I help business leaders generate breakthrough business results. I’m J. Allen, an experienced business leadership consultant helping successful business professionals achieve even greater success. My collaborative approaches enable leaders to quickly understand more about customers and markets; to see new opportunities and act on them quickly. I help leaders empower employees to affect positive corporate change by fostering a culture of mutual trust and respect, while establishing a closer relationship to their internal and external customers. The result: Organizations enjoy highly successful breakthrough business results in the areas of competitive advantage, customer connections, and organizational excitement. Helping management teams and others achieve what they did not believe possible is my passion. Organizations achieve strategic success, raise the operational bar, improve market penetration, and strengthen the bottom line. My 30 years of management consulting experience spans more than 120 client organizations in 13 countries and 20 industries - ranging from health care, financial services, and retail to software, high-tech manufacturing, and chemicals.My new book “Bucket Heads,” shares examples from my extensive, multiple-industry experience. Some of the content was also featured in articles originally published in Finance Monthly and CEO Today, as well as on the MastersAlliance.com website and in newsletters. “Bucket Heads: Opportunities are all around you—take the bucket off your head and embrace them!” is available now at BucketHeadsBook.com I’m a business graduate of the University of Illinois, a former US Naval Officer, and a veteran of 12 years of intense corporate responsibility. And fortunate to have lectured at the University of Michigan School of Business and at New York University as well as served as board member, board chair, and/or president of numerous corporate, volunteer, and club organizations.Selected client quotes: “Courageous and effective in talking with executives about stretch opportunities.… Has a unique ability to promote positive change in organizations.… Linked immediately with people at all levels, effectively documented opportunities, helped them become a significant part of the business.”Representative clients include Microsoft Central Europe; The Kellogg Company; Federated Insurance Companies; AlliedSignal Aerospace; ADC Telecommunications; Patterson Companies; Thomson Reuters; Raytheon Intelligence, Information Systems.