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career transition | change styles | controversial issues | facilitation | managing polarities | mediation | public issues facilitation | welcoming diversity & prejudice reduction
Leadership Portfolio
Designed a new leadership development program to ready high potential individual contributors for promotion for ADUSA, the parent company of five major grocery chains along the east coast of the US.
Coached the leadership of a major business unit through uncertainty, reorganization, and eventual wind-down during a massive company-wide transition to a new operating model.
Coached the director, his leadership team, and a rotating committee of employees of a large county government IT department, raising their employee satisfaction scores from rock-bottom to organization-leading.
Provided critical leadership role during a difficult 3-year transition for an inner-city mission during a difficult 3-year transition, complicated by significant financial crises and severely damaged inter-organizational relationships.
Facilitated more than 40 week-long leadership experiences for C-suite and other executives as an Adjunct Faculty Member with the Center for Creative Leadership, a global leader in executive education.
Coached the new clergy and led the recovery of a deeply divided church congregation in the wake of multiple incidents of impropriety by the previously beloved clergy member.
Designed, developed, and delivered all content for the Performance Management and Change and Organizational Culture series of courses for FHI 360.
I’ve coached hundreds of leaders to improve their individual, team, and organizational effectiveness.
Designed and delivered six- to 12-month leadership development programs in a decade working for FHI 360, a global leader in health, nutrition, education, and economic development serving people in need in more than 60 countries across the globe.
Coached all levels of recently displaced employees, up to and including the C-suite, for Lee Hecht Harrison, a global leader in career transition.
2020 | Durham, NC
2015 | Bangkok, Thailand
2023 | Durham, NC
2024 | Nairobi, Kenya
2024 | Nairobi Kenya | Business Simulation
2024 | Durham, NC
What People Are Saying
“An invaluable partner in planning and designing activities to meet specific leadership and organizational development needs for global teams…masterful at pulling out the right piece of research, tool, or insight. Over the years, I engaged Jim 12-16 times and was always very pleased. He is one of a kind!”
Jason Kelleher, Chief of StaffFHI 360
“I found Jim to be that rare combination of focus and creativity. He was more than willing to take on complicated projects, and always delivered more than was expected of him! Easy to work with, easy to work for, a joy.”
Al Calarco, Former Senior Faculty MemberCenter for Creative Leadership“I learned more from you than the previous 35 years of my career.”
— Former Client / Former Skeptic