual team effectiveness and cross cultural communications.

Throughout her career, Ms. Zofi worked with clients in the high-tech, financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, electronics and media industries as well as non-profits and educational institutions. Her organizational development work focuses on helping leaders and teams become more successful through strategic alignment and guided change. She created assessment tools, facilitated global team strategy retreats, designed international talent management programs and lead merger integrations with three global organizations. Ms. Zofi also implemented process improvement, talent retention and performance management programs across three continents. Prior to forming AIM Strategies^®, Ms. Zofi was Senior Vice President of Performance Management, Leadership and Organizational Development with J.P. Morgan.

While at Morgan, Ms. Zofi facilitated several global transformation initiatives, including working with senior management to implement performance, customer and organizational strategies aligned with new business directions, technologies and public policies. She worked in Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia), Latin America (Argentina, Brazil and Mexico) and Europe (UK, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, as well as the Eastern Block). Prior to Morgan, she spent several years with Accenture (Change Management) and Price Waterhouse Coopers (Post-Merger Integration) working on business process reengineering and leadership development assignments.

A frequent presenter at seminars, Ms. Zofi has been a guest speaker at conferences, professional organizations and board groups. She has published several papers on global leadership and cross cultural communications, with the most recent ones on Innovation-Taking a Page From Thomas Edison (Dec. 2006) and Virtual Teams – Bringing Reality to Your Virtual Team (Sept. 2007).

She writes a Column called “Your People“ with Long Term Living Magazine and has recently published three booklets: Communicating Through a Global Lens™ – How to Broaden Your Perspective in a Cross Cultural World (2007), TOPS™ – Managing UP – How to Identify Your Manager’s Style and Build a Stronger Relationship (2007), and Work Your Network – Making Impactful Business Connections (2008). Yael’s current book, A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams, was recently released.

Active in her community, Yael led the Chamber of Commerce Business Entrepreneurship Roundtable and ran cross cultural communications workshops for international executives. As a Professor at New York University, she designed and taught courses (1995-2003): Leadership and Business Transformation, Leadership and Management Skills, and Management Principles and Ethical Practices to professionals and MA/MBA students.

Ms. Zofi serves on the Chief Learning Officer Business Intelligence Board, Social Networking Board, and is former Organizational Development Network (ODN) Board and Program Committee Chair. She also belongs to American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Association of Psychological Type (APT), the Human Resources Planners Association (HRPS), the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), and the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM). Mrs. Zofi holds a Business Management degree from Rutgers University, a Masters Degree in Organizational Development and Change from Columbia University and advanced post-graduate certificate with American University/National Training Laboratory (AU/NTL) Institute for Applied Behavioral Science.

She lives in Brooklyn with husband Ted and daughters, Maya and Ella.