Jim Bohn Ph.D.

"At this stage of my career, I want to share my learning and experience with others so they avoid the mistakes I've made and gain from my victories."

Dr. Jim Bohn has served in a variety of roles in the corporate world, personally leading the transformation of multiple underperforming teams to achieve award-winning levels of success. “Working in the real world, I have had to live with the change management decisions I have made, both good and bad, and I believe that experience has given me insight into the best ways to approach change.” After several decades with a Fortune 100 company, Dr. Bohn launched his own Change Management and Organizational Transformation Practice.

WEBSITE https://drjimbohn.com/ Twitter @drjimbohn

His book, “Architects of Change: Practical Tools for Executives to Build, Lead and Sustain Organizational Initiatives” was released in July 2015.

As a leader, Dr. Bohn has personally led significant change management projects including IT implementations, mergers and reorganizations. He has served in roles ranging from the shop floor to design, engineering, sales and service. “I consider my early operations experience to be invaluable for understanding change problems.”

As an educator, Jim has taught Organization Development at University of Wisconsin's LUBAR School of Business, Business Ethics and Strategy at Concordia University and Leadership at Marquette University.

As a social scientist, Jim is deeply passionate about learning, developing and practicing organizational research in the context of change.

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As a scholar, Jim's interest in Organizational Efficacy began during his Ph.D. studies at the University of Wisconsin. "The idea that people might be able to evaluate the power of an organization to control outcomes was very intriguing." In 2006 Jim was interviewed by Business Week on the subject of Organizational Efficacy. His groundbreaking research in Organizational Efficacy was published in Human Resource Development Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall 2010. Jim was interviewed by Business Week in 2006 on the subject of Organizational Efficacy.

He is a Master Facilitator and has led hundreds of workshops with audiences ranging from frontline mechanics to Senior Vice-Presidents. In addition to his work in organizational transformation, he has spoken at the National Academy of Change Management Professionals, and led workshops for SHRP and Wisconsin I/O Psychologists, Dakota County and Lakeville Chambers of Commerce, ASTD-Twin Cities, MNCMN, MNODN, Atlanta Field Service Conference and the Chicago Corenet Real Estate Group among others.