Founder (1992) and president of International Advantage®– Leading Across CulturesSM, Lisa Koss is a management consultant who works with global clients such as Honeywell, Pulte Homes, Molex Inc. and Weyerhaeuser in projects ranging from team development to organizational change initiatives.
Her goal is to take leaders and leadership teams to the next level -- faster. She uses proven methods to engage people in taking part in their own solution -- to identify what’s getting in the way of their goals and accelerate the speed of learning to achieve measurable results.
Add to that her extensive international experience and fluency in English, Spanish and French and she is perfectly positioned to serve her clients in any culturally diverse or global environment.
Thought Leader
Lisa has taught in the MBA program at Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management and serves as ongoing visiting faculty since 2001 in the Executive MBA program at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores del Occidente (ITESO) in Guadalajara, Mexico. She has also taught at the Universidad Panamericana and the UNIVA, both in Mexico.
Leadership
She is currently President (2005-2007) of the Arizona Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) and Liaison to Mexico for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Lisa is also affiliated with the Arizona-Mexico Commission, and the American Society of Training and Development.
Recognition
In recent years, she has been recognized by her professional peers, being presented with The Desert Diamond Award - Bridge Builder of the Year and the Pioneer Award of the Year by the Phoenix Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. She was also recognized in the Phoenix Business Journal as one of five recipients of their “Women To Watch” designation.
Lisa was listed twice by the Phoenix Business Journal in their famous “Book of Lists” as a Phoenix-area, Management Consultant and was featured in the publication as a cross-cultural communication specialist. She was also a guest on 620 KTAR and 1310 KXAM program entitled “Going Global”.
Lisa is a recipient of a two, Fulbright-Hays awards from the U.S. government to provide business consulting in Mexico.
International Experiences
In addition to extensive travels around the world in five of the six continents, Lisa has lived in Mexico, France, Costa Rica, Russia and the United States.
Formal Education
Lisa completed the Gestalt International Organizational Systems and Development Program in 2006, as well as prior completion of executive education programs at Harvard Law School and at Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management (Ranked #1 International Management School in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Report). She was awarded her Masters of Arts in training and development with highest honors at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Morelia, Mexico campus, her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and has studied at prestigious educational institutions in Paris, France; San Jose, Costa Rica and Saint Petersburg, Russia.
What More Might You Be Interested to Know?
Lisa enjoys traveling, hiking, dancing and giving back to the community, which has recently included “adopting” a middle school, as it navigates issues of diversity and student performance.
In a nutshell…
Lisa’s experience will serve you.
Her ability will engage you.
Her style will energize you.
