Anna Schmidt

Anna Schmidt has extensive work experience in the field of talent management and career coaching. Anna is currently the CEO of Career Partners International, a consultancy specializing in outplacement, career transition, leadership development, and coaching. Anna also founded their own company, schmidtandpartners.com, where they work as a Work Futurist, executive career transition coach, and leadership development expert. Anna has held various coaching roles at organizations such as BetterUp, Outplace Yourself, and DART Talent & Executive Search. Anna has also worked at Zafran Group as the Founder, responsible for global talent acquisition. Earlier in their career, Anna worked as a Product Manager at L'Oréal and a Junior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble.

Anna Schmidt's education history includes the following:

- In 2019, they attended Harvard University and completed a program in Leadership Coaching.

- In 2020, they enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania to pursue a degree in Applied Positive Psychology. Anna is currently still attending this institution.

- Anna also studied Solution Focused Brief Coaching at the University of Toronto, although the specific dates of their enrollment are unknown.

- In 2016, they earned a degree in Design Thinking for Business Transformation from IED Barcelona.

- From 2018 to 2019, they attended Outplace Yourself and obtained a certified coach degree with a specialization in Career Coaching.

- In 2013, they studied Intercultural Communication and Intercultural Relations at The Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland.

- In 2009 and 2010, they attended the Institute for Solution Focused Therapy in the USA, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned.

- From 1992 to 1996, they pursued Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Queen's University in Canada.

- Anna Schmidt also acquired several certifications, including Group Coaching from BetterUp in April 2021, Positive Psychology - Science of Happiness from Positive Acorn in January 2021, CareerDecisionMaker.com from Career Decisions Ireland in January 2017, Certified Career Counselor from Career Partners International (year unspecified), Hogan Assessment from Hogan Assessment Systems (year unspecified), and MBTI from The Myers-Briggs Company (year unspecified). Additionally, they obtained the SLG Thomas Method certification, although the institution and timing are unknown.