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About Us

Deep Experience and Global Perspective

Purpose – Building agile and impactful leaders capable of transforming the world with integrity, passion for results, and empathy. We do this by focusing on innate style and potential, building self-awareness and a transformative mindset that results in enhanced agility and a wider repertoire of leader behaviors with greater authenticity and trust.


Services - Leadership assessment, executive coaching and top team development. Our experience spans across industries and geographies. We identify and develop leaders from early career identification (spotting leadership potential) through senior leader development that includes CEO and Board level executives. We specialize in difficult to change mindsets and behaviors.


Perspective – A US-based firm with a global mindset. Experience working and living in Asia, United Kingdom, Europe and South America.  This perspective can help executives lead and influence across cultures, departments or teams no matter what size business. We believe in sustainability and measure success by long term impact.


Leading in the Digital Age

The new digital economy demands leaders be more agile, innovative and resilient. Yet leading people is still key to growth and success, so leaders need to build relationships, foster trust, influence with impact while delivering results across geographies using new technologies. Ensuring you have the right leaders leveraging their full potential is critical to your success. Talk to us today about how we can support your leadership strategy and put you on a sustainable path to success and profit.

About the Founder

Gary Schmidt, Ph.D.

Dr. Gary Schmidt brings 30 years of experience working with top global companies in the areas of leadership assessment, executive development and team effectiveness. During this time he has been a business leader, a consultant and a researcher. Having worked as a senior level executive for Korn Ferry, YSC, Right Management and SHL, his perspective is diverse and comprehensive. He has recently returned to the US after seven years working in Singapore.


During his career, Dr. Schmidt has provided services to firms including Schneider Electric, HP, United Airlines, Microsoft, Becton Dickinson, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Diageo, Novartis, IHG (China), Dow Chemical, PrintPak, Pepsi Bottling Group, Sanofi, AT&T, Bayer, GSK, plus numerous emerging and mid-size companies. 


Dr. Schmidt has a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Tulane University and a MBA from New York University. A native of eastern Iowa, Dr. Schmidt attended the University of Iowa as an undergraduate. In addition to building better leaders, he enjoys sailing, coffee roasting and brewing, cooking (and eating) and tomato gardening.