Joe Gibbons
Joe Gibbons is an organizational development executive and practitioner, focusing on accelerating leadership excellence and organizational transformation, with extensive internal and external global consulting experience.
He approaches organizations holistically; aligning teams and individuals, developing strategies, ensuring organizational and individual competency, driving change, designing interventions, and instituting performance metrics.
Joe partners with senior leaders and teams to identify opportunities for growth, leading transformational change and driving business results.
Specialties
Organizational Assessment and Design, Executive Assessment & Development, Executive Coaching & Consulting, Team Effectiveness, Change Management & Leadership, Action Learning, Innovation Management, Strategic Goal and Performance Alignment, Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement
Background
Fresenius Medical Care, Vice President, Organization & Leadership Development
Joe led succession planning, performance management, organization development, change management, organizational assessment & design, and leadership development for this premier health care company focused on delivering the highest quality care to people with renal and other chronic conditions. Fresenius has more than 200,000 employees in 100 countries worldwide and annual revenue of $28 billion.
Nuance Communications, Global Vice President of Talent & Organization Development
Joe led all aspects of executive development, succession management, talent reviews, leadership & management development, professional development, career management, performance management, team effectiveness, organizational development and large-scale cultural transformation efforts. Nuance is a leading provider of voice and language technology solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Nuance has 15,000 employees worldwide in 39 countries and revenues of $2.0 billion.
Covidien, Global VP of Leadership and Organization Development
Collaborated with new CEO to design new organization structure and assemble leadership team through Spearheaded Covidien 2.0 enterprise-wide organization design process resulting in ten streamlined organizations and over $30+ million in savings.
Formulated organizational success metrics in support of five company-wide strategic initiatives; Realized $2 billon annual revenue as a result of key role in Asia and LATAM growth strategy execution scaling emerging markets businesses.
Oversaw acclaimed company-wide Leadership Development process: Aspire programs for high-potential Presidents and Vice Presidents. 30+% of participants have been promoted post-completion.
Deloitte LLP, Chief Learning Officer and Practice Leader for the Change, Learning and Growth
Spearheaded key initiatives as a proactive method to acquire and retain top talent by placing a spotlight on career development. Creation of Enabling a Culture of Coaching , with 2000+ select partners, managers and staff participated in 6-month Coaching Labs (action learning pilots), with 2000+ partners, directors, and managers immersed in skill-building Coach Approach workshops to maximize their ability to coach staff, peers, and each other every day.
Featured on the cover of Training Magazine for best practices in Enabling a Culture of Coaching.
Education
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, M.S., Management - Training & Development
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, B.A., Business Administration/Marketing
Professional Affiliations and Certifications
• CLO Business Intelligence Board, 2015 – Present
• Sitting Chair, Charter member of Harvard University’s Learning Innovations Laboratories (LILA)
• Board of Visitor’s member, Northeastern University, College of Business Administration
• Member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Member of International Society for Performance Instruction (ISPI)
• Member of the American Society of Training & Development (ASTD)
• Certified in Kates Kesler Organization Design Methodology, Boston, MA
• Executive Certificate in Building The Learning Organization from Columbia University, New York, NY
• Certified consultant/instructor in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Los Angeles, CA
• Certificate in instructional design from Information Mapping
• Certificate in Instructional Design from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI