Find out why Chevron, the Gap, General Dynamics, and
others have Jeff Evans traveling the globe to speak on leadership and
transformational change.
Change, leadership, and inspiration.
Most people think that you have to be born to lead. The truth is,
everyone is born to lead. This secret is in knowing how to tap that
part of yourself on command, in any situation. Look for your audience
to leave with these things:
At least one "ahha" that will be useful from the moment
they walk out of the room.
An eye-opening adventure that explains many things about relationships
- both work and personal - that may have seemed to be complete mysteries
before.
Simple methods of leadership that apply at the top of the largest
corporations as well as in a team in the smallest.
Jeff's message is to leaders in all walks of life. Disconnecting
leadership from positional authority, he instead talks about leading
as a passion –as inspiration – that actually creates
our personal authority to lead. More than anything else leadership
is about who we are and how others experience us. Each of has the
innate capability to lead through the heart as well as the head.
His work will amuse, enthuse, and inspire you to find your highest
path.
Professional Background
Jeff has been a key presenter at numerous conferences in the areas
of leadership or change, organization development, and large-scale
change methodologies. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees
in education and social sciences, including a Ph.D. in Educational
Human Resource Development from Texas A&M. He completed a 3
Year Post-Graduate track in organization development at the Gestalt
Institute inCleveland and has done post-doctoral work in behavioral
systems, organizations, the psychology of group dynamics, and emotional
intelligence. He is also a Certified Hypnotherapist and a Master
Practitioner in NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP). He has developed
and taught extension courses through UC Berkeley’s College
of Business in Systems Thinking, Managing Change, and Consulting
Skills. Add to that experience as an industrial fire-fighter and
ratings as a commercial pilot and flight instructor and you have
a rich tapestry of experience that can find an edge with any audience.
During his professional career, Jeff has coached leaders of some
of the largest corporations in the world, many of whom lead global
organizations spanning over 100 counties. He has also consulted
on new organization designs and startups, large group change methodologies,
and joint ventures and alliances in international and global settings.
While he currently focuses on executive coaching, his client base
has ranged from international executive teams to manufacturing management
teams in retail, manufacturing, information technology, telecommunications,
research and development, as well as oil and gas exploration.
Best-selling author of Inspirational
Presence: The Art of Transformational Leadership (Morgan-James,
2009) and co-author of the book Ten
Tasks Of Change (Jossey/Bass-Pfeiffer, 2001), he is also
the founder and owner of Envision Global Leadership, a leadership development
and coaching firm. He has spent the past 20 years supporting executives
around the world through transformational change. While his work
is grounded in theory and best practice he writes and speaks to
real people with the intention of being clear, practical, and useful.
Here is what some have said about Jeff Evans:
"Jeff Evans looks well beyond the tools, processes and behaviors
of leadership to the deepest roots of the spirit of leadership...
of truly being a leader in ones heart and soul. He taps into the
elements of human nature and psychology common to all cultures past
and present to arrive at the essence of a state of mind of transformational
leadership that can enable each of us to accomplish great things."
Gilles (Jeal) A. Eberhard
General Manager, Strategy and Planning
Global Downstream Information Technology
Chevron Corporation
"Inspirational Presence, The Art
of Transformational Leadership is timely and relevant at a
time when organizations are desperately looking for ways to adapt
and survive. Jeff Evans offers an essential roadmap to navigate
in the new globally interconnected world, by deeply probing into
the higher ground that defines and guides the successful leader
and organization."
Mark B. Glick
Director of Economic Development
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
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