Jim Harris TOPICS: Management Change Business FEE CATEGORY:* 5.0k to 10.0k TRAVELS FROM: Ontario Video Profile Testimonials/Client List Books & Videos Request This Speaker

Jim Harris: Profile

Jim Harris is a one of North America’s foremost authors and thinkers on change and leadership. As a management consultant and best selling author he is much sought after. Association magazine ranked him as one of the nation’s top speakers. As a management consultant Jim speaks internationally at over 50 conferences a year and conducts strategic planning sessions with executive teams, focusing on the most pressing issues:

• Blindsided!
• Leadership in the New Millennium
• Customer Relationship Management
• eLearning
• Future Trends
• Change, Creativity & Innovation
• Creating Learning Organizations


Workshops on:
• Strategic planning amid complexity
• Creating Common Mission/Vision
• Teamwork


Mr. Harris’ clients include Agilent Technologies, Association of Research Libraries, Barclays Bank, Centra, Certified Management Accountants, Columbia Tristar Pictures, Deloitte & Touche, European Snack Food Association, General Motors, Glaxo Wellcome, IABC, IEEE, International Council of Shopping Centers, JD Edwards, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, Munich Re, NEC, Nortel Networks, Novartis, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, Saba, Society of Professional Engineers, Sybase, TNT Worldwide Express, the UK Cabinet Office and Zurich.

Blindsided! a #1 International Bestseller
Mr. Harris’ new book, Blindsided! is a #1 international bestseller having appeared on the Financial Times of London’s #1 spot in its European edition. Blindsided! was named as one of the best business books of the year by CEO Refresher and numerous executive audio summary services have summarized the work. Blindsided! was published simultaneously in 80 countries worldwide in 2002 as a lead title of UK-based Capstone, part of John Wiley & Sons of New York. In October 2001 Polaroid declared bankruptcy. The company that came to define instant photography was blindsided by the rapid rise of digital photography. Blindsided! highlights why companies and even whole industries are being blindsided and then answers the questions: How can decision makers identify early warning signs? How can leaders put in place systems and structures that will prevent their organizations from being blindsided? And then knowing all this, how can you blindside your competition?

Mr. Harris’ second book, The Learning Paradox, was nominated for the National Business Book Award in Canada, and has appeared on numerous bestseller lists. Books for Business has ranked it as one of the top 10 business books in all of North America. Capstone published The Learning Paradox in 80 countries in February 2002. There are now over 40,000 copies in print, and Capstone will be releasing it in paperback in 2004. The Learning Paradox argues that “job security” as we knew it is gone. Individual and organizational security is now based on learning, changing and coping with uncertainty. Paradoxically these are what we as adults fear most!

He also co-authored the national bestseller The 100 Best Companies to Work for in Canada – selling 50,000 copies. As a management consultant, Mr. Harris works with leading businesses, Fortune 500 companies, and organizations aspiring to join these ranks. From 1992-1996 he represented the Covey Leadership Center in Canada – teaching Dr. Stephen Covey’s work, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People to clients.

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