BYERS YOUNG GROUP
About Byers Young Group
Byers Young Group specializes in strategy building for higher education, startups, nonprofits, and associations. We believe that great choices make for great strategy. In doing so, we develop exciting, accessible, and actionable plans with focused value propositions designed to build healthy organizations positioned for growth and possibility.
Our differentiators
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Integrative choices - Great strategy drives successful execution
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Authentic growth - New revenue + enhanced reach drives re-energized culture
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Learning communities - Inclusive problem-solving drives deep commitment
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Usable outcomes - Tailored approach drives action + momentum
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Storytelling - Co-developed design process drives longitudinal connection
James Young Ph.D.
James B. Young specializes in strategy, entrepreneurship, learning, and organizational change.
He served as Senior Vice President for Education and Chief Learning Officer at the American College of Chest Physicians and Chief Learning Officer at the Society of College and University Planning where he transformed learning and positioned the organization for growth.
He served as Chief of Staff at Lehigh University and as founding Chief Information Officer at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, a startup university. He worked for ten years at George Mason University, where he led initiatives in libraries, technology, learning communities, and assessment.
He earned a Ph.D. at George Mason University, a master’s at the University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s at Michigan State University.
Experience
Industries
Startups
Higher education
Nonprofits
Leadership
Governance
Strategic planning
Change management
Strategy
Visioning and futuring
Business models
Development & execution
Operations
Budget
Human resources
Alignment
Advancement
Fundraising
Cultivation
Program design
Technology
Infrastructure planning
Service delivery
ERP implementations
Learning
Competency-based
Design and delivery
Curriculum development
Marketing
Value proposition design
Branding
Market analysis
Communications
Public relations & media
Writing
Public speaking
Teaching
Learning communities
Facilitation
Program development
Libraries
Leadership and strategy
Technology
Instruction & collections
Assessment
Program evaluation
Electronic portfolio
Formative, summative
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
ELIZABETH BERNARD
BYG leads with insight, empathy, and a groundswell of knowledge. If you want to differentiate and innovate, come here.
ERIC WIGHT
BYG employs the perfect mix of agile facilitation with high impact culture-building. If you want to grow, scale, differentiate or innovate.
ANGELA FORD
I needed a plan and BYG came through. They employ patience, foresight, curiosity, and decisiveness. Money well spent.
ISAAC SHALEV
Jim Young is a brilliant thinker and teacher of how to build a culture of innovation in a modern organization. His consulting is a distillation of not only his 25 years of knowledge but his warmth, his passion, and his insights into the synergies between strategy and community.
TINA MILLER
Jim and his team are professional, accessible, decisive, and results-driven. I’ve worked directly with Jim on multiple high-profile, sensitive, and complex projects. Jim brings a unique and actionable yet strategic mindset that marries big ideas and successful execution.
STEPHEN SPOHN, JR.
Jim Young is a serial entrepreneur always at the forefront of what’s coming. We worked together at a startup university in which Jim was a founding executive. Jim is a master at building teams and designing strategies that demonstrate a superior understanding of how to bridge purpose, superior focus, and organizational growth.
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