Leading Transformational Change | Ian Ziskin

Leading Transformational Change

Ian Ziskin
President, EXec EXcel Group LLC

Ian Ziskin is President of EXec EXcel Group LLC, a human capital coaching and consulting firm he founded in 2010 following a highly successful 28-year career as a corporate business executive. Ian delivers services in the areas of human capital strategy, leadership & talent development, and organizational transformation as a board advisor, coach, consultant, teacher, speaker, and author.

He is the Co-Founder and Partner of Business inSITE Group (BiG), a strategic partnership focused on coaching, leadership development, and HR transformation; and Co-Founder of both the CHREATE Project and the WoHRk Project, designed to address the future of work and HR.

Ian serves as a Board Director for Humantelligence and as an Advisory Board member for EmPath, Randstad RiseSmart, and Beyond Remotely. He is a recent past Board member and/or Advisor to Allegis Partners, Axion Health, Executive Networks, the SHRM Foundation, and the USC Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business. Ian has also served on multiple additional Boards and Executive Committees, including as Chairman, USC Marshall School of Business Corporate Advisory Board; Vice Chairman, HR Policy Association; Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) at Cornell University; Personnel Round Table; and Human Resources People & Strategy.

Ian’s global leadership experience includes serving in Chief Human Resources Officer and/or other senior roles with three Fortune 100 corporations: Northrop Grumman, Qwest Communications, and TRW.

He has written or co-edited three books, Black Holes and White Spaces: Reimagining the Future of Work and HR with the CHREATE Project (2018), THREE: The Human Resources Emerging Executive (2015), and WillBe: 13 Reasons WillBe’s are Luckier than WannaBe’s (2011), and he is a contributing author to The End of Jobs by Jeff Wald (2020), The Rise of HR: Wisdom From 73 Thought Leaders edited by Dave Ulrich, et. al. (2015), and The Chief HR Officer: Defining the New Role of Human Resource Leaders, edited by Pat Wright, et.al. (2011). He has written dozens of articles, blogs, and book chapters on the future of work, HR, and leadership, as well as on coaching and HR’s role with the Board of Directors, among other topics.

Ian has a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations degree from Cornell University, where he held a research and teaching assistantship based on scholastic achievement, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Binghamton University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

EXec EXcel Group LLC is a coaching and consulting firm specializing in business solutions, human capital strategy, leadership & talent development, and organizational transformation. EXec EXcel Group combines real world experience, a personal approach, and customized solutions to help senior leaders and their teams address priorities, including:

Coaching for Senior Leaders
Business and Human Capital Strategy
Future Workforce/Workplace Issues, Implications, and Actions
Leadership & Talent Development Solutions
Chief Human Resources Officer/Board Dynamics
Culture and Organizational Change and Effectiveness