Experience

Gary has worked and lived on four continents as the CEO for HallmarkCards and Textron. Before that he served as the Managing Director for Sales and Marketing across 10 European operating subsidiaries. He brings a truly global mindset to his international practice, coaching the CEOs and other senior executives of Fortune 500 companies around the world.

Gary is one of the pioneers of the coaching profession, having been approached by General Electric in 1989 to be one of Jack Welch’s first change agents. He was charged with helping top managers to consider behavioural and management changes in style, a practice that eventually became known as ‘executive coaching'.

He is cited by Forbes as being one of the top five executive coaches in the world, and London’s Financial Times described him as one of the 50 most important global thought leaders. Gary co-authored the book ‘Political Dilemmas at Work’, a practical guide to surviving negative political situations at work.

Gary’s particular interest is in coaching CEOs or potential CEOs, for whom a global mindset is important. He is based in Manhattan in the USA, and spends about three-quarters of his time travelling the world coaching his clients.

Coaching & behavioural science qualifications

• PhD, Human and Organisational Development, Fielding Graduate University, US

Business qualifications and business experience (selected)

• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Psychology & Sociology, University of Redlands, US
  
• Graduate degree in global management, Thunderbird School of Global Management, US
  
• Diploma, Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft International Business Cologne, Germany
  
• CEO, Hallmark Cards Germany
  
• Co-in charge, Hallmark Cards UK
  
• Director Sales & Marketing, Hallmark Cards Europe
  
• CEO, Textron Australia
  
• CEO, Textron New Zealand
  
• Marketing Director, University of Southern California School of Business
  

Selected client organisations

Clients include: GE, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, UBS, Harcourt Publishing, Sony, Houlihan, Ackerley Group/Clear Channel Media, GWF, PWC

Registrations, Memberships and Affiliations

• Member, Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC)

Instrument Accreditations

Global Mindset inventory certification, Thunderbird School of Global Management, US