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