James C. Gaskin, Jr., President and CEO of The Gaskin Group, has a comprehensive background in Human Resources, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Career Management, and Diversity Training and Management in large corporate environments.

Jim formed The Gaskin Group, An Alliance For Leadership Development, in 2000 to capitalize upon his expertise and to promote leadership development and success within his client firms and organizations. Prior to forming The Gaskin Group, he served for 4 years as Vice President and Senior Consultant with The Mulling Group, where he provided corporate executives extensive executive coaching, leadership development, team building and individualized career management expertise. Contributing to his effectiveness is a blending of maturity, experience and creative insights, along with a genuine concern for his clients’ development during one-on-one coaching, thus enhancing their ultimate career management success.

Jim’s successful career has spanned more than 25 years. He spent more than 13 years in Human Resources with Philip Morris USA in Richmond, Virginia, where he directed the combined functions of Employment, Employee Relations, Affirmative Action and Diversity. In addition, he held positions in Benefits, Human Resources Planning and Human Resources Operations. He began his business career in 1971 in Retail Management and Human Resources with Sears Roebuck. In 1977 he joined Bell Telephone in Philadelphia as an Account Executive before moving to UGI Corporation in 1981 as an MBA Intern.

He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Math and Business Administration from Virginia State University and his MBA in Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Active in various professional and civic organizations, he is past Vice President, External Affairs for the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of African-Americans in Human Resources. He is a Certified Consultant of the Birkman™ Assessment method, Advanced Team Building and Career Management, Certified in the Hogan Assessment Systems, and was a Certified Assessor of the Philip Morris Center for Leadership Identification (CLI).

CORPORATE MISSION The Gaskin Group is founded on the principles of client engagement through a methodology of the highest integrity and ethical values, while providing quality expertise to promote the achievement of corporate goals, and maintaining strict confidentiality while emphasizing honesty and mutually trusting relationships, both within our firm and with our clients.

COMPANY PROFILE and PHILOSOPHY

The Gaskin Group has been created to partner with companies and organizations to promote the identification, development and enhancement of leadership skills of individuals, as well as the fostering of an empowering climate within the firm. Dr. Roger Birkman, creator of the acclaimed Birkman™ Assessment Method, states that, “Everyone can be a ‘10’ in the right environment.” This is where the individual is truly motivated and empowered. Our company operates within the principle that “when a person is hungry, you can give him a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. If you teach him how to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime!” Our experience has proven that when leaders become aware of their most positive behavior styles and skills, and the environment is shown to value those strengths, then motivation, confidence and empowerment to actualize effective leadership will result.

Our company focuses initially on individual leader empowerment, aimed at identifying motivators and attributes that define positive and effective behavior styles. This is coupled with a comprehensive assessment of the mutually agreed upon business needs and objectives which lead to the development of a consistent action plan and measurements for achievement. As this is applied to critical business needs of executive leadership, management, effective supervision, customer responsiveness, strategic thinking and planning, a winning formula for success for our client firms is realized.

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