For over 25 years Jim Clemmer’s practical leadership approaches have been inspiring action and achieving results. His keynote presentations and workshops/retreats, five best-selling books, columns, and newsletters have helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

Jim is a popular columnist and a regular guest on radio and television programs. He is listed in half a dozen Canadian, American, and international Who’s Who directories. Among his many achievements, he’s especially proud of tripling the size of his forehead!

The first of Jim’s five books was The VIP Strategy. His second book, Firing on All Cylinders, is one of Canada’s all time bestselling management books. He followed that with Pathways to Performance. His next book, Growing the Distance, focused on personal leadership principles. A companion book, The Leader’s Digest, applies those same principles to leading others. His most recent book is “an edutaining case study” or work of leadership fiction entitled Moose on the Table: A Novel Approach to Communications @ Work.

Jim co-founded and led The Achieve Group to become Canada’s largest training and consulting company. Achieve was purchased by California-based Zenger Miller and merged with other training companies to form AchieveGlobal. He is also a Practitioner in Residence for the masters (MASc) and doctoral (PhD) students in the University of Waterloo’s Industrial/Organizational Psychology program.

Jim has delivered over two thousand customized keynote presentations, workshops, and retreats. One of his goals, on his many business trips, is to have half as much fun as his family thinks he’s having!

Today, Jim brings to us his common sense and proven approaches, illustrated with entertaining examples and supported by solid research. Please join me in welcoming an improvement leader who takes his life work seriously and himself lightly – Jim Clemmer.