Signe A. Dayhoff, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., is a Social Psychologist, cognitive-behaviorist, counselor, coach, author, and an authority on "transforming self-presentation anxiety into confident, profitable social effectiveness." Her company, Effectiveness-Plus Publications LLC <http://www.effectiveness-plus.com> provides educational products and services to alleviate social anxiety, stage fright, workplace anxiety, fear of public speaking and/or making small talk. Its goal is to skyrocket conversational confidence, master self-presentation skills, conquer speaking in public, and explode personal promotional opportunities.
Prior to Effectiveness-Plus, Dr. Dayhoff was for ten years president of The Mentoring Network, which provided mentoring, consulting, and training in non-traditional career development with an emphasis on interpersonal skills, self-presentation, and personal marketing. As a result of her doctoral research and work, she chaired the Task Force on Mentoring for the American Psychological Association and designed a mentoring program for the headquarters of The American Red Cross.
Over the last 27 years she has coached internationally and positively influenced thousands to alleviate their social anxiety or reverse their interpersonal communications difficulties. She is a member of the International Coach Federation and International Association of Coaches.
She received her doctorate from Boston University in 1983 where she studied the use of mentoring and networking to increase business and personal growth. Much of her research and coaching has also involved enhancing interpersonal communication skills, so essential in business, marketing, and all kinds of relationships, from work to personal.
Because of the importance of emotional intelligence in effective interpersonal communication, she becames a certified administrator and interpreter of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), which she employs in her work.
For four years she produced and hosted the Continental Cablevision TV program, "The Inside Track" in Wellesley, MA. It focused on ways to successfully fast-track career development using self-presentation techniques, interpersonal communications, networking, and mentoring. She received a Conti Award nomination for it.
She has appeared on the nationally-syndicated Doug Stephan's Good Day, USA, Talk America Radio Network show, local radio and television programs, and numerous website interviews and podcasts.
In addition to teaching psychology at Boston University, University of Massachusetts, and Framingham State College, she has done research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, and Fairview State Hospital. She has presented her findings on social anxiety, interpersonal effectiveness, and mentoring and networking nationally.
Over the last several years, Dr. Dayhoff has been exploring the science of creating happier, healthier, more engaged, purposeful, meaningful, and fulfilled lives through individuals connecting with their strengths. As a result, she completed training with Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, who is the former president of the American Psychological Association and author of a number of books, including Learned Optimism, The Optimistic Child, and Authentic Happiness. She is a Certified Graduate of Authentic Happiness Coaching.
Dr. Dayhoff has given seminars for organizations such as, (in alphabetical order) the Association of Genetic Technologists, Association of Governmental Accountants, Boston University, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Digital Equipment Corporation, Environmental Protection Agency, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, HealthPlex Dental Insurance, Honeywell Bull, Merrill Lynch, Maine Educational Consortium, Physicians For Health Care Access, Suffolk University Law School, University of New Mexico Health Sciences School, and Wellesley College.
Author of five books, her fifth book, Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe: Working Through Social Anxiety is in its 2nd Ed.(2010). Amazon.com ranked the 1st Ed. (2000) in the "10 Best Books on Anxiety" on Amazon, with over 170 five-star ratings. The new and improved edition provides education, treatment, and life-rebuilding strategies. Some of the leading clinical researchers in the field of social anxiety/social phobia. have acclaimed it. Furthermore, other well-known behavioral experts, such as Dr. Albert Ellis, have praised it.
Her other books include:
- How to Win in a Tough Job Market: Successful Strategies for Getting the Job You Want
- Create Your Own Career Opportunities
- Get the Job You Want: Successful Strategies For Selling Yourself in the Job Market
- Decision Making For Managers.
Dr. Dayhoff also contributed to David Riklan's 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life (Vol. 2) and Steven J. Bennett's Executive Chess: Creative Problem Solving By 45 of America's Top Business Leaders and Thinkers.
Her current home-study e-courses include How to Speak Without Fear Small Talk E-Course and Promote Myself? I'd Rather Eat Worms! 21 Simple Steps to Confidently Tooting Your Own Horn to Achieve Your Goals.
She has over 253 published newspaper, magazine, ezine, and blog articles and has been quoted in publications including Executive Travel, Time Out New York, Boston Business Journal, Shape, Industry Week, Wall Street Journal, Success, and Cosmopolitan.
She has coached national corporation CEOs, FBI agents, TV producers, lawyers, physicians, computer programmers, software designers, and real estate sales people, for example, from such countries as France, Germany, Malaysia, Korea, India, and Taiwan. In addition to her popular monthly ezine, the "Social Effectiveness Guru's Tips: Speak Without Fear Now," she provides her list with articles, teleseminars, and email courses.
Dr. Dayhoff's mission is to teach individuals how to become more confident, competent, and effective in presenting themselves in social, personal, and work situations. They do this through proven coping strategies, tactics, and techniques. Her goal is to help individuals replace negative, ineffective thinking, feeling, and behavioral habits with positive, effective thinking, feeling, and behavioral habits.