Essi Systems Team

Consultant, author, and founder of two successful international research and consulting firms. Esther Orioli is a recognized authority in leadership development, emotional intelligence, resiliency and stress with more than 20 years of pioneering work in systems design, organizational mapping, and behavior change technology. Esther is the creator of the StressMap^® , the EQ Map ^® and the Resiliency Map™.

The Essi Team:

 Esther Orioli

Karen Trocki



Ellen Stevenson

Sjaak Overbeeke

Julia Shumelda

Karla Carmony

Brenda Aguilar

In 1983, Orioli founded Essi Systems Inc., specializing in transforming workplace stress into optimal performance. Orioli promoted the revolutionary idea of positive stress performance and developed the StressMap®, the stress assessment instrument honored with the National Health Information Award. The StressMap® has sold more than one million copies.

Orioli's newest company, Q-Metrics LLC, was founded with Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D., co-author of the critically acclaimed book, Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations. Orioli created the EQ Map® featured in Dr. Cooper's book, which has become the premier assessment instrument for emotional intelligence in business. The EQ Map® employs the mapping technology created by Orioli at Essi Systems.

Through Q-Metrics, a firm dedicated to managing and developing human intelligences at work, Orioli and her research team continue to explore this exciting field. Most recently, Orioli has been working with Dr. Michael Ray of Stanford University to develop the first CQ Map^TM to measure creativity in business.

With more than 20 years of pioneering work in systems design, organizational mapping and behavior change technology, Orioli is a highly sought after speaker for organizations and conferences. An interactive presenter who creates an introspective learning environment for the audience, her most recent presentations were to Sun Microsystems, Arthur Andersen, the Professional Business Women's Conference in California and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She has also presented to the American Psychological Association, AC Nielsen-Europe, the California Commission for Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST), and Sunrise Medical Inc.

Orioli's client list includes many of the leading companies across the United States and Europe, including Hewlett-Packard, 3M, Deloitte & Touche, Arthur Andersen, KPMG, Pepsi Cola, Coca-Cola, the U.S. Army, Kaiser Permanente, Charles Schwab, General Mills, and Homewood Health.

Orioli has been featured on national television, as well as in Selling Power, Success magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and San Jose Mercury News. She was most recently quoted in Selling Power, the Dallas Morning News and Family Business Magazine. She has been published in such industry journals as Training, Employee Assistance, and The Personnel News. Along with Dr. Karen Trocki, Research Director, she co-authored work published through the American Psychological Association on gender differences and stress.

She received an M.S. in Humanistic Education from Marywood College, PA, and a B.A. in Education from the State University of New York.