Our People
Rubinstein Consulting is comprised of senior consultants trained in organizational development, with specific expertise in leadership development and coaching. We provide pragmatic leadership development solutions needed to expand capability within the organization. Our consultants bring years of experience as internal and external consultants supporting large and mid-sized organizations in the public and private sectors.
Julie Rubinstein, Principal Consultant
Julie has been a huge help in getting my team positioned for success. Her methodical and deliberate approach is very effective. She creates a remarkably healthy environment, which allows this new team to cut through baggage and perception allowing us to attack our obligations to our stakeholders and regulators. She's a gifted leader with keen insight to interpersonal dynamics; she stays focused on simple, relevant and execution-oriented solutions.
Julie is a consultant, facilitator, and leadership coach with 20 years of experience working with leaders to bring clarity to who they are and how they lead their teams and organizations. She believes leaders are in a unique position to influence the success of the organization while having a profound and lasting impact on those they lead. Julie has successfully supported numerous leaders enter into new teams, face conflict constructively, and realign their group's efforts to company objectives. With a passion for learning and teaching, she weaves together a rich variety of powerful and effective tools to create valuable experiences for her clients. Julie is known for her perceptive insights, direct delivery, and sense of humor.
In addition to her organizational experience, Julie has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.
Julie's academic background includes a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, management emphasis, from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She is a certified executive coach through New Ventures West's rigorous year-long program, which is accredited through the International Coach Federation.
Our Associates
Ric Oslin
Ric is an Organizational Development Consultant and Executive Coach who specializes in helping leaders clearly define and articulate their organization's value proposition; then align their organization's culture and leadership practices.
Ric's work reflects his belief that there is no one right way to lead, nor is there only one way to design an organization. His experience has taught him that leaders are successful because they know why their customers come to them and then build their organizations to support the kind of relationship their customers expect.
Of particular note is Ric's work in the area of decision making. Recognizing that organizational culture is influenced most by how leaders lead, and that leaders often default to unconscious or "naturally preferred ways" of making decisions, Ric has created an innovative process to help executive and senior leadership teams build decision making practices that model and align with their value proposition.
Ric has served as both an Internal and External Consultant in the non-profit, public and private sectors. Ric holds Bachelors' degrees in Business and English from the University of Puget Sound, a Masters degree in Literature from the University of Chicago, and a Masters degree in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University. He also attended the Center for Effective Organizations program at USC's Marshall School of Business where he received his certification in Organizational Design.
Brian Mason
Brian Mason is a facilitator, executive coach, and organizational development consultant with extensive experience in the oil and gas, telecom, high tech and banking industries. As both an internal and external consultant he has worked at various organization levels ranging from frontline supervisors to the CXO level with world-class organizations.
For 25 years, Brian has been helping leaders and organizations both manage change and increase their bottom-line by aligning organization goals with the human side of the business. His areas of focus include custom designing and facilitating meetings where consensus and buy-in are critical, executive coaching, leadership and team effectiveness development, group conflict resolution, strategic planning, and change management consulting. He also offers highly customized solutions to meet the specific needs of his clients.
Brian Mason holds a MA in Whole Systems Design from Antioch University, a certificate in Organization Systems Renewal, and a Bachelor of Science from Bastyr University in Applied Behavioral Sciences.
Ivy Gordon
Ivy has been a business owner and entrepreneur for over 30 years. She co-founded a computer software company, which grew to become the industry leader in database and business management solutions. She maintained an IT consulting practice for 21 years with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, before she sold the company in 1993.
Ivy is currently a chair for VISTAGE/TEC International, the world's largest leadership effectiveness company. She helps CEOs grow their businesses on average 2.5 times faster than before they joined TEC. She coaches 18 CEOs each month in reaching their performance objectives, aligning their organization with their vision of the future, and enhancing their lives.
Ivy is also a Partner in Doud Hausner & Associates and consults to mid-market family-owned and closely held businesses. Using a proprietary planning process, she helps family and closely held businesses develop succession plans, which impact ownership, management, family, and individual action planning. Her proven expertise in helping company leaders and owners design a collective vision for growing their organization results in stronger teamwork and organizational effectiveness.
Ivy has a Masters degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University and is an International Coach Federation certified coach. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the State University of NY at Stony Brook.