Barbara Pachter

Barbara Pachter is an internationally renowned business etiquette and communications speaker, coach and author. She has delivered more than 1600 seminars throughout the world including the first-ever seminar for businesswomen in Kuwait.

Her client list boasts many of today’s most notable organizations, including Microsoft, Chrysler, Genentech, Merck & Co., Citigroup Inc., NASA, Pfizer, Inc., Novo Nordisk, and Cisco Systems.

Pachter is the author of eight books including NewRules@Work: 79 Etiquette Tips, Tools and Techniques to Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, When The Little Things Count…And They Always Countand The Power of Positive Confrontation. Her books have been translated into nine languages.

She has appeared on numerous radio and television programs and her advice on business etiquette has been featured in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including ABC’s 20/20, Weekend TODAY, The New York Times, CNN’s Anderson Cooper Show, USA Today, O Magazine, The Washington Post, Working Mother, and Reader’s Digest.

Pachter's etiquette seminars and coaching services were highlighted in TIME Magazine and her discussion on business etiquette appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

Pachter’s areas of expertise include business etiquette, assertive communication, conflict management, presentation skills, and women’s seminars.  She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Michigan and completed postgraduate studies in the Middle East and at Temple University.