Creator of Positive Intelligence (PQ)®
Stanford Lecturer Shirzad Chamine is chairman emeritus and former CEO of the largest Coaching organization of the world, the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI). He has trained coaches and managers of most Fortune 500 companies. As preeminent C-suite advisor with a BA in psychology and an MS in electrical engineering he developed Positive Intelligence (PQ)® including a Smartphone App for its daily practice.
This coaching approach is based on
- positive psychology
- neuroscience
- cognitive psychology
- performance science
Bestselling Author
His book Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve their True Potential and How you can achieve yours. is a New York Times best-seller. Thereby he portrays the scientific background of the PQ approach. In this book he tells remarkable stories and shows his tools and techniques. It has been translated into several languages, among others German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and his also available as audiobook.
Leading Coach and Businessman
Chamine has established the Positive Intelligence, Inc. Previously, he was the CEO of an enterprise software company. By promotion PQ he turned into one of the leading coaches world-wide.
Chamine is married, has two children and lives in San Franciso (USA).