Janine Sagert, Ph.D

Consultant, Coach, President of TimeOut
Dr. Janine Sagert is an internationally known consultant, coach and pioneer in the field of optimal performance. With more than 25 years of experience, she has helped a wide spectrum of organizations achieve superior performance and a sustainable competitive advantage by helping individuals and groups to build the bottom line while not losing sight of the human factor. She enables leaders to attain new levels of professional and personal effectiveness by working in alignment with corporate goals - and in integrity with themselves.

Dr. Sagert began her exploration of optimal performance and stress management in 1971 at Harvard as part of a research team investigating stress factors around the world. Her investigations have taken her from the corporate boardroom to India, Europe, the South Pacific and the urban American ghetto. Her groundbreaking research has shown that each individual is capable of achieving psychological resilience - a major key to optimal performance.

Since 1976, Dr. Sagert has conducted over 1000 seminars, coached more than 500 executives and provided consulting services to businesses in all sectors of the economy. She utilizes a multitude of proven methods and practical tools that allow top performers to harness their attention and energy to enhance their own and others' performance.

Dr. Sagert is the author of TimeOut*: A Practical Stress Management Kit, a recognized speaker and co-founder of the Clarksville Experience, retreats designed to enable women executives to redefine life/work priorities and network with like-minded women. She is certified in the HBDIŽ whole brain thinking assessment from Hermann International.

Education
Dr. Sagert completed her doctorate at the University of California at Berkeley in "Culture and Mental Health," a special degree program which explored the interrelationship of organizational and individual performance.