Consultant Biographies
JOSH ROSENTHAL
Dr. Josh Rosenthal is an associate senior consultant with Guttman Development Strategies, Inc. He works with senior management to provide in-depth expertise in organizational and leadership assessment, organization strategy, design, and governance. Having developed his expertise in these areas by consulting with clients from numerous industries including many Fortune 100 global companies; closely-held, family controlled businesses; and governmental organizations for more than 27 years, Josh focuses on each client's unique strategic imperatives and marketplace demands. Working closely with senior executives to attract, retain, and cultivate executive talent, Josh's assignments include organizational design, executive assessment, the formulation and implementation of human-capital strategies, as well as senior-executive teamwork and development.
Josh's work is aimed at helping senior executive leaders create organizational systems that increase shareholder value, employee effectiveness, and the bottom line through:
- Translating business strategy into practical, actionable, and measurable behaviors and activities
- Building organizational systems and structures that are both flexible and sustainable
- Assessing top talent in order to build sustainable leadership pipelines throughout the organization
- Providing transferable models and processes for building high-performance leadership teams
- Coaching senior executives to improve their performance and execution in order to drive business results
Josh knows first-hand how to build a business from the ground up: from concept to creation to product sales. As the founder and past CEO of iQuest Analytics, he invented and co-developed a unique text- analytics software product for the purpose of advanced search, to include research and discovery within and across large volumes of data. He raised capital and hired top talent to build, market, and sell the iQuest product.
Previously, Josh was a principal in the Human Capital and Talent Management Practices at Sibson & Company and a leader in its Knowledge Management Practice. As an associate partner with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), he was the change-navigation leader for the Eastern U.S. and a thought leader with its organization and change strategy line of business. Prior to joining Accenture, he was affiliated for eight years with the Levinson Institute, a leading firm in assessment, governance, and leadership development and advisory services.
Josh holds a B.S. in psychology and an Ed.M. in counseling from The American University. He received his Ed.D. in counseling psychology from Boston University.