Dr. Gordon Curphy Curphy Leadership Solutions, USA

Gordon Curphy helps C-suite, business unit, and functional leaders develop business strategies; implement major change initiatives; hire, develop, and promote leadership talent; and build high performing teams. Taking a scientist-practitioner approach to leadership, Gordon has spent the past 30+ years researching, teaching, practicing, and providing consulting advice on leadership. He... read morehas written 23 books, numerous articles and book chapters, and sold over 100,000 copies of the number one selling textbook Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience (10th Ed.). He is also the architect of The Rocket Model®, The Rocket Model: Practical Advice for Building High Performing Teams, Ignition: A Guide to Building High Performing Teams, and the Team Assessment Survey®--tools intended to help improve teamwork across the globe. As a practitioner, Gordon has held numerous leadership positions in the United States Air Force, United States Air Force Academy, Center for Creative Leadership, Blandin Foundation, and Korn/Ferry International. In addition to running his own business since 2002, Gordon has done ex-pat assignments and led start- ups, turn-arounds, major organizational change initiatives, and rapid growth companies. He has conducted over 1,500 in-depth executive assessments, designed and facilitated engagements with over 200 senior teams, and trained over 20,000 leaders on a variety of topics.