Jeff Gerkin

Jef­f’s Story

Jeff is a senior exec­u­tive advi­sor and cer­ti­fied exec­u­tive coach with more than 25 years of expe­ri­ence help­ing for-prof­it and non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions grow, scale, and adapt through change.

Jeff works close­ly with CEOs and exec­u­tive lead­er­ship teams — often in part­ner­ship with boards of direc­tors — to define clear growth strate­gies, align orga­ni­za­tion­al strat­e­gy to those pri­or­i­ties, and estab­lish a dis­ci­plined exe­cu­tion cadence that turns vision into results. He pri­mar­i­ly part­ners with orga­ni­za­tions with rev­enue rang­ing from $5M to $500M, where strat­e­gy, lead­er­ship, and exe­cu­tion must scale together.

His expe­ri­ence spans finan­cial ser­vices, staffing, health­care, IT, con­sumer ser­vices, and food & bev­er­age, sup­port­ing both mis­sion-dri­ven and com­mer­cial­ly focused orga­ni­za­tions. Across indus­tries, Jeff helps lead­er­ship teams move from ambi­tion to action by cre­at­ing clar­i­ty around where to play, how to win, and what must change to achieve their goals.

Jeff’s work is ground­ed in deep expe­ri­ence across strate­gic plan­ning, growth strat­e­gy, orga­ni­za­tion­al strat­e­gy, tech­nol­o­gy opti­miza­tion strat­e­gy, and exec­u­tive devel­op­ment. He is known for align­ing enter­prise-lev­el strat­e­gy with oper­at­ing rhythms, ensur­ing that pri­or­i­ties are trans­lat­ed into focused ini­tia­tives, clear account­abil­i­ty, and con­sis­tent fol­low-through across the organization.

Often described as authen­tic, prac­ti­cal, and easy to work with, Jeff helps lead­ers strength­en the emo­tion­al intel­li­gence, judg­ment, and con­fi­dence required to lead through growth, dis­rup­tion, and tran­si­tion. His focus is on cre­at­ing what he calls the mul­ti­pli­er effect — when peo­ple, strat­e­gy, tim­ing, and cul­ture align, per­for­mance accel­er­ates naturally.

Jeff holds an MBA from the Uni­ver­si­ty of St. Thomas (Min­neso­ta), a Chief Dig­i­tal Offi­cer Cer­tifi­cate from North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty, and a BS in Eco­nom­ics from Illi­nois State Uni­ver­si­ty. As a Cer­ti­fied Exec­u­tive Coach, he helps lead­ers become more inten­tion­al, engag­ing, and effec­tive — achiev­ing results by mak­ing bet­ter, more aligned decisions.