Dave Kuhlman
Senior Partner & Chair
Dave brings more than 30 years of operational leadership and consulting experience helping leading consulting, accounting and law firms grow and transform their businesses. At Lotis Blue Consulting, Dave leads engagements that involve strategy development, organization and governance, organic growth and transformation efforts.
Over the course of his career, Dave has worked at Sibson Consulting, serving clients, managing two offices, leading their professional services practice, and serving as chief operating officer. Additionally, he was Global Head of Human Resources at Russell Reynolds Associates, where he was instrumental in improving RRA’s partnership model and standards, solidifying worldwide performance management, training, client feedback and upward feedback programs.
Dave has a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Washington University. He is the author of Leading Firms: How Great Professional Service Firms Succeed & How Your Firm Can Too. Dave also serves as Chair of the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an organization equipping the public, policy makers, and scientists with the information needed to demand, recognize, and support public policies that reduce man-made existential threats such as nuclear war, climate change, and disruptive technologies.
Insights
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