Sam Maniar

About Sam Maniar

Throughout my 25-year career I have worked with executives, high-performing athletes, and organizations to help them improve their performance. As a Sport Psychologist, I have worked with professional, Olympic, college, and high school athletes. As an executive coach, I have worked with individuals and businesses in virtually all industries.I continue to stay involved with the sport/business mindset by incorporating lessons from sports into the corporate sector, and I have authored multiple publications on various sport and performance psychology topics. I am a frequent presenter at conferences, and I am often invited to deliver keynote addresses and trainings to organizations. My work has also been featured in various publications, such as The New York Times, ESPN.com, Sacramento Bee, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the Columbus Dispatch.Specialties:*Sport Psychology/Performance Enhancement*Professional Sports Pre-Draft Character/Intelligence Evaluation*OD Consultation*Team Building*Talent Management & Executive Coaching*Talent Identification / Assessment*Identification & Development of High-Potential Employees*Workplace Assessments (pre-screen, developmental, promotional, 360)*Competency Development*Training / Conducting Workshops*Invited Addresses / Group Speaking Engagements*Licensed Psychologist (OH)Follow me on Twitter:@sam_maniar

Experience

1. Member of the Board of Advisors

   Athlete Foundry, Inc

   May 2018 — Present

   For the driven middle & high school student athlete, we improve the odds of her achieving her dream to become a collegiate athlete - regardless of zip code - by providing a first-of-its-kind athletic & academic unified plan, integrated with qualities collegiate coaches actually value so they can track, build, and communicate a better journey to collegiate athletics.We combine our U.S. Navy, NASA Human Spaceflight, Collegiate Student Athletics, and diverse industry backgrounds to make it all happen.My seat on the Board of Advisors: Sport Psychology#veteranled

Education

• The Ohio State University College of Medicine

  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Applied Sport Psychology

  2002 — 2003

• University of Montana

  M.A., Counseling / Sport Psychology

  1996 — 1998

• Northwestern University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology

  1992 — 1996

• West Virginia University

  Ph.D., Counseling Psychology / Sport Psychology

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Employee Evaluation
• Business Coaching
• Organizational Development
• Team Building
• Management
• Succession Planning
• Onboarding
• Workshop Facilitation
• Psychometrics
• Career Development
• Executive Development
• Program Management
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Workforce Planning
• Leadership
• Personnel Management
• Psychotherapy
• Emotional Intelligence
• Training
• Mbti
• Culture Change
• Employee Engagement
• Training Delivery
• Human Resources
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Coaching
• Sports Psychology
• Management Development
• HR Consulting
• Interviews
• Leadership Development
• Recruiting
• Executive Positions
• Staff Development
• Interviewing
• Public Speaking
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Conflict Resolution