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James Cornehlsen

James Cornehlsen is an Executive Coach who assists senior executives in creating greater value by helping to improve senior leadership effectiveness and high potential development. The focus is behavioral change linked to business results that are based on the need for strong personal self-awareness around emotional competence, leadership style, and the climate they create for others.

Part of Jim’s coaching practice is focused on helping senior executives adapt to change. Increasingly, he has found that coaching for improved results and team building are critical when an executive enters a new environment. The challenge for real leadership is increased when breadth is needed to improve personal credibility and presence as required for market leadership. He currently works primarily with CEOs, presidents or business unit heads. He focuses on the critical issues of leadership style, managing by influence, and team motivation and engagement. He has worked with new leaders and succession candidates on the concerns related to "executive presence".

His career background consists of five years at General Electric, ten years at McGraw-Hill, and five years at CBS before becoming President of Las Americas, a Spanish-owned firm engaged in publishing and broadcasting in the U.S. Jim has more than ten years of professional experience working overseas with residence in Mexico, Spain, and Canada with strong awareness of cross-cultural sensitivities.

Jim received a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College. He is a member of the American Management Association HR Council. He has served on the Board of the Software Information Industry Association, the Magazine Publisher’s Association, and the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters (IACPR). He is a frequent speaker on building for success in growth companies, and changing CEO leadership needs.

He is certified in the use of: Hay Group Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI), Leadership Styles Inventory (LSI), and Organizational Climate Inventory (OCI). Other orientation includes CPI260 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Thomas-Kilman Conflict Inventory, Campbell, Strong, and Hogan assessments.