The leaders behind our leadership development

Kim specializes in helping organizations create a human-centered workplace designed for innovation, creativity, and success. In addition to transformative training and educational programs, she is passionate about the generational shift that is influencing significant transformation in the workplace today. Kim has worked with organizations to analyze succession planning as baby boomers make their exit and the next generations take over leadership roles.

Kim earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems Transformation and Leadership from Saybrook University in California, with a dissertation titled “Millennial Leadership Experiences and Development Needs for Manufacturing 4.0.” She is a Professional in Human Resources (PHR), a Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), and a member of such industry organizations as the Association for Talent Development (ATD), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP). A contributor to NPR and Integral Leadership Review, Kim serves on the board of the Pacific Northwest Organizational Development Network (PNODN).

Courtney leads Marketing for AchieveForum. She is passionate about brand building and energized by the possibilities of digital media.

Prior to joining AchieveForum in 2017, Courtney served as Communications lead for Novozymes Bioenergy, managing product branding and launches, digital strategy, and trade shows. With an extensive background in the agriculture and biotechnology sectors, she has partnered with such key players as Bayer Crop Science, BASF, Butterball, and House-Autry Mills to design and implement their communication strategies. Courtney began her career in advertising and public relations agencies where she counseled clients through crisis communications, entering the digital space, and engaging meaningfully with consumers and the media.

Courtney earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.S. in Extension Education from North Carolina State University. It’s always a good day to be a Tar Heel!

Across Scott’s career, he has provided guidance to C-level executives at top global companies on issues including leadership development, HR & digital strategy, employee engagement, change management, finance, risk management, advocacy, corporate strategy, social media, and growth planning.

Before joining AchieveForum Scott was CEO of Info-Tech Research Group and McLean & Co. in Ontario, Canada. Prior to that, Scott was President of nsight2day, a company he founded in 2011 to help organizations better protect and engage customers, employees, and students through innovative technologies. From 1999 to 2011, Scott was General Manager and Executive Committee member at the Corporate Executive Board. He was also an attorney at Sidley Austin and an Instructor at the University of Virginia.

Scott is a Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Goyen Foundation. He has a B.A. (Public Policy) from Centre College as well as an M.A. (Economics), J.D. (Law), and Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Virginia.

A sales leader with more than 20 years’ experience in the leadership development field, Dave has worked with sales professionals at every stage of career development with an emphasis on mentoring and coaching new account executives.

At AchieveForum, Dave leads the WIN team, a group of sales professionals dedicated to acquiring new clients. Currently the team is enthusiastically introducing clients to the AchieveForum Alliance—helping leaders to succeed in every situation.

Many great leaders have helped to shape Dave’s understanding of leadership—particularly D. J. DePree (founder of Herman Miller).

Dave earned a Master’s degree in Theology from Western Theological Seminary in Michigan and a B.A. in Humanities (with a minor in Philosophy) from Hope College (also in Michigan).

Ken creates dynamic learning experiences for leaders at all levels with his lively approach to facilitation, design, and coaching. Leveraging his extensive experience with neuroscience and theater, he develops new pathways for leaders that lead to learning retention, transfer of new skills to the job, and improved business results. In addition, Ken often serves as a master facilitator, enhancing performance in classroom and virtual instructor-led facilitation.

Ken’s industry experience spans the financial services, professional services, pharmaceuticals, travel, and consumer products sectors.

Ellen is a results-oriented executive who brings extensive line management experience and talent and leadership development expertise to organizations seeking to engage and mobilize their people to execute strategy and deliver business results. An experienced executive coach, insightful consultant, and creative learning designer with a solid track record of delivering results, she has worked with clients in such industries as professional services, financial services, high tech, health care, insurance, and consumer goods. Ellen earned a B.A. from Williams College in Massachusetts, an M.B.A. from Stanford University, and a coaching certification from the NeuroLeadership Group.

