Overview
Kim Ramsey is the President and Founder of The Executive Edge®, Inc., a niche national consulting firm that specializes in Talent Management which includes accelerating the growth of executive leaders, their teams and organizations in reaching their full potential. She also works with senior leaders & their teams in developing their organization’s human capital strategies and culture to achieve optimal business performance. She has over 25 years of experience in coaching executives, strategic planning, executive team development, accelerated leadership development strategy, change management, organizational design, 360-degree feedback, mentoring, design of performance management systems and more. She routinely works with Fortune 500 clients and their executive teams to design and implement organizational and leadership development initiatives resulting in tangible business improvements. Kim also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Talent Management at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employee Relations – Master’s Program for Human Resources Management.
Prior to founding The Executive Edge®, Inc., Kim led Executive and Leadership Development at the AT&T/Ameritech Institute where she was responsible for coaching and developing the corporation’s most senior executives across North America. With a population of over 15,000 employees, she worked to identify the top 1% who were being groomed for senior executive positions. She received national recognition from the Corporate Leadership Council, Linkage, Inc., Association for Training & Development, and the International Productivity and Quality Council (IPQC) for her “best practices in developing and retaining high potential talent.
She also led Organizational Development and Leadership Development for Nielsen. In addition, her experience included leading the Human Resources organization for SONY’s Consumer Electronics Group for the Midwest Region and a start-up operation in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. She has held additional HR leadership positions at Harris Corporation and the Tribune Company overseeing the executive leadership and organizational development efforts for 26 business units across the country which at the time included the Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio, WGN TV and the Chicago Cubs.
Experience and Expertise
Kim’s key areas of expertise include:
- Facilitation of Board and executive leadership team alignment sessions to determine the desired strategic direction, corporate culture and/or leadership behaviors required to execute the business strategies. Keynote speaking – Aligning Generational Differences, Strategy in Action, Developing Executive Presence and “What Does it Take to be a High Potential?”
- Designing and facilitating large-scale organizational/culture transformation initiatives
- Executive and high-potential coaching (Typically CEO’s, Executive/Group Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents)
- Design and facilitation of strategic planning processes which result in a long-range vision and breakthrough strategies which can propel business growth through laser-beam focus.
- Development of high potential leadership development and talent management strategies at the corporation-level designed to aggressively develop talent to be ready for mission critical positions
- Leadership development strategy and total curriculum design
- Executive team development
Kim has spent her career partnering with organizations in transforming themselves by creating strategic focus and then aligning the design of their strategy, organizational structures and talent necessary to succeed. She has done extensive executive coaching for emerging leaders who are being groomed for executive level/C-Suite positions. Kim has presented at numerous conferences including the International Quality and Productivity Center, Leadership Development Congress, Society of Human Resources Management, Linkage, American Press Institute, Women in Communication, Women in Wireless, Best Practices HRD Conference, American Society for Training and Development and the Midwest Training Conference.
Clients
Some of Kim’s global clients include: Ace Hardware, ACNielsen, Adtalem, AT&T, Bel Brands, USA, BMO Harris, ComEd/Exelon, CertainTeed, Chicago Tribune, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Discover Card, Elkay Manufacturing, Equity Office Properties, Follett Higher Education Group, Forsythe Technologies, Gallaudet University, Jones Lang LaSalle, McCain Foods, Principal Financial Group, Publicis Groupe, RR Donnelley, McCain Foods, McDonald’s, Navistar, Pepsi, Ross Medical University, McDonalds, Ross Stores, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Sara Lee, Sears Roebuck, SecurityLink, Sterling Partners Private Equity, Stoel Rives, LLP, True Value, University Health Systems, University of Chicago Law School, and more. Her clients appreciate the keen sense that Kim possesses for understanding the challenges and complexities of driving change to achieve tangible business results.
Honors and Awards
She was admitted into the Manchester “Who’s Who in America” based on accomplishments in the field as well as the Strathmore “Who’s Who in America.” Her work was also recognized by the Corporate Leadership Council, a division of the Executive Board, as a best practice in developing high potential leadership development strategies. She was featured in Training Today for best practices in “Measuring the Impact of Superstar Development.” She was also awarded AT&T/Ameritech’s Small Business “President’s Award” for launching a corporate-wide strategy for developing leaders of the business and received recognition for “Superior Leadership” from the Ameritech Institute as well. Kim served on numerous boards including the Midwest Training Conference Board for five consecutive years.
Education and Professional Associations
Kim holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Champaign-Urbana and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Psychology, also from the University of Illinois. She was recently chosen to be a member of the Forbes Coaches Council which serves as a governing body that provides thought leadership in the area of executive development. In addition, she has served as the Vice-President of Programs for the Chicago chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning and the founding member/chairperson of the Chicagoland Human Resources Consortium. In the past, she served as a Vice-President, Programs for the American Society of Training and Development and an elected member of the Board of Advisors for the University of Illinois, Graduate School of Labor and Industrial Relations for a three year term. She is also a member of the National Association of Woman Business Owners, Society for Human Resources Management, Organizational Development Network, the Chicago Human Resources Management Association, a professional association for advancing Human Resources.
Learn More
For additional information about The Executive Edge®, please contact us at:
Phone: 1.630.404.2256
Email: kim.ramsey@theexecutiveedge.net
Web: http://www.theexecutiveedge.net/
