Hilka Klinkenberg

Hilka Klinkenberg helps her clients develop their global leadership and team building competencies by providing them with the knowledge and skills they need in order to understand, to manage and to leverage the cultural differences that allow them to become more polished, to outshine the competition and to avoid costly faux pas at home and abroad.

For 20 years, Hilka has helped business executives objectively assess their strengths and weaknesses. She has tactfully offered concrete, proven methods for improvement in specific areas to assist them in understanding the nuances of interacting with colleagues from different cultures. She has then supported them in implementing these techniques until the desired results are achieved. That's why Hilka is consistently rated #1, whether coaching executives and professionals one-on-one, working with groups of employees at all levels from the back room to the boardroom, or addressing large audiences at conferences and conventions.

Certified coach, Emotional Intelligence practitioner, and recognized expert in the field of international protocol and business etiquette are but a few of Hilka's many credentials. Her broad international exposure includes having lived in six countries and worked with clients in and from several more. She is the author of At Ease...Professionally (Bonus Books). In addition to the protocol columns she has contributed to a variety of publications and web sites around the world, she is quoted frequently in major magazines and newspapers, such as Business Week, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal and Crain's. Hilka has also been a frequent guest on hundreds of radio and television programs. She holds a Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in International Policy and Finance from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Hilka has been an active member of numerous professional associations, including the International Coaching Federation, the National Speakers Association, the American Society for Training and Development, the Americas Society, the Global Business Association, Women in Communications and Toastmasters. She is a member of the Global Business Committee and the Women's Executive Business Committee of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.