Jimmy Davis, Ph.D

Background and Experience

Optimistic and energetic by nature, Jimmy takes a big-picture perspective with executives to help them stay grounded in their greater purpose and ability to positively impact those they lead. Past projects include working with a Fortune 50 consumer packaged goods organization to assess leadership talent for an organizational structure change, designing a leadership-development plan for senior leaders at a Fortune 100 healthcare company, and coaching and developing senior leaders at a Fortune 50 banking organization to improve leadership depth and effectiveness. Jimmy brings both consulting experience and working in a matrixed Fortune 50 company to balance both the practical and theoretical to help his clients.

As an associate and visiting professor, Jimmy has taught classes on industrial and organizational psychology, leadership, organizational behavior, and business policy and strategy at educational institutions including Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, New York University, and Baruch College.

Jimmy is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Southeastern Psychological Association, and the Association of Black Psychologists. He serves on the board at Create Your Dreams, a youth-development program dedicated to nurturing the talents and dreams of students living in underserved areas.

Education and Training

Ph.D., Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Georgia
M.S., Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Georgia
B.A., Psychology, Morehouse College

Qualifications

Assessments: EQ-i 2.0, Everything DiSC: All Types, Hogan Suite, MBTI Basics, Profilor 360, Strengths Profile
Certification: Coaching for Performance, Organization and Relationship Systems Coach, The Leadership Circle

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When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The best athletes have coaches. As a CEO, I work with an executive coach from Berman Leadership to help me stay focused, help my team stay focused, help me communicate better, and help my team communicate better. I appreciate being able to bounce ideas off of them when I’m seeing issues from personnel to strategy. Their psychology based approach combined with business experience helps me navigate new problems and gives me great guidance for how to get from point A to point B when you don’t have a map.

CEO,
FinTech Software

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Berman Leadership coaches make sure our leaders have a safe place to work through issues. Their coaches are highly intelligent, wonderful partners, who quickly get into a rhythm. I appreciate their flexible style and willingness to meet us in a place that works well for the organization.

Senior VP Human Resources,
Private Investment Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The coaches at Berman Leadership start with intelligence. I appreciate their ability to rapidly diagnose, then offer sets of solutions to choose from that are situationally appropriate for my organization. Their psychological insight and business experience across industry and across different levels of the organization is invaluable.

SVP Global Clinical R&D,
Pharmaceutical

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Berman Leadership coaches are good at being able to strategize, manage a situation, and provide really good solutions. I appreciate their flexibility and the thoughtful, creative way that they bring insight into their advice. They find the right balance between what works for the individual and what the firm needs, and then marry them together.

Managing Director of HR,
Global Investment Bank

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust the team at Berman Leadership to coach consistently with the organizational culture and business climate, and contextually with deep appreciation for the coache’s environmental challenges. Their incredibly deep approach, rooted in psychology, enables them to navigate incredibly complex and sensitive situations with our most senior folks.

Chief Talent Officer,
Vault50 Law Firm

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I trust Berman Leadership to operate at the highest level. Their process starts off with clear goals and focuses on what we are trying to achieve from a business perspective. I appreciate their balance between business focus and a strong research mindset.

Chief Talent Officer,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Every engagement I source, I look at the executive, the personality, the leadership, and the coach’s style, cadence, and approach to make sure they’re going to be the best fit. If I have a very senior executive in a critical, important role, I call on Berman Leadership for the high stakes assignment because the individual and the outcome are so important. I trust them to provide impact and seamlessly support cultural assimilation with their executive onboarding work because they understand our company so well.

VP HR,
Financial Services

Jimmy Davis, Ph.D

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Your Success is Our Reward

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

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