Jim Herman

 Focus: Leadership, RAISE Coaching

Jim is a co-founder and managing partner in HonuLei Connection, which is based in Honolulu and provides coaching, leadership training, and consulting on bringing restorative justice to organisations. He retired as a U.S. diplomat in 2019. His last overseas assignment was as Principal Officer/Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, the largest U.S. consulate in the world with over 900 employees.

Jim is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) as well as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with CTI and ICF.

Jim knows a bit about transitions: he has lived and worked in eight countries. During his 28-year career as a diplomat, he moved 14 times and held 17 different positions, including training positions (some countries). After he left the Foreign Service, he and his wife established a new business, he got his Masters Degree in Conflict Transformation, he became a certified coach, and he started a leadership training programme.