About Ed Barrows

It's possible you may have seen Ed Barrows in action at any of the American Management Association's (AMA's) courses on Strategic Planning, one of Palladium Group's six different How-To Trainings or at Babson College's Innovation Summit. Or, maybe a friend or coworker has told you about Ed's incisive coaching ability or has recommended one of his courses. Then again, maybe you don't know much about Ed, but ended up here anyway in your quest for guidance. Well, there's good news: you've found the right resource. Ed Barrows will help you get unstuck, refocused and moving fast toward your business goals, no matter how challenging they may seem right now.

For nearly 20 years, Ed Barrows has had hands-on strategic planning, strategy execution and performance improvement experience with all sizes of organizations both in the private and public/non-profit sectors. He is a consummate professional and regarded as a supremely effective teacher and researcher. He's helped senior management teams improve their ability to plan strategy, manage against the plan and put smart systems in place to keep organizations moving in the right direction. How does he do it? Find out in What is Coaching to You? and you can also read about Ed's performance principles.

Ed has held a variety of professional services positions within Deloitte, GE Capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and most recently, vice president with the Palladium Group's Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. While at Palladium Group, three of his clients were inducted into the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Strategy Execution. Ed's client work was featured in three books and cited as best practice case studies by Balanced Scorecard creators Drs. Kaplan and Norton, and he helped architect the strategy development methodology featured in the 2008 Harvard Business Publishing book, The Execution Premium. Ed has spent his career working inside organizations that know how to get strategy done.

Additional organizations that have benefited from Ed's strategic and performance coaching:

Private Organizations Public Organizations
AstraZeneca Lockheed Martin American Diabetes Association
The Boeing Company Lundbeck DISA
Energizer M-7 Aerospace FBI
Hershey’s MDI Group LAC-USC Clinic
Hu-Friedy Nana Management Services U.S. Army
Hubbell Lighting Ricoh Corporation U.S. DEA
Husky State Farm Insurance U.S. Department of Commerce-EDA
    U.S. Navy

Additional Background and Education

Prior to starting his private sector career, Ed served as an active duty logistics officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He has commanded at the platoon, detachment and company levels, participating in operations Desert Storm and more recently—Iraqi Freedom—where he led a 175-Marine heavy truck company. He retired in 2007 after reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve.

Ed currently lectures at Babson College teaching Operations Management and also at Boston College where he teaches Strategic Management. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the School of Management at Boston University and an M.B.A from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Currently pursuing a D.B.A at Cranfield University’s School of Management in England, Ed is an active researcher in Cranfield's Centre for Business Performance and also holds a CPA license in Virginia.

Professional Associations and Memberships

 

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Ed Barrows

Now that you have a better idea of who Ed is, check out his coaching philosophy and learn why he is so effective. Tap into Ed's Coaching Resources, an invaluable and well-organized resource area for specific research, tools and presentations on strategy and performance management. Feel free to simply contact Ed at 508.400.1774 or email him at Ed@EdBarrows.com with any questions.