Craig della Penna
Carrie del Toro
Susan Drumm
J.P. Flaum
Tiffany McFerrin Foa
Andrea Gill
Ryan Greene
Jeff Jones
Donya Miller
Francesca Painter
Becky Winkler
J.P. Flaum is the Managing Partner of Green Peak Partners, a management consulting firm with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Denver, New York and San Francisco. The firm's primary focus is on partnering with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to drive increased returns by accelerating their hiring, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. Green Peak's high trust, bottom-line approach to helping CEOs accelerate their leadership and team effectiveness has earned it high marks from its demanding PE and corporate clients. In addition to managing Green Peak, J.P. spends most of his professional time coaching CEOs on critical leadership and human capital objectives.
Prior to founding Green Peak Partners, J.P. was a top producing Managing Director with ghSMART for 5 years. J.P. helped build ghSMART from three full-time people to over 15 respected consultants serving half of the world's top-ten private equity firms as clients. He also founded and ran the firm's executive coaching practice and has personally coached over 100 top performing leaders. Over the last 10 years, J.P. has advised CEOs and Boards on issues related to leadership effectiveness, organizational design, succession planning, on-boarding, M&A integration, and conflict intervention. His private equity clients include American Capital, Bain Capital, Berkshire Partners, The Carlyle Group, HM Capital, Madison Dearborn Partners, New Mountain Capital, Ridgemont Equity Partners, and numerous others.
J.P. is a national thought leader and popular speaker on leadership and executive team effectiveness. He has been invited to keynote numerous meetings and facilitate executive off-sites for some of the world's leading private equity firms, public companies, industry associations, and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Clients appreciate his combined expertise in leadership psychology, business strategy, and organizational effectiveness. His work has been featured in numerous publications including: The Wall Street Journal's Private Equity Beat, The Washington Post, PE Hub, The New York Times DealBook, Investor's Business Daily, The Globe and Mail, American Management Association, and HR Executive. His two-day program, 'Coaching & Influencing Skills for Executives & Boards,' has been well received for helping executives expand their team's management toolkit and overall influencing skills.
Prior to ghSMART, J.P. served as the Managing Partner of Venture Performance, an executive coaching firm focused on venture-backed technology companies committed to scaling their leadership capabilities in line with their rapid growth. Over his career, J.P. has advised Restoration Hardware, Prudential, Carter's, FedEx, Unisource, Bare Escentuals, MSN, and many other large and small companies alike. Previously, he served as a business development executive and strategy consultant, holding positions at The New York Times, Excite@Home, and A.T. Kearney Management Consultants.
J.P. earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Finance and Management with a minor in Psychology from the University of Virginia. He is a professionally trained and certified corporate coach, earned a CPCC from the Coaches Training Institute, and is licensed by the International Coaching Federation.