Statement

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I learned to meditate at age 17 when the stress of choosing the right college and career path was daunting for me. From the first day I noticed benefits: greater inner silence, calmness, focus, improved clarity and intuition, and broader comprehension. Today I balance running a growing management consulting firm with doing research. My research involves the use of the Transcendental Meditation technique as an intervention to develop cognitive capacity among executive leaders (business) and incident command teams (firefighters, military, emergency responders) in order to improve dynamic decision making under stress. I give time to the community through consulting projects, speaking engagements, and writing books and articles. Adding my TM practice twice a day to my daily routine continues to result in greater resilience to stress and more inner and outer fulfillment.

Biography

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Martha Batorski, a former Associate Partner with Accenture’s Business Architecture practice, is currently CEO of Batorski Stevens & Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized management consulting firm launched in 2003. In 2004 her firm was the winner of the Emerging Business of the Year Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She has helped over 15 Fortune 1000 companies with large-scale, enterprise-wide improvement initiatives resulting in high performance. She has consulted for 25 years across multiple industry sectors including government, electronics and high tech, healthcare, utilities, entertainment, retail, and financial services. Inspired by her experience with the Transcendental Meditation program, she is completing a doctorate in Organization Change at Pepperdine University, focusing on the role of development of consciousness in executive decisionmaking under uncertainty and stress.