- +/- 14 CEOs/Presidents coached
- +/- 15 VPs coached
- +/- 17 Managers coached
- +/- 7 Boards of Directors coached/advised
- +/- 21 Executive teams coached/advised
- +/- 11 Functional teams coached/advise
- +/- 13 Non-Profits advised
- +/- 4 Government/local authorities advised
Highlights:
- Independent coach, advisor and consultant to executives (since 1990).
- CEO/President (private company, USA)
- Interim CEO (listed company, South Africa)
- Executive Board Member (listed industrial holding company, South Africa)
- In 1990 he co-founded a niche strategy and executive effectiveness consulting firm in Cape Town, South Africa.
- James has worked on two continents in multiple sectors: advertising and branding; dairy; housing construction; information technology (systems development); manufacturing (paper packaging); medical (blood transfusion; hospital privatization); municipal and county services; merchant shipping; non-profit; oil; professional services (accounting, tax and financial services); retail (clothing; furniture; sports goods); and wealth management.
- He has been directly involved in diversification strategies, the integration of acquisitions, start-ups, the sale of business units and corporate turnarounds from bankruptcy.
- In June 2019 James retired from the role of CEO of a 30+ year old wealth management firm. He was initially appointed to coach the founder into retirement. This role morphed into the role of CEO, for 5 years, while coaching the next generation of leaders.
- For a number of years, James his “Nonsense at Work” commentary on regional public radio stations: Twice-weekly from 2006 to 2016 in the mid-Virginia area, followed by seven days a week in the Chicago area for two years.