Michael Krot Joins The Miles Group

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate change agent Michael Krot has joined The Miles Group – an advisory firm to top global corporations – coming on as a partner based out of San Francisco. A specialist in senior management team effectiveness as well as executive assessment and development, Mr. Krot will expand the firm's suite of services geared to C-level leadership.

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"Michael has a particular strength in helping organizations recognize where their culture might be inhibiting growth, and then working with companies to improve their culture – and their leaders' capacity to lead," says Stephen Miles, founder and chief executive of The Miles Group.

"Adding Michael to the team expands our bench of talent that provides world-class experience and insight for clients," says Mr. Miles. "His deep experience working with client teams inside some of the world's most dynamic organizations gives him an unusually rich understanding of the challenges facing leadership today."

Mr. Krot began his career as an officer and operating manager in the United States Navy, based in Japan. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a master's degree in education from Stanford University. After serving in the Navy for six years and completing his graduate studies, he joined McKinsey & Company as a strategy consultant.

Subsequently, Mr. Krot worked at The Monitor Group, where he served as a core member of a team that designed and delivered accelerated leadership development programs for succession readiness. He continued his experience as a principal with the Leadership Consulting group within Heidrick & Struggles. At Heidrick, he worked with clients globally across a range of industries – from technology to consumer packaged goods to financial services to life sciences to industrial – to coach and develop executives to perform at their highest potential.

Mr. Krot joins The Miles Group from Quoia & Company, a consultancy working with CEOs, CHROs, and heads of business units to assess organizational culture and executive effectiveness. He and his team identify barriers to growth – whether team dynamics, individual performance, or underlying organizational dysfunction – and then make the changes necessary to achieve world-class performance.

As a new partner, Mr. Krot is joining Mr. Miles as well as Taylor Griffin, a partner with the firm who specializes in succession planning, executive development, and coaching services. Ms. Griffin – who has worked on numerous CEO and Chairman succession projects around the world – has been with The Miles Group since its inception last fall. The Miles Group is part of a network of firms that includes the G100 Network – a private group of CEOs of the world's largest companies – and SSA & Company, a management consulting firm that works with top corporations on innovating their operations.

For more information, please contact Davia Temin or Suzanne Oaks of Temin and Company at 212-588-8788 or news@temin.co.

About The Miles Group  
The Miles Group develops talent strategies for organizations, teams, and individuals – focusing on high-performance, world-class leadership. Headquartered in New York, The Miles Group advises top global corporations through CEO succession, executive transitions, board assessment and training, and talent development. The firm's coaching and advisory services enable leaders to raise the bar on their own performance, as well as create an environment for success throughout the organization.

The Miles Group was founded by Stephen Miles, a recognized expert on C-suite and board effectiveness; a coach to top CEOs and COOs globally; and a keynote speaker to organizations around the globe. With more than 15 years of experience in assessment, executive coaching, top-level succession planning, organizational effectiveness and strategy consulting, Mr. Miles specializes in CEO succession and has partnered with numerous boards of global Fortune 500 companies to ensure that a successful leadership selection and transition occurs. He has also led many chairman successions and board effectiveness reviews, partnering with boards of directors to help them with their overall effectiveness, committee effectiveness and individual director effectiveness.

Mr. Miles is an expert on the role of the chief operating officer, and has consulted numerous companies on the establishment and the effectiveness of the position and supporting the transition from COO to effective CEO.

For more information, visit www.miles-group.com.

SOURCE The Miles Group