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Seth is a leadership and performance improvement authority specializing in change leadership. He has been designated a Thought-leader and Exemplar in Change Leadership by the Society for Advancement of Consulting®. The Center for Association Leadership conferred upon him the title of Visionary.
Seth has worked with over 25 executives including large scale change programs with Jim Wolfensohn while president of the World Bank, Gaddi Vasquez while director of the Peace Corps, a $20 million initiative with Royal Dutch Shell, and design of a sales force improvement program for the top producers at Prudential Retirement.
Seth is the Author of:
 Getting Change Right: How Leaders Transform Organizations from the Inside Out |
 Building Beehives: A Handbook for Creating Communities that Generate Returns |
Seth writes regularly for both the Washington Post newspaper and Fast Company Magazine. He has been identified as one of Fast Company’s Top Ten Bloggers multiple times. His content is often syndicated reaching thousands of readers worldwide.
Seth works with over 25,000 professionals every year in conferences and professional seminars. His ability to teach techniques that spread change fast has won him high regard. He is the author of numerous articles on collaboration and change leadership, all of which can be downloaded from his website, VisionaryLeadership.com.
Seth’s largest scale change initiatives to date include:
World Bank - Knowledge Management, 1996 – 1998
As a result of this work the World Bank received international recognition and was publicly named one of the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises.
World Bank - Enterprise Resource Planning, 1999 – 2000
Included activity in operations, finance and risk management, thought leadership and public relations.
Peace Corps - Introducing technology system-wide and addressing changes in demographics among volunteers to include African-American, Hispanic, and elderly, 2004 – 2005
Included global work in operations, knowledge sharing, training, and support, information technology, business processes and administration.
NASA Independent Verification and Validation, software testing for the space program - Taking the senior leadership team from 100% compliance to world-class, 2005
Included leadership, thought leadership and public relations, partnerships, operations, knowledge sharing, training & support, talent and human development.
Shell Exploration and Production Co - Introducing advanced technology into the ground, 2007-2009
Included impact throughout the Americas and top-level work with senior managers in headquarters, Rijswijk, the Netherlands. Areas of impact included Leadership, Business Development, Partnerships, Finance and Risk Management, Operation, Talent and Human Development, Knowledge Sharing, Training, and Support, Procurement, Information Technology, Business Processes and Administration.
