President
CurrentClaudia Ruffin is an entrepreneur, consultant, executive coach and philanthropist with extensive experience in human capital performance. She is a seasoned practitioner with a track record of success for growing businesses through human capital management. Claudia is known for accurately assessing as well as expertly developing and increasing talent capabilities. She is recognized for her leadership and executive coaching style and its measurable impact on her clients’ businesses. Claudia is sought after for her sports-inspired business strategy she created: The Locker Room Effect, Where Change Happens®. A highly innovative methodology, the strategy has a proven track record of success for organizational team transformation and the sustainability of top talent. This unique leadership experience has received consistent high reviews and participant feedback. Ms. Ruffin is also credited with establishing best practice leadership programs and processes that increase bench strength and readiness for leaders to achieve optimum fit for themselves and the organization. Claudia provides scalable services that have resulted in her company, Ruffin Consulting and Training, LLC (RCT) being a preferred service provider for Inclusion and Diversity, Leadership Development and Talent Management and Executive Coaching. RCT focuses on three business segments: Corporate, Sports & Entertainment, and Higher Education. Claudia’s experience spans over twenty years and includes designing, customizing/tailoring and delivery of hundreds of leadership development programs; developing thousands of employees through inclusion and diversity that goes beyond awareness to sustainable results-driven behavior; supporting talent management strategies; coaching executives and directors with profits and losses as well as responsibilities of and business revenue growth of multi-million dollars.