Jim Lilkendey

Jim is a trusted advisor who partners with leaders and teams to achieve breakthrough results, strengthen working relationships, and realize their full potential through strategic coaching, facilitation, and consulting. He believes that expanding our capacities and skillfully navigating change — individually and organizationally — are essential to creating meaningful impact and sustained well-being in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.

Jim has served organizations across various industries throughout his career, including technology, defense, banking, entertainment, academia, and healthcare. His clients have spanned from startups to Fortune 100 companies such as Info Tech, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, GE, Citibank, Charter Communications, University of Florida, McKesson, and BayCare Hospitals.

Clients value Jim’s depth of experience, collaborative style, and no-nonsense approach, whether engaged in large-scale change, process improvement, or leadership and team development efforts. With a background that bridges technical and human-centered disciplines, Jim can tailor engagements to his clients’ diverse needs and strengths. By balancing curiosity and empathy with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach, he supports clients in addressing their most pressing challenges — those at the intersection of individual, team, and organizational development and performance.

Jim holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science specializing in Machine Learning from the University of South Florida. He has served as a Leadership Development Consultant for the University of Florida and an Entrepreneurial Incubator Resource for Santa Fe College. He is also a Perth Leadership Consultant, Agile ScrumMaster, and TRACOM Certified SOCIAL STYLE Instructor.