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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH James L. Murphy, doing business as JLM International, has spent the last 15 years specializing in “The Art and Science of Leadership". Prior to establishing his present consulting practice Jim was the senior internal consultant to the Chairman, President, OfTicers, and management team at US WEST, a major global teleconununications company. In this role, he consulted regularly to the Office of the Chairman executive team, worked personally with members of the Senior Leadership team, directed a team of Organizational Development consultants, directed succession planning and recruiting for the Corporation, and directed the national award winning, “Women of Color Project”. As Executive Director, Leadership and Organizational Development, he designed and taught numerous executive corporate workshops on strategy and “change". The most recent, “Issues and Strategies", was the prime leadership conference series for 1000 senior managers and company officers, it began in 1986 and ran continuously for 8 years. Before US WEST, Jim was employed at Northwestern Bell and AT&T. He graduated in 1965 from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Business Administration. In his current practice, Jim continues to provide a wide range of consulting services to organizations and e.xecutivcs in the international, regional, and local arenas. I'hese services cover the full spectrum; from personal, one-on-one coaching, to the design of and teaching in high impact meetings and conferences on strategy, vision, leadership, teamwork, and change management. In the not-for-profit sector, Jim has consulted with and facilitated strategy development sessions for executive teams of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Board, Colorado UPlifi, Minneapolis Foundation Itasca Conference, Arts Midwest, the National Sports Center for the Disabled, and the Minnesota Transportation Museum. In the International arena, Jim has designed and taught multiple week-long executive leadership conferences for one of the top 3 global strategy consulting firms. He consults in Indonesia and Taiwan with joint venture firms and is consulting with the CEO and senior leadership team of an international training company.