James Kerr

James Kerr

Greater Hartford
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Over 25 years in leadership coaching, team facilitation, organizational development…

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  • INDISPENSABLE: Build and Lead A Company Customers Can’t Live Without

    Humanix Books

    The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "Indispensable" as being absolutely necessary and not subject to being set aside or neglected. INDISPENSABLE: Build and Lead A Company Customers Can’t Live Without provides a framework that you can follow to transform your business and features dozens of examples from industry including those drawn from Amazon, Uber, Facebook and more. Each business example illustrates how the concepts offered in the book are already being used to make businesses…

    The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "Indispensable" as being absolutely necessary and not subject to being set aside or neglected. INDISPENSABLE: Build and Lead A Company Customers Can’t Live Without provides a framework that you can follow to transform your business and features dozens of examples from industry including those drawn from Amazon, Uber, Facebook and more. Each business example illustrates how the concepts offered in the book are already being used to make businesses indispensable in the marketplace. Keep in mind, though, only your customers can decide if your business is indispensability.

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  • It's Good To Be King: A Leadership Fable for Everyday Leaders

    CreateSpace

    The time is right for It's Good To Be King!

    With steady and responsible leadership at an all-time low, it’s time for a fun and lighthearted story that presents sound leadership fundamentals and reinforces the notion that, regardless of the circumstances, we can all learn to become exceptional leaders.

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  • The Executive Checklist: A Guide to Setting Direction and Managing Change

    Palgrave-Macmillan

    My latest book is in stores, now! Order your copy today.

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  • The Best Practices Enterprise

    J. Ross Publishing

    There are seven best practices that are indispensable in this era of rapid change, increasing customer demands, and intense global competition. These seven best practices address the people, processes, and technology elements of which every enterprise is comprised. Without them firmly in place, an organization will eventually flounder. When driven by top management, instituting 15 business principles based on these seven best practices will transform an organization from mediocrity to a…

    There are seven best practices that are indispensable in this era of rapid change, increasing customer demands, and intense global competition. These seven best practices address the people, processes, and technology elements of which every enterprise is comprised. Without them firmly in place, an organization will eventually flounder. When driven by top management, instituting 15 business principles based on these seven best practices will transform an organization from mediocrity to a powerhouse referred to as The Best Practices Enterprise™. These proven principles and practices are supported by nearly 50 real-world case examples and excerpts from actual projects to demonstrate how multiple organizations have institutionalized these best practices.

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  • Earlier Books

    Published By WIley & Sons / McGraw-Hill

    The IRM Imperative (Wiley & Sons, 1989)

    Inside RAD (McGraw-Hill, 1991)

Projects

  • Culture Reset™ Service

    Our Culture Reset™ services help you build a winning culture that promotes high performance, while fostering the adoption of a new cultural dynamic where everyone works together to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

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  • The Emerging Leaders Coaching Program

    By bringing the coaching program in-house, you provide your next generation leaders with the development opportunities that they need to become your leaders of tomorrow.

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  • Vision Story Services

    Your company’s vision defines its direction. It should be told as a story that engages and informs. We can help you co-create your vision story.

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  • Organizational Development Offering

    - Present

    Your organization must be aligned! Organization Design is what translates strategies into action. Strategic misalignment destroys a company’s ability to deliver results. That said, we drive alignment by using your vision and strategies to re-imagine the operating models that underpinning your organization. We use that finely tuned operating model to redesign the reporting structures so that the “right” people are in the “right” places to do their best.

    Let us help you develop your…

    Your organization must be aligned! Organization Design is what translates strategies into action. Strategic misalignment destroys a company’s ability to deliver results. That said, we drive alignment by using your vision and strategies to re-imagine the operating models that underpinning your organization. We use that finely tuned operating model to redesign the reporting structures so that the “right” people are in the “right” places to do their best.

    Let us help you develop your organization today.

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  • Improved Customer Experience thorugh Better Customer Intimacy

    Building strong customer relationships through personalized interactions fosters loyalty and trust, leading to higher customer satisfaction and long-term success. By nurturing this intimate understanding, businesses can make data-driven decisions, deliver exceptional experiences, and drive continuous improvement to meet and exceed customer expectations.

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  • Resilience Program

    Our Resilience Program Services™ help leading companies cultivate cultures that enable people to develop the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. The degree to which a business weaves resilience training, thinking and behavior into its work settings determines how quickly it recovers under pressure.

    Let us help you develop your Resiliency Program today.

  • Industry 4.0 Strategy

    There is no doubt! You must plan and execute a Digital Transformation Strategy or be left behind. I have developed an entire suite of intellectual property that I call Digital Transformation Co-Create Methodology that can help you craft the Digital Transformation Plan that you need to differentiate your organization from all of the rest.

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