Founder of Benchmark Communications, Inc.
Judith founded Benchmark Communications, Inc., in 1980 as a firm that works with CEOs and their teams, helping them focus on competitive challenges in a world of moving targets – with a direct line of sight to the customer. Benchmark's clients span a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, fashion, retail, consumer goods, finance, technology, communications, consulting, entertainment and manufacturing. These include clients such as: Time Inc., Ferragamo, AXA Equitable, MSNBC, Barclays, News Corp., Clairol, Inc., Reed Elsevier, Merrill Lynch, PR Newswire, Siemens, Pfizer, Coach, Inc., Liz Claiborne, Lipton, VeriSign, Thomson Financial, Novartis, Verizon, Citibank, Donna Karan International, Champion International, and Exide Technologies.
Bestselling Author
Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking & Build a Healthy Thriving Organization and The DNA of Leadership (Platinum Press, an imprint of Adams Media), made the Amazon Business Book Best Seller Lists in 2005 and 2006 and were also selected by both Forbes and Business Book Review as two of the top business books of 2005 and 2006. Creating WE has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Russian and The DNA of Leadership has been translated into Spanish. In 2008, Creating We won the Bronze Award as one of the top leadership books of 2008, from the prestigious Axiom Business Book Awards.
Background, Boards & Honors
Judith earned a B.A. from Temple University in Interdisciplinary Studies and a M.S. in Human Behavior & Development from Drexel University, where she was a Research Fellow. She has earned credits from Harvard University’s Bales School of Social Relations, with a focus on Organizational Studies, and she later received a Master’s Certificate in Corporate and Political Communications from Fairfield University.
Judith is a principal Faculty Member and Board Member of The Liminal Group. She served as an Adjunct Professor at Wharton, visiting guest speaker at Harvard, Kellogg, Loyola, University of Chicago, NYU, IIT, the University of Stellenbosch in S.A., and other universities. She was awarded the Benno Curtis Entrepreneur of the Year and Quality Consultant Award. She is currently on the boards of the We Are Family Foundation, WITH (Woman in Transition Helping and Healing), and was a founding member of The Executive Woman’s Business Forum. She was awarded Business Woman of the Year in New York City in 2004 and in 2006 she was inducted into the Temple University Gallery of Success.
Other Books: Random House Book of Business Terms; Ultimate Power; Discovering the Power of We. DVD: The Leadership Secret of Gregory Goose and 42 Rules for Creating WE .
