TAB BWI Facilitator(s)

Griff Hall is principal of Leadership Arts, LLC, a firm focused on helping clients develop leadership, company direction, and staff performance. Griff's background is a rare combination of graduate teaching, chief executive experience, extensive work with executive teams, and working with grass roots leaders in troubled urban areas. For the past decade, Griff has taught competitive strategy in the MBA program at the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, teaching hundreds of students from all over the world using live, interactive case studies. He is one of the few Carey instructors who also leads consulting projects staffed by students. With chief executive positions in three organizations at the national, regional and local levels, Griff has led efforts ranging from turn-arounds to high growth. Completing eight-year tenure at Leadership Anne Arundel, Griff developed a national reputation for developing innovative and effective leadership programs for executives to grass roots urban leaders. Having facilitated hundreds of leadership events and being involved with nearly 1000 local leaders, Griff has one of the most extensive networks of local business and community resources in the BWI area. Building on a foundation in strategy and leadership Griffs consulting work also employs principles he learned early in his career in the direct marketing field. He has worked with privately held businesses to develop strategies to exploit market niches, maximize profits, and grow markets. He is one of the few coaches who is able to combine a thorough knowledge of strategy and leadership with the skills to help business owners reach a personal vision. Griff's skills in facilitation and strategy have been rated "excellent" by business leaders. As a speaker on leadership, his talks have been called entertaining and provocative. He has presented workshops and delivered keynotes for many organizations including the American Society of Association Executives, American Psychological Association, Community Leadership Association, and United Way. He holds degrees from the University of Maryland and The Johns Hopkins University and is a TAB Certified Facilitator and Strategic Business Leadership Certified Coach. Counting volunteer service as an essential leadership development experience, Griff serves as, 2008 chair of the United Way Campaign for Anne Arundel County, sits on the Boards of Bello Mache, United Way, Vision Workshops, and is council chair at Asbury United Methodist Church. Griff recently started the Baltimore Neighborhood Leadership Academy, an all volunteer organization that teaches leadership skills to grass roots urban leaders in Baltimore City.