Jim Young, President

Jim is a former turnaround advisor and CEO, and now teaches executives and managers how to handle tough leadership challenges like building buy-in for change, motivating employees, managing low performers, and influencing without authority.

With 20 years of Fortune 500 leadership experience, Jim was most recently at DuPont where he received DuPont's famous Leadership Award multiple times. He was also COO of the world's largest solid surface fabrication company, and has also served as CEO and Chief Transformation Officer for several engineering and R&D companies in both turnaround and explosive growth situations.

Jill Weaver, Vice President

Jill Weaver is an executive coach, consultant, and trainer who has worked at all levels with Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, non-profits, educational institutions, health organizations and individuals for over 15 years.

Before joining Leadership IQ, Jill was Director of Organizational Development and Training for Monster.com, where she provided coaching and consulting to Monster leaders and departments worldwide. Prior to that, Jill worked at Harvard University as an internal consultant and trainer where she led the implementation, training, and change management initiatives associated with their Oracle and PeopleSoft implementations.

Mark Murphy ,Founder & CEO

As the Founder of Leadership IQ, Mark leads one of the largest leadership research programs ever. His groundbreaking work has appeared in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and the Harvard Management Update.

He is the only leadership guru to appear on ABC's 20/20 and CBS News Sunday Morning. He is also author of the bestselling books The Deadly Sins of Employee Retention and Leading on the Edge of Chaos.

Mark's work has won numerous awards, including the Financial Management Association's Best Research Award. His work to improve leadership in healthcare was also rewarded with 3 years of nominations for Modern Healthcare's "Most Powerful People in Healthcare" annual award, joining 300 luminaries like President George W. Bush and Senator Hillary Clinton.

Prior to founding Leadership IQ, he was President of a joint venture with Mercer Human Resources Consulting; and served as a senior executive with VHA, Inc, a 6-time winner of Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work Award.