Founder and Chairman of Pivot, one of the world's largest providers of customized executive learning for senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Former Executive Vice President of Honeywell International, founder and former President of Oliver Wyman — Delta Executive Learning Center, and former President of Mercer Delta Consulting. Named one of the Top 50 Coaches in the United States. Consults to executive committees, CEOs, and senior leaders in the areas of leadership, business strategy, and executive coaching with companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Nike, PG&E, Merck, Kraft, Bank of America, Fidelity, Sara Lee, Target, Sun, Shell, Novartis, Medtronic, and Toshiba.Co-author of ten best-selling books, including the newest: The Unfinished Leader: Balancing Contradictory Answers to Unsolvable Problems. Other books include Head, Heart, and Guts: How the World’s Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders; Why CEOs Fail; Action Coaching; Unnatural Leadership; Action Learning: How the World’s Top Companies Are Re-Creating Their Leaders and Themselves; and Leadership Passages: The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader; Leading in Times of Crisis: How to Navigate Complexity, Diversity, and Uncertainty to Save Your Business. Co-editor of the Pfeiffer Leadership Development Annual, which each year compiles the research and practice of leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of leadership development throughout the world.Founding Partner of CDR International, the largest provider of customized in-house executive learning, which was acquired by Marsh McLennan in 2004. Previously, Executive Vice President of Groupe Bull S.A., a global computer manufacturer headquartered in Paris with 45,000 employees worldwide.