Josef Klus

BUSINESS and ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Josef has coached individuals representing a wide variety of industries that include: Air France, Avant Advisory Group, Bank of America, Caldera Medical, Citibank, HealthNet, LA Works, Living Spaces Furniture, Merck, Paramount Pictures, Shabby Chic, and The Tennis Channel.

Representative coaching assignments include:

·        Executive Management Team, digital technology

·        Director, Product Strategy, fiber optic technology

·        CEO/VPs, Management Team, marketing firm

·        SVP, Internal Audit Operational Risk, finance

·        VP, Operations, heavy-duty manufacturing

·        National Team Leaders, international relief NGO

Josef has mentored individual leaders during his 30-year career in marketing, non-profit, and consultation. He began as Advertising Director at Flying Tomato, Inc. and later founded The Admakers ad agency, where he managed staff and accounts, which included American Oil Chemists Society, Anderson Physics Laboratory (later, APL Engineered Materials), Champaign-Urbana Symphony, and University of Illinois Extension Services.

During his five years in France, he founded and equipped new development programs and leadership teams for two non-profit organizations.

In addition to his experience working with entrepreneurs, founders of start-ups, corporate managers, and C-suite executives in transition, Josef has also trained junior and senior coaches in best practices and proprietary methodologies--most notably, the power of metaphor for combined left-brain/right-brain strategizing.