Jim Hornickel

Jim Hornickel brings more than 20 years of professional and personal experience in Leadership, Management, Coaching, Corporate Training and Transformation to his service. He has worked in small and large businesses, profit and non-profit, union and non-union environments. He has also successfully started and operated three small businesses. Jim’s passion is to inspire people to take bold new directions in their lives for increased fulfillment and professional success. He knows that when we awaken from within we can harness our deepened personal power to expand our positive influence. Jim operates from the philosophy that all professionals have an innate yearning to perform well at work and in their lives and can reconnect to this yearning through exceptional corporate training experiences. Jim Hornickel has successfully brought this approach to the facilitation of training programs with Fortune 500 organizations in the US, Canada, and Asia. For a list of clients served by Jim Hornickel, please see the list on the right side of this page.

Credentials

Jim Hornickel’s formal education includes a B.A. in Management. He is a graduate of the innovative Coaches Training Institute in California. He has also studied Mediation, Leadership, Training, and Counseling and utilizes this knowledge base in his work. Deeply committed to human transformation and exceptional performance, Jim brings an authentic and open style to his interactions that participants find refreshing. In his previous roles he has facilitated training on Sales, Negotiations, Supervision, Management, Customer Service and more. He brings this wealth of experience and passion to Bold New Directions where he delivers leadership training, resilience keynotes, presentation coaching, negotiation workshops, coaching and retreats.

Testimonials

“Jim Hornickel did a great job with a diverse group of individuals in the custom designed two-day workshop for the Executive Leadership group, finding much common ground upon which we are now building highly successful working relationships!”
~ Bob Aresti, CEO, Hamilton Sundstrand FCU

“Jim Hornickel was a breath of fresh air – so far removed from typical instructors. The flavor of the class was just so different than what we experience on a day to day basis. He basically raised the bar – by midday on the first day, he inspired people to participate. Nothing but high praise. He was very truthful and open with the team.”
~ Cindy Vanderpool, Internal Revenue Service, Washington DC

“Thank you again for delivering the excellent training yesterday. The feedback from the group has been very positive”.
~ Sanjay Tiwari, Director, KLM Cargo U.S.

“The feedback from yesterday’s class was absolutely splendid! The students had nothing but positive things to say about the content and you, the instructor. I’m sure that the changes we implemented made a very positive difference.”
~ Kimberli Pitts Calhoun, Employee Development Specialist, Air Products and Chemicals

“I want to tell you how well the team did with Jim Hornickel in their one-on-one sessions. They went into their sessions very open minded! After each session, I read their body language and they all came out of the room as if they had seen the “light.”
~ Ana, L.A. Station Manager, KLM

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