Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida

Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida

Author, Negotiation Expert, Professor of Practice - Columbia University

Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida is a Professor and Program Director of the Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program at Columbia University. She is also Co-Chair of the Advanced Consortium for Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4/Climate School) and Director of the Youth, Peace and Society Project at the Earth Institute/Climate School at Columbia University.

She is the author of the book New Story, New Power: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiation. Her research areas are women and negotiation, organizational conflict, and youth leadership.

A certified clinical sociologist, Dr. Fisher-Yoshida helps clients strengthen their core negotiation and communication skills and effectiveness and resolve conflicts. As President and CEO of Fisher Yoshida International, a consulting firm, her clients have included global organizations in the Fortune 100, private sector, nonprofit and government sectors, military and security forces and academic institutions. She was a Training Manager with McKinsey & Company, Japan, a management-consulting firm that focuses on top leadership and management on strategy.