Jerry Connor

Head of Strategy

Jerry is a founder of Bridge the global leadership and change business that inspired and shaped the Bridge Institute.  He is currently Head of Strategy for the Insitute.  Between 2018 and 2023 Jerry was Global Head of Leadership for the BTS consultancy.  Jerry was the founder and director of Coach in a Box which was acquired by BTS in 2017 to continue the vision to ‘turn coaching on its head’.  Its unique proposition has now made it one of the world’s largest coaching businesses with coaches in 55 countries. ​

​Jerry has an MA, an MBA and is a Chartered Fellow of the CiPD. He has published two books. His most recent book “The Four Greatest Coaching Conversations was rated by Forbes as one of the books that will most improve your performance in 2020 and formed the basis of his 2019 HBR article. Jerry is a keen entrepreneur and has founded three other organisations in fields that range from development work in Africa to empowering the young.  Between 1987 and 2006 he was involved in setting up a number of organisations including: ​

Focus – a UK based charity focusing on personal and social development through teamwork. ​

Link Africa – pioneering projects to transform the educational arena in Africa.​

Industry expertise

Jerry has specialized in the fields of change management and leadership development for over twenty six years and has experience across the private, public and not for profit sectors.

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