Amy Cooper Hakim, Ph.D.

Amy Cooper Hakim, Ph.D., is an industrial-organizational psychology practitioner and workplace expert. She is a speaker, author, and the executive consultant and founder of The Cooper Strategic Group. She helps employees and employers to get along better, and coaches leaders and employees to improve productivity, morale, satisfaction, and overall work-life balance.

Her book, Working with Difficult People, provides clear strategies to effectively handle the ten types of difficult bosses, colleagues, and subordinates. The book hit #1 in sales at Amazon for Business Etiquette books and was highlighted in Parade Magazine. She is currently putting the finishing touches on her next book about work-life balance.

Dr. Amy has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Chicago Tribune, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Costco Connection, The Boca Raton Observer, Palm Beach Post, Yahoo Finance, Fast Company, Business Insider, CNBC Make It, MSN, Monster, Inc., Reader’s Digest, Moneyish, Bustle, Ladders, The List, Glassdoor, and Star-Telegram. She has also been a guest on WPTV News Today on 5 at 11, the KRTH Morning Show, the Brian Copeland Show, Total Tutor Syndicated Radio, Think KERA Radio, the WBEZ Morning Shift, the Boca Voice, and Business Radio on Sirius XM.

She has a blog at Psychology Today, called “Working with Difficult People.” And, she has a regular video segment called “Ask Amy- Your Workplace Expert.” Recent speaking engagements include the Texas Conference for Women, the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, the Massachusetts Conference for Women, and the Watermark Conference for Women.