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Jon Huggett is a leader, writer and coach with decades of experience in business and social impact organizations.
He has chaired five boards and run three companies. He served as a Partner at The Bridgespan Group and before as a Partner at Bain & Company. Earlier in his career, Jon worked with The Boston Consulting Group and at Procter & Gamble in sales and brand management. He has worked in the US, the UK, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, Australia and Japan.
The Guardian, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review and others have published his articles.
Jon is an advocate for LGBT equality, having led or co-founded five organizations: the STOP AIDS Project, PlanetOut, B-GLAD (the Bain Gay & Lesbian Alliance for Diversity), the Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration, and All Out.
A Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Jon works with leaders navigating complex challenges and advises boards on effective governance. His clients have included global organizations such as Lifebox and The Wikimedia Foundation.
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"Great leaders don’t just navigate change—they shape it.
With experience spanning continents and sectors, I help leaders and boards turn vision into action, impact into legacy."
Jon has written articles published in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Huffington Post, Nonprofit Quarterly and Stanford Business in the USA; The Guardian, Governance & Leadership and NetWork in the UK; Third Sector Magazine and Social Ventures Australia Consulting Quarterly in Australia; Business Day in South Africa; and The Globe and Mail in Canada. He is the author of book chapters on social enterprise and global nonprofits.
“Jon provided valuable facilitation, expertise and advice during a difficult discussion within the Wikimedia community about the roles of different groups in our global movement. The results of the work provide a framework for roles and responsibilities of groups in the movement and were endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.”
Barry Newstead, Chief Global Development Officer
“I’ve engaged Jon Huggett’s assistance with everything from restructuring to strategic planning to an internal investigation at key inflection points for three different nonprofits. He’s proved exceptional every time. He has a vast storehouse of experience, judgment, and energy to draw on that has proved indispensable.”
Atul Gawande, Founder and Chair
“When our organization launched the work to develop a 5 year strategic plan, it became apparent that we needed a partner to guide our effort to complete a thoughtful and comprehensive plan that was bold, aspirational and meaningful to our staff, board and to all our stakeholders.”
“Jon was the perfect partner to help us in this effort, which, over several months, brought our diverse team together to deliver a plan in which each of us felt at sense of ownership and pride.”
Mike Richey, Co-Chair, National AIDS Memorial
“From helping with the creation of the first pitch deck through to building the 3rd iteration of my leadership team, Jon has been an indespinsible coach and mentor for me and a key reason why Ada, the National College for Digital Skills exists and has met with such success in our first 5 years. Jon’s ability to challenge, support and mentor has been invaluable to me ad helped me navigate the many minefields of the start-up journey.”
Mark Smith, Founder & CEO
As a Visiting Fellow at the Saïd Business School at Oxford University, Jon has taught with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. Jon was International Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact at the University of New South Wales. As a volunteer, he taught at Leeuwkop Prison near Johannesburg.
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