Woodliff Global Consulting Is a Full-Service Business Consulting Practice
We Specialize in:
- Product management with a focus on product development
- Business process transformation and lean thinking
- Social responsibility strategy
WGC, headquartered in the Chicago area, works with a handpicked group of strategic partners whose niche expertise ideally meets the needs of WGC Clients.
Client projects are led by WGC’s Founder and CEO Kathy Woodliff, who brings over 25 years of business experience and volunteer leadership of global initiatives affecting the poor.
About CEO Kathy Woodliff
Kathy brings to your organization a rare combination of experience in both corporate and non-profit arenas, along with expertise in local and global markets.
Academic and Professional Credentials
- MBA from the University of Chicago, focused in Business Strategy and Marketing.
- Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) from the Insurance Institute of America.
- Named by Business Insurance Magazine as one of 80 female insurance professionals globally recognized as “Women to Watch.”
Business Credentials
- Former head of Product Management for Zurich Financial Services-North America.
- Former head of two different billion-dollar business units at CNA Insurance-Chicago.
During her 25 years in senior leadership with these Fortune 500 companies, Kathy achieved measurable success, including:
- New program and product growth -- 20%; Targeted segment growth ranged from 24% to 66%.
- Improved profitability by 14 points and 30 points respectively.
- Reduced product development process from 18 months to 6 months.
- Rebuilt and spearheaded cross-functional teams, leveraging relationships at all levels of an organization.
- Shaped and implemented strategic initiatives.
- Articulated a clear and compelling results-oriented vision.
- Worked collaboratively with teams to translate business strategies into clear objectives and measurable action plans.
- Designed, developed and executed new processes, tools, capabilities and skill sets in product development and product management, working with multiple and diverse business partners.
- Led a key global initiative on a pharmaceutical strategy and served as a senior advisor on several other initiatives including product management.
Non-Profit Credentials
- Interim Director--Willow Creek Community Church’s Outreach to the Poor* in Latin America. Developed a broader vision of engagement, along with suggested metrics to track the effectiveness of implementation plans.
- Advisory Board Member (Latin America)--Willow Creek Community Church’s Compassion and Justice Ministry. * Responsible for the review and approval of project grants focused on: health, water, food, shelter and job creation.
Kathy’s passion for the most vulnerable and marginalized people in society is expressed by:
- Her decision to offer her services to organizations that not only want to succeed but also to “give back” to their communities and to the world.
- Her personal commitment to make a difference by using her abilities, energies and resources in a purposeful way.
- Her desire to help alleviate global poverty through development of affordable micro-insurance products that would be available to the working poor in the developing world.
What Others Are Saying About Kathy
"Kathy's insights, work effort, and ability to transform concepts into reality through developing and using platforms that are scalable and easily customized is unique and powerful. She has a special talent to quickly evaluate complex problems and opportunities as well as recommend and lead executable solutions."
– Rob Fishman, former CEO of United America Indemnity, Ltd.
“In the 15 years I've worked with Kathy, her forward-thinking, creative approach to insurance allowed our organization not only to meet but exceed members’ expectations for our association-sponsored business insurance program. She has a remarkable ability to bring together insurance professionals with rare often-divergent skills, leverage their abilities, and