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CAROLE GRAU has had a successful
and rewarding career as a communications professor, consultant, speaker,
trainer, and executive coach. Currently, she is the managing partner
of the consulting firm Taliaferro/Grau Assocciates.
She was on the faculty of Brooklyn College, a division of the City University
of New York, for 15 years. For the past 16 years she has been on the faculty
of Cornell University, School of Industrial Labor Relations, off-campus
program. In addition to teaching in the credit program, Carole conducts
Speaking and Listening Workshops for Cornell’s Management Development
program and conflict workshops for the Labor Studies program. She holds
a B.A. and an M.A. from Brooklyn College and an M.Ed. from Teachers’ College,
Columbia University.
Carole Grau is a skilled mediator, certified by the International Center
for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. Presently
she serves on staff as a senior trainer in negotiation and mediation skills.
She has developed and administered a program in peer mediation skills in
corporate settings. As a specialist in listening instruction, she has been
a consultant for the listening component of the National Teachers Exam.
Ms. Grau is a dynamic speaker and insightful listener who models the skills
and techniques developed in her workshops.
Ms. Grau is a member of many professional organizations. She has presented
numerous papers and conducted seminars and workshops for those groups.
She sits on the Board of New York Society for General Semantics. She is
a founding member, former Board Member and elected officer of the International
Listening Association.
Carole Grau offers the following workshops: Perfecting Your Presentations,
The Power of Listening, Collaborative Conflict Resolution, Expanding Your
Interpersonal Communication Skills.
Ms. Grau has worked with the following organizations:
| American Express |
Lutron Electronics |
| Amphenol Aerospace |
Michigan State University |
| Avon Products, Inc. |
Middletown Public Schools |
| Baldwin Public Schools |
Monclair Board of Education |
| Beneficial National Bank, USA |
Montclair State University |
| Beneficial Mortgage Corporation |
Nassau Boces |
| Building Trades Employers Association |
NYC Board of Education |
| Chase Manhattan Bank |
Nordstrom |
| City Volunteers |
Reed Reference Publishers |
| Consumer Value Stores |
Reliance National |
| Cornell University, ILR, Extension |
Smith Barney |
| Educational Testing Service |
Standard & Poor’s |
| Ellen Raider International |
The State Insurance Fund |
| Federal Reserve Bank |
The United Nations |
| Home Depot |
Teachers College Columbia |
| KWE Associates |
Teaneck Public Schools |
| Lehman Brothers |
United Federation of Teachers |
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Young & Rubicam |
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