American Express OPEN Forum

Deb Seidman is the Founder and President of Green Silk Associates. She has over 25 years experience both as a consultant and as an internal HR manager in global organizations (JPMorgan Chase, International Labour Office). Deb brings extensive experience in change management, facilitation, organization design, and HR process improvement. Her areas of expertise include performance management, talent management, and team effectiveness.

Deb helps executives and their teams to cut through bureaucracy and seize opportunities in times of uncertainty. Her consulting engagements have delivered the following results for clients:
• Team alignment on priorities, goals, and action plans
• Streamlined and clarified processes
• Insight on factors affecting performance
• Change management plans, tools, and communications
• Organization design decisions
• New leader assimilation/90 day plans
• Executive assessment
• Executive development
• Customized competency descriptions/ position descriptions/interview protocols

Consulting Approach
Deb's experience as a corporate insider enables her to understand her client’s perspective and challenges. She knows what it takes to get things done and has a track record of getting results. In her corporate roles, she developed in-depth, first-hand knowledge of financial services and technology organizations.

Deb gives her clients insight into the root causes behind their business problems, works with them to develop practical solutions, and helps them to plan and follow through on implementation to get results. She thinks strategically to address the critical factors, drives focus by setting priorities and objectives, crafts practical solutions that can be implemented, lays out step-by-step action plans for getting results, and works with her clients to ensure execution.

Deb invests in the client relationship to support her client’s success. She will roll up her sleeves and work alongside her clients to get the job done and transfer knowledge. She is collaborative and easy to work with, shares credit with team members, is direct and frank in her communications and empathic, calm, and consistent in demeanor.