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About the Coach

Ken Volpert, ACC

  • 26 years with Vanguard where he built the bond indexing business from $1 billion in assets to $750 billion with global investment teams and more than 80 portfolios. 

  • Ken is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation.

  • Head of investments for Vanguard Europe from 2014-2018.

  • 30 years of management experience. 20 years as a leader of leaders. 

  • Record of hiring and developing top leadership talent.

  • Experienced manager of global teams within a matrix organization. 

  • Accomplished at building diverse leadership teams.  

  • Record of building teams that consistently exceed expectations. 

  • MBA University of Chicago

  • CFA - Chartered Financial Analyst

  • Member of the ICF - International Coaching Federation

Areas of coaching and consulting experience

  • Working with your directs

    • Setting expectations

    • Delivering candid feedback

    • Coaching and developing employees

    • Conflict management

    • Managing relationships

  • Team leadership issues

    • Developing team desired outcomes

    • Developing team success metrics

    • Developing a team dashboard

    • Challenges of succeeding as leader of specialists

    • Challenges of succeeding as leaders of leaders

    • The “water line” - what does empowerment look like

    • How to have great meetings

    • Creating a great team culture

    • Review of five dysfunctions of a team

    • Developing team values

    • Developing team guidelines for more complete participation and impact

    • Improving team communication 

    • Skills for successful matrix management

    • Managing global teams

  • Vision related

    • Finding the executive’s true north (aligning to their passion and experience)

    • Creating a great team culture

    • Work and life balance for executives

  • Boards

    • Effective Board meetings

    • Effective Board packets