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About Us and Our Founder: Jeffrey S. Hurwitz, Esq.
For over 35 years Jeff has been helping businesses, non profits, teams and individual achieve their objectives. While success has multiple mothers he saw that values are a common thread. Accordingly, he formed CoreChoice to help organizations, teams and individuals more deeply connect to their core values as a critical fuel to achieveing breakthroughs in their success.
CoreChoice's clients are from a broad range of industries, including life sciences, health care, financial services, energy, consumer products, defense, professional services, real estate and commercial construction, government and entertainment. While CoreChoice's clients require it to maintain the confidentialy of their names they include some of the largest companies and firms in the U.S. Their coaching clients range from the C-suite, partners and managing directors to individual contributors and run the gamut of disciplines, including general management, sales and marketing, scientific research and development, engineering, information technology, corporate strategy, manufacturing, project management, finance, law, accounting, human resources, consulting and public policy.
From a philosphy standpoint, Jeff understands that everyone of his clients is unique but that success starts with (1) caring about them as people and their aspirations and (2) building the trust that allows them to explore their challenges and develop the strategies to move forward. His clients appreciate his rigor, passion, goal orientation, candor and humor; and that he helps them deepen their insight, connect to their values, shift their perspectives and sharpen their resolve. His coaching and leadership skills are informed by his extensive corporate and professional experience, including leading legal and other corporate functions at significant public companies and serving on the boards of both public and non profit organizations. In addition, Jeff keeps his coaching skills sharp by instructing in the coaching certification programs run by Rutgers and Amercian Universities and his work in the Buccino Leadership Institute at Seton Hall University. Jeff has also coached in the Executive MBA program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Mangement. Below is some background info about Jeff.
- The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation: SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
- Covance Inc. (a spin out from Corning Inc. that Jeff co -led): SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
- Wilmer Hale (formerly Hale & Dorr): Led the Life Science practice of the Princeton office
- Corning Inc.: Vice President and General Counsel of the pharmaceutical services group
- Shearman & Sterling LLP: Corporate Finance associate
- Philosophy IP (now Heidrick & Stuggles) Leadership Coaching Certification
- Board of Trustees of the National Multiple Scerlosis New Jersey Chapter: Past board and governance committe chairs and current board member
- The All Stars Project, New Jersey: Founding board member and past chair of the Development Committee
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TESTIMONIALS
Healthcare-Executive Coaching
"Jeff is an invaluable asset to my continued development as a leader. His perspective, framing and experience challenge me and drive me to deepen my insights on issues, while sharpening my focus on approaches to solutions. Jeff is a trusted advisor, a sounding board and partner in facilitating the progression of my leadership." CEO of a healthcare system
Life Science-Executive Coaching
"Jeff has been amazing to work with...he has helped me to gain an understanding about what it takes to show up consistently as a leader, and has always gounded me in my core values and strenghts. He has a knack for 'peeling the onion' which has helped uncover and address some self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors....I have really valued his insights...." Medical Director and Executive at a Fortune 50 Pharmaceutical company
Consulting-Executive Coaching
"Jeff has been an excellent coach since day one. He made a personal connection, helped identify blind spots for future growth and was active in helping develop the personal plan. He is proactive and asks the right questions, challenging but not intruding and helping to focus on things that matter." Principal and Banking Practice Leader at a top consulting and advisory firm
Ethics Symposium
It is my belief that that ethics must be foundational for any effective compliance program. That is why we brought in CoreChoice to our annual North Amercian Compliance Conference. While acknowledging the importance of conventional thinking about compliance, CoreChoice drove us deeper with its fresh thinking. Through a compelling framework and tools, multi-media content and a highly participative methodolgy, the CoreChoice symposium triggered a searching conversation that galvinized our appreciation of and connection to the core values and equipped the participants to tackle the true ethical dilemmas we face in business. The symposium was well received, I am currently using the tools and concepts and I would recommend it to any organization that wants to energize its employees about the role of values and improve their ability to think about and resolve the ethical dilemmas that confront us regularly. Eric Laptook, Esq., SVP & General Counsel, ITOCHU International
AFFILIATIONS
CoreChoice is affiliated with several leading development organizations and universities, including:
SAMPLE COACHING ENGAGEMENTS
Health Care
CEO of a healthcare system
- Helped the client clarify his vision for the organization, including its culture, and elevate his leadership and the performance of his team, including specifying behavioral expectations, goal setting and governance.
- RESULT: The client and
his team are acting with greater purpose, teamwork, effeciency and effectiveness.
Consulting/Business Services
CEO/Founder
Helped the client of this rapidly growing, private equity backed high end consulting and business services firm improve his leadership by becoming more strategic, including gaining a deeper connection to his objectives, improved prioritization and time mangegement and more effective delegation to and development of his team.
RESULT: The client was able to more rapidly lead the growth of his company, while keeping true to his values.
Life Sciences
Head of U.S. Medical Affairs for a top pharma company
Helped the client elevate his impact by finding his voice, especially with senior leaders, through a deeper understanding of his purpose, strengths and values, and increasing the performance of his geographically spaced team, including by its clarifying mission and their roles, setting expectations, providing feedback and working on their development.
RESULT: The client was recognized for developing high performing teams, his invaluable insights and contributions and was promoted several times. In addition the client had greater clarity about his career direction.
Energy
President of an S&P 500 Energy Company
Worked with the client to improve the leadership of his team, their performance and his communication skills before the Board of Directors.
RESULT: the client become more effective, including improved team performance, earned him a siginficant promotion and put him on the CEO succession track.
Consumer Products
SVP & General Counsel of a recognized brand
Worked with the client to
improve his time management, prioritization and project communication skills and team leadership effectiveness.
RESULT: the client increased his efficiency, his team's performance and his leader's and peers' confidence in him.
Consulting
Principal and Global Practice head at a top consulting and advisory firm
Worked with the client to elevate his enterprise leadership and followership, including
improving his executive presence and proactively developing deeper relationships across the firm.
RESULT: the client improved his effectiveness in previously uncomfortable settings, increased his connection and followership and improved his presence outside of work.
Health Care
Group President, Fortune 20 company
Worked with the client to elevate his enterprise leadership and followership by expanding his focus, developing deeper cross functional relationships and improving his communcations.
RESULT: the client has generated greater followership, is contibuting more to the company's overall growth, has expanded his areas of respsonbiliites and is in line for advancement.
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