He is a recognized expert in changing the way businesses work to more effectively and rapidly execute strategy. He brings a depth and groundedness to the art of leadership and creating corporate results that is rare, and often sees what others do not.

Throughout his career as a Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Director, and Advisor to CEOs, Norman Wolfe has successfully guided corporations through major transitions leading to substantial growth, market expansion and enhanced financial performance.

Norman’s lifelong passion has been to understand how we, as individuals and organizations, create results and manifest our destiny. This passion is brought to life through his own Soulful Purpose™ to transform organizations to support and enhance the dignity of the human spirit releasing the creative expression of the collective. The Living Organization® Trilogy is the part of that journey.

In 2011 he published the first book of the trilogy, The Living Organization: Transforming Business To Create Extraordinary Results. It is an amalgamation and refinement of the core principles of how the world works, applying it to how businesses can create extraordinary impact.

In 1988, after a successful 15-year career with Hewlett Packard, he started his own consulting firm advising CEOs in a variety of industries addressing a wide range of business challenges, from strategy to improving operations, from sales & marketing to mergers & acquisitions and turnarounds. In 2001 he founded and is currently Chairman and CEO of Quantum Leaders, a leading-edge consulting company focused on helping boards and CEOs improve strategy execution.

Norman travels the world speaking and training organizations and leaders on The Living Organization® and the way to transform organizations from machines of production to dynamic, creative living organizations. His company, Quantum Leaders provides offers The Living Organization System (TLOS™) to companies wanting to evolve to Living Organizations.

Career highlights include turning around two significantly underperforming divisions at Hewlett-Packard, chair of the Nominating/Governance Committee of the board of National Technical Systems (NTSC), a NASDAQ-traded engineering services company as well as serving on its Audit, Compensation and Acquisition committees. On the NTS board, he facilitated the difficult transition from founder leadership to professional CEO, advised the CEO on analyzing the market, uncovering opportunities that increased revenue 15% annually over a five-year period and in identifying margin improvement measures that boost earnings. Over his twelve-year tenure, NTS’ value has grown from $1.50 to $15 per share and was sold in Nov. 2013 for $23 per share.

He has also served as chairman for several nonprofits, helped build the board for a distributor of industrial electrical components, and served on numerous other private company boards.

He served as COO and Vice President of Operations for Select University Technologies, Inc. (SUTI), a pioneer in the field of incubating university technologies. SUTI provided the leadership to analyze market opportunities, develop the business plan, hire and support the leadership team to commercialize each technology. Mr. Wolfe also served as an advisor to the CEO of IEC Corporation another incubator of university technology.

Mr. Wolfe earned a BA in Mathematics from New York University in 1969. He was also ordained as an Interfaith Minister in 2008 from the New Seminary of Interfaith Studies in New York. Norman currently resides in Vancouver, WA with his wife Jane and their two dogs Robbie and Brandi.

nwolfe@quantumleaders.com