Biography
Dr. Nancy Carlson Lewine, Ph.D. received her Doctorate from Temple University in Psychoeducational Processes specializing in Organization and Adult Development. She has an MA in Industrial Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. The breadth of her career ranges from being a manager, consultant, business owner, entrepreneur, elite athlete in two sports, martial arts instructor and coach, to non-profit organization leader.
As Founder and President of NLO,Inc., Nancy, a gifted consultant and facilitator, has been helping people improve their business, personal, and sport performance for 29 years. Dr. Lewine packs a wealth of experience into her consulting style which focuses on client-centered application, development, and education. Her forte is translating sound theory into results-oriented practice.
Dr. Lewine's consulting experience crosses many lines of business from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations. Her work consistently generates significant tangible results: assisting a regional mortgage banker to become an East Coast presence, growing from $75 million to $250 million in annual revenues within two years; helping a home health-care organization grow revenues from $0 to $40,000 per month in six months; and assisting a regional family recreation business to turn a $500,000 loss into a $250,000 profit in 15 months. Nancy's credits include mentoring men and women for senior level executive positions; developing effective executive teams positioning their companies for significant revenue growth; and facilitating balance in successful, but overly stressed key performers.
Dr. Lewine's dissertation, Leader-Follower Dysfunction: Follower Responses and Organizational Consequences, examined the nature and effects of dysfunctional behavior in the workplace. She co-authored, Make It Happen, a primer on goal-setting for organizations. She was an assistant editor of Active Training ; published Goalsetting: Still the Best Kept Secret of Success; and co-authored New-Employee Orientation: Becoming Acquainted With a New Company for this same publication. Dr. Lewine's publishing credits also include a series of performance improvement articles in Taekwondo Today.
Nancy's additional accomplishments are reflected in her sport careers. As co-captain of the PSU Women's Basketball team, she led the team to 13th place in the nation. She received a contract to play professional women's basketball in the first women's league, the WBL. Later, as a martial artist, she garnered a multitude of State and National Championship titles spanning her 7 years of competition. Both Dr. Lewine and her son are 3rd Degree Black Belts in Taekwondo.
Nancy follows her own advice applying her knowledge and expertise to her academic, consulting, and sport endeavors. Dr. Lewine forged her experience and expertise into the range of proprietary services including the Life/Energy Systems Balance, the Atalanta Syndrome™ of Self-Sabotage, Transformation Continuum™, You, Inc. Personal Leadership Process, and Assertive Being™. She effectively challenges others to raise their level of self-respect, set their own personal standards of excellence, and take action.
Dr. Lewine's mission is to help businesses and individuals grow and develop; to teach people how to lead happier, more satisfying business and personal lives; to encourage people to stand up for themselves and their beliefs; to help people become more authentic; and to teach people how to achieve goals which make their dreams a reality!
