Hugh Blane
Leadership consultant
Hugh Blane is a leadership consultant and president of Claris Consulting, a firm that works with senior teams and high-potential employees to turn talent into business results.
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About Hugh Blane
Hugh Blane is known to his clients as The Talent Alchemist. His firm, Claris Consulting, has been retained by organizations including Microsoft, Sony Pictures, Nordstrom, Costco and Stanford University. 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership is among his books. He specializes in working with senior teams and high-potential employees. He was chosen as the exclusive coach for the Helen M. Young Fellowship at Pepperdine University, where he is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Law and Entrepreneurship. He has also given classes in business literacy to homeless men and women, in partnership with the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. His family left Scotland for Canada, and in 1969 moved on to Birmingham, Alabama. His commitment to organizational transformation grew out of the turbulent years he witnessed there. He now lives in Normandy Park, Washington, with his wife Alyson and their rescued Schnauzer, Brooks.