Our Coaches

Bill Griffis has been helping forward-looking organizations confront challenges and seize growth opportunities for over 30 years. As an executive coach and trusted advisor, Bill keeps the focus on identifying new ways to grow the business and transform the enterprise into a more flexible, adaptive and innovative culture. Bill has a multi-faceted management consulting, executive management and executive coaching career. He has over 20 years of experience in international business operations, strategic technology planning, and financial systems development. Bill also served as an adjunct faculty member at Northwood University, instructing and presenting on Leadership & Management.

He is a former chairman of Vistage International, an executive coaching and strategic management firm. In this capacity he led and facilitated a group of local area business owners and CEOs dedicated to business growth and personal development. Bill selected and directed a series of executive presentations on strategic management topics and led strategic issue processing sessions designed to provide focus and accountability to member executives.

Bill served as director of strategic planning for ITT’s Advanced Technology Center, where he was responsible for worldwide business and product plans and supported corporate vice presidents in annual reviews of operating units located in Europe, the UK and the U.S. Bill was also group vice president of a $10 million software development firm where he increased sales five-fold within 3 years and strengthened marketing, HR and financial management capabilities. He is a former senior manager at Arthur Andersen & Co., a global auditing and management consulting firm. He is a former special assistant to a U.S senator. He was chosen during the Gerald Ford administration as one of 25 business executives to participate in a one-year White House sponsored program of education and leadership service within a federal government agency.

Bill was selected for appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy and graduated with a B.S. degree and navigator rating. After completing pilot training, he served as pilot on airborne command post and refueling missions based at Strategic Air Command (now Stratcom) headquarters in Omaha, NE. In addition to his flying duties Captain Griffis conducted VIP briefings for visiting foreign dignitaries. Bill earned a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Creighton University in Omaha. He served as president of the Omaha Symphony Council and assisted with economic development, government, and civic affairs efforts for the Omaha Economic Development Council, the mayor of Omaha and private organizations. Bill and his wife, Linda, live in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. They raised three sons, one of whom served as an Army Special Forces officer in Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt. Bill and his wife enjoy reading and attending chamber concerts in the greater Palm Beaches area.