CEO, Pamela McLean

Co-Founder, Frederic Hudson •

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Founder, Frederic Hudson

Frederic Hudson, a Rockefeller and Danforth Fellow, earned his doctorate at Columbia University in New York, and taught at Colby College, Stephens College, and the University of San Francisco. He is respected as a recognized expert in adult change. As the founding president in 1973 of The Fielding Institute--the most innovative doctoral studies graduate school in America--he is widely respected for his contributions to adult training in management, organizational developmental and education.

Hudson left Fielding in 1986 to establish The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, a training center for professionals focusing on renewal and resilience at work and at home. "The existing graduate schools and professions are not able to devote themselves to what is most needed as the world deregulates itself in the swirl of endless change: persons capable of entrepreneuring the future at every level of change-personal, career, work organizations, communities and beyond.

A writer, corporate consultant, and trainer, Dr. Hudson has been called "Dr. Midlife" by the LA Times, and "The Dr. Spock of the Adult Years" by a reviewer of his first book, The Adult Years--Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal (1992, revised 1999), Jossey Bass Publishers. In 1995, he co-authored "The Joy of Old-A Guide To Successful Elderhood"; and in 1996 he and his wife, Pamela McLean, Ph.D., wrote "LifeLaunch-A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life" a book used as a text in college and university courses of adult life/career planning. His most recent book is "The Handbook of Coaching" (1999), Jossey Bass Publishers.

Hudson was named "Executive Coach of the Year" by AT&T in 1993, "Life-Work Balance Coach" by Harley-Davidson in 1995-96 and has coached at Motorola, Quantum, Sybase, Syntex, Pritikin, Lockheed, Genetech and many others.

Having spent a lifetime immersed in studying and understanding the ways that people get "off-track" from their inner purpose, Hudson sensed and implemented the undiluted role of "coach" long before it became a buzzword.