Simon is charged with leading AchieveForum’s efforts to redefine the experience of learning in organizations as well as the experience of those supporting the learning. He is driven by a commitment to quality relationships that are valued by all parties, an aesthetic of delight, a journey of meaning and discovery, evidence-based change, and a realism about the difficulty of change.

Before moving to the United States and joining AchieveForum, Simon trained telecommunication engineers around the world for Lucent Technologies. He currently serves on the executive committee of the Relational Thinking Network in Geneva and on the board of trustees of Park Street School in Boston.

As one of Simon’s colleagues once quoted from a Dilbert comic strip, “We thought we’d hired a genius. But it turned out to be an ordinary guy faking a British accent.” Still, Simon has kept it up at AchieveForum for nearly 15 years, playing roles in managing partner relationships and learning technology design and application.

Carrie leads a team of client directors who support our Alliance members. Prior to joining AchieveForum, Carrie led account management and sales teams for several interesting start-up organizations. With close to 20 years in the training, executive advisory, and research industries, Carrie brings a wealth of experience to our client management team.

Carrie earned a Master’s of Business Administration from Strayer University with a concentration in Marketing and recently completed a Strategic Marketing certificate program from Cornell University. She’s also a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts double major in Psychology and Sports Science.

As a facilitator and coach, Michael works with organizations to create points of differentiation for their clients and also leverages his extensive experience in learning and development to help professionals achieve success. Specializing in developing skills and people in corporations, he has worked extensively with small, mid-sized, and large firms to implement business solutions that increase organizational effectiveness.

Michael launched his career as a trainer in 1986, working for British Telecom as an internal management development consultant. Moving to Australia 5 years later, he went on to play significant roles in the areas of sales, training delivery, and training team management. Since 1998, Michael has worked independently, partnering with a broad range of training companies on sales, service, and leadership implementations for frontline teams, supervisors/team leaders, and leadership teams at all organizational levels.

Sarah leads strategic projects to ensure the firm's progression and develops insights based on key performance data to drive decisions and success. Her interest in leadership development and the learning space grew from an opportunity to study organizational psychology while studying abroad. Previously, Sarah held roles at AchieveForum as Sales Associate and Sales Operations Analyst. Prior to being with AchieveForum, Sarah worked as a sales and marketing associate with a boutique consulting firm in New York City. Sarah graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. After two years in New York City, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

John has more than twenty years of experience in financial planning, analysis and accounting within various industries as well as private and public companies . Prior to joining Forum in 2005, John had various financial roles at Epsilon Data Management and Ernst & Young. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Northeastern University as well as an accounting certificate from Bentley University.

As the Director of Client Delivery, Lori Flickinger leads the global team responsible for expertly managing AchieveForum’s client projects and delivering high-quality products and services to our clients, leveraging internal and external resources across the globe.

Since joining AchieveForum in 2002, Lori has played a number of roles in the firm, both client-facing and corporate. Previous roles include Resource Staffing Manager, where she was responsible for managing and developing her team to make strategic resource assignments on client projects and business development needs, ensuring quality delivery, high internal and external customer satisfaction, and that profitability targets were met; and Distributor Relations and Strategic Projects Manager, in which she led corporate-sponsored strategic initiatives and provided support to AchieveForum’s network of global distributors. Prior to that, she was a member of AchieveForum’s research and development team, responsible for managing multi-stream research and product-development initiatives, writing internal and external communications and marketing pieces, and providing content knowledge and support to the sales team. She also spent many years as a project leader, managing complex global initiatives for a wide range of clients across many industries. In 2009, she was selected to chair AchieveForum’s Excellence in Project Management Board; as Chairperson, she led a team focused on broadening and improving AchieveForum’s project management best practices and capabilities. Over the years, Lori has won numerous Excellence awards, including the Global Excellence in Management and Spirit of Forum awards.

Prior to her career at AchieveForum, Lori worked in journalism, international education, publishing, and public relations.

Graduating cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in German Language and Literature and a B.S. in Photojournalism, Lori studied for a year in Switzerland while in high school and also worked and lived in England and Australia.