Jim Hemerling

Jim Hemerling is a Senior Advisor and Executive Coach with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of San Francisco. He has more than 30 years of experience working closely with senior leaders to unlock personal performance and potential while delivering and sustaining breakthrough organizational results. A former BCG managing director, senior partner, and BCG Henderson Institute Fellow, he led large-scale transformation programs, post-merger integrations, and the development of high-performing organizations, leaders, teams, and cultures.

Jim's approach to transformation is holistic and human-centric, focusing on envisioning and aligning an organization’s purpose and vision, inspiring and empowering people, and executing and innovating through enabled teams. He has worked with clients worldwide in technology, consumer, health care, financial services, insurance, and manufacturing industries, and has lived and worked in the US, Canada, Mexico, and China.

Jim is a co-author of "Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism," and "Technological Revolution and Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything." His TED Talk, "5 Ways to Lead in an Era of Constant Change," has been viewed over 3.5 million times, and his work has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, Forbes, The Economist, Manager Magazine, and on CNBC.