About Bill Pasmore: Empowering CEOs and Organizations to Thrive
Organizational Consultant & Executive Leadership Expert
My Work as an Organizational Consultant
An organizational consultant helps companies navigate change, align leadership, and optimize performance at every level. Through structured analysis, coaching, and strategic advice, I guide organizations and their leaders through complex challenges to unlock new levels of success.
From CEO succession and executive team alignment to large-scale organizational transformation, my role is to be the trusted partner leaders turn to when the stakes are highest.
Who is the Leadership Expert Bill Pasmore?
As a globally respected leadership expert and organizational consultant, I’ve dedicated my career to helping CEOs, executive teams, and organizations thrive in the face of constant change.
My experience includes senior leadership roles at top consulting firms, professorships at world-class universities, and advisory work with Fortune 500 companies. I’ve also authored numerous business leadership books to provide practical guidance for executives worldwide.
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Bill’s Philosophy
At the core of my approach is a simple belief: Great leaders create great organizations.
My coaching and consulting work is guided by values that drive meaningful, lasting impact:
Clarity
Providing honest, straightforward feedback.
Courage
Helping leaders face difficult challenges.
Collaboration
Partnering closely with clients to co-create solutions.
Commitment
Staying with leaders through every phase of their journey
Who We Serve
My work supports leaders and organizations at critical inflection points, including:
- CEOs preparing for or exiting their roles
- Executive teams seeking higher performance
- Organizations undergoing cultural or structural change
Whether you engage in one service or multiple, the journey is designed to grow with you.
Lead with Excellence
A great organization is like a symphony—each part distinct, yet working in concert. This approach doesn’t drive your organization, it harmonizes it. You already have the instruments—talent, strategy, leadership. What you need is a conductor that can bring it all together—unlocking hidden value and transforming strengths into a unified, powerful performance.
My Work
Here are just a few examples of the work I have done.
CEO Succession
As mentioned, I have helped Wal Mart, Pepsi, Dow, Mass Mutual and other companies identify and select their next CEOs. Understanding that the CEO’s job requires a crucial combination of complex business and personal competencies. Understanding from my experience of working with CEOs over many years helps me to know what “great versus good” looks like.
Re-designing the Enterprise
As the consultant to the new CEO of a medium performer in its industry, it became clear that something was badly broken in how the company operated and that a major change was necessary. Redesigning the enterprise from top to bottom and replacing several key executives took several months but led quickly to dramatic improvements in performance and a more highly engaged workforce.
Creating an Aligned Executive Team
Getting snowed-in at a senior-team retreat on Martha’s Vineyard turned out to be the perfect opportunity for this team to work through its longstanding issues. With no place to go, the team could concentrate on reaching agreement about how it would work going forward. The transition from a group of individuals to a truly collaborative team involved some painful discussions that had been avoided for far too long.
Curating Conversations
Sometimes, the right conversation can provide both clarity and the spark to action that opens the door to new possibilities. Using my network of high-level connections, I find just the right resource for the issue at hand. Arranging and facilitating these conversations is something that I have always enjoyed.
CEO Coaching, Organizational Transformation
A long-term coaching relationship with the CEO of a global pharmaceuticals company led to the coaching of several additional executives over time as well as establishing the company’s core purpose and values while repositioning it for growth.
Board-CEO Relations
A large, global family-owned agricultural company was dealing with the after-effects of a generational transition in leadership which created tensions between the board and new family-member CEO regarding the direction of the company. Work with the board and CEO independently and together through real-time joint work on the company’s strategic challenges brought the parties closer together while creating clearer direction and new opportunities for growth.
Development at the Top
A global heavy industry company wanted their next-generation of C-Suite executives to be better prepared for working at the highest level of the organization. They recognized that historically, individuals were promoted to the C-Suite with a narrow functional view of the organization and an orientation toward their individual success. In my role with the Center for Creative Leadership, I co-designed a year-long, intensive learning journey for a group of the company’s highest potentials to get ready to take the company into the future, as members of a more highly effective leadership team.