
Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Dr. Tina Rasmussen has worked for more than 25 years as a trusted
thought partner to leaders in navigating change to achieve important goals. She was one of the first consultants to conduct
research and focus her work specifically on improving performance results while engaging people’s hearts and minds to
create healthy, vibrant organizations. She has achieved measurable improvement in large multi-year change initiatives and
coached CEOs in a wide variety of industries—from the Fortune 100 to non-profits—including Kaiser Permanente,
Levi Strauss, the YMCA, Odwalla Juice, and Nestle.
Tina’s books are considered foundational in the field, and are being used by more than 10,000 change
agents worldwide. She is the author of three books— Organizational Integrity, The ASTD Trainer’s
SourceBook, and Diversity Mosaic—and is a contributor to Action Coaching. Case studies of her
work are documented in four anthologies on leadership and change, with thought leaders such as Warren Bennis, Peter Senge,
and Margaret Wheatley. Her work has been featured in the magazines Personal Transformation, Vision/Action, Business
Ethics, and West.
Dr. Rasmussen has guest lectured at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Program, JFK University, USF, Saybrook, and UC Berkeley. She has
presented at national events for The Conference Board, American Society of Training and Development, OD Network, Business
for Social Responsibility, and the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. She has appeared on television, is listed in Who’s Who of International Women, and
is certified as a professional coach.
Tina is certified in Emotional Intelligence,
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Enneagram, the Strengths Deployment Invetory, the Values Inventory, NLP, and the Science
of Intuition (with Carolyn Myss). She has also been ordained as a Buddhist nun, is an authorized Buddhist teacher, and
is an ordained spiritual counselor. Her deep meditative and spiritual practice spans more than 30 years. Tina was raised
in Chicago, enjoyes
hiking and dancing, and spends much of her free time attending and leading meditation retreats. She is happily married, lives
in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has two adult step children.