Jeff Cohn specializes in leadership assessment and succession planning. He works with clients to help them evaluate and understand the depth of their overall bench strength and how to best leverage and develop rising stars into senior executives. He has worked with a variety of organizations, including numerous Fortune 500 clients, private equity portfolio companies, universities and international non-profits. Jeff also has designed and launched numerous customized executive development workshops for clients and for the CEO Leadership Institute, now part of Yale University.
Earlier in his career, Jeff was a principal with the Law & Economics Consulting Group in San Francisco, where he helped launch the company’s strategy and organizational performance division. He also was a fellow at Harvard Business School in Boston, specializing in strategy and applied corporate finance.
Jeff has published widely in the areas of leadership development, succession planning and strategic management, including articles in Harvard Business Review, Economist Intelligence Unit, The CEO Refresher and the Balanced Scorecard Report. He also has been quoted in BusinessWeek, The Economist and Workforce Management.
Jeff graduated with a B.A. in economics from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. in applied corporate finance from Tulane University.