James Guilford
Founder and Managing Partner, CoWorks Leadership Strategists For over 15 years, Jay Guilford has partnered with HR teams from companies such as Cirque du Soleil, Life Time Fitness, Microsoft, Graham-Wyndam, and R&R Partners to design and deliver effective training solutions to leaders and teams. Jay has an MA from Columbia University and is certified in Predictive Index, Basadur Profile, ADDIE learning design and other assessment and training modalities.
About this speaker
Jay Guilford is Founder and Managing Partner of CoWorks Leadership Strategists (www.coworkslead.com). CoWorks is a Black-owned consultancy that designs leadership training using data-driven insights and scientifically validated tools to help executives and their teams drive results. Jay and team design sessions for off-sites, retreats, and fully-formed leadership programs for organizations.
Jay specializes in custom-designing workshops around leadership, team building, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to meet the needs and challenges faced by top-performing organizations. Jay created and facilitated Cirque du Soleil’s corporate leadership training program targeting executives and their teams in Fortune 500 companies. In the corporate sector, Jay has designed and delivered sessions for Google, Uber, Microsoft, Mastercard, Life Time Fitness, Kmart Australia, SwissLife, Club Med Punta Cana, SABMiller Brewery Latin America and other companies.
In the education and non-profit sector, Jay has designed and facilitated workshops for Upward Bound, Clark County School District, Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association (MEOA), New England Educational Opportunity Association (NEOA), Point Foundation, and Graham-Wyndam.