Leifman & Associates

About Us

HOWARD D. LEIFMAN, Ph.D.
Human Resource Consultant and Psychotherapist/Career Coach

Dr. Leifman currently advises and consults with both corporate clients and individuals in the areas of: career development, change management, counselling, executive coaching, human resources, recruiting and staffing and time management. He has had his own consulting firm since 2002, specializing in helping organizations and individuals work through their human resources issues. He has been in private practice for over five years.

Prior to starting his own consulting practice, he was the Chief People officer of Vault.com, a web site for career information. His role was to oversee all Human Resource functions for Vault.com. These responsibilities included benefits, compensation, employee relations, recruiting and training.

During this time, he was also the President of Vault's Human Resource Consulting Practice. Offering advice and consulting services on Recruiting, Interviewing and HR strategy. He counseled individuals on their resumes and provided information and coaching on determining one's career directions. He is qualified to interpret Myers Briggs and Strong Campbell Assessment tests.

Prior to his work at Vault, he was a principal and the National Director for Strategic Staffing and Recruiting for William M. Mercer, Inc.  where he directed all US recruiting for the 12,000 person Global HR consulting firm. Before joining Mercer, Dr. Leifman was a Senior Consultant in the recruiting and training and development area of Towers Perrin.

Prior to Towers Perrin, Dr. Leifman was the Director of Special Services, New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business. During his tenure at Stern, Dr. Leifman counseled and coached over 6000 MBA students on their careers.

He is a member of the Conference Board, Society of Human Resource Management, National Association of Social Workers, NYU Dean's Advisory Board and on the board of a number of charitable organizations. Dr. Leifman has a Bachelors degree from Syracuse University, a Masters degree in Communications Management also from Syracuse University, a Masters in Social Work from New York University and a Ph.D. also from New York University. His dissertation is on, "Family of origin roles and adult work roles in relation to employee adjustment, satisfaction, and success."

He has guest lectured at Harvard, MIT, NYU, CUNY and the College of Aeronautics. He has worked and lived internationally.