Executive Core develops leaders who: -— Remain focused on business priorities-— Anticipate the future/remove obstacles-— Fast-track in their careers-— Learn while they are making real impactExecutive Core’s mission is to more quickly innovate how leaders are developed globally. We’ve uncovered an approach that is nimble, innovative, humble (accepts that one firm can’t continually innovate in a vacuum) and most cost effective—yet combines more than two decades of proven success accelerating leaders into senior positions that achieve financial results. Our goal is to help clients obtain faster talent solutions. Our professionals have worked with thousands of high potentials around the globe at critical turning points in their careers. Our professionals have a proven track record for consulting, coaching, and facilitating at the most senior levels in global organizations. It’s not all about big business, however. We have a special task force dedicated to helping new and mid-sized businesses who haven’t had the luxury yet to invest millions in talent management. Some of the professionals in the field have radically changed their thinking about how to grow leaders in the future. A core group of us has formed a new think tank to address the challenges in the industry. Now, more than ever, firms like ours have a responsibility to accelerate people into leadership positions carefully. The markets are demanding more from leaders. We can’t continue to do instructional design and grow leaders the same old way. Executive Core uses experience plus cutting edge technology to offer a fresh, frugal & effective approach.

Barbara Singer Cheng is an executive coach and consultant. She is the former Senior Vice President, Client Relationship Development at Lore International Institute—a subsidiary of Korn Ferry. With a broad range of talent management expertise, her career focuses on the rapid development of high-potential leaders. Barbara was an executive coaching pioneer and certified the bulk of Lore’s 250+ executive coaching/consulting group. She is often a speaker on talent management and executive coaching. She is an expert on how assessment is used in recruiting, assessing, and developing senior executives. She conducts strategic planning sessions and consults with senior executives around ways to grow sales. Over the past decade she has coached hundreds of executives. Barbara has often served technology, pharmaceuticals, engineering, and professional services. Barbara sits on the board for the Executive MBA Council and works with numerous universities and their Executive MBA programs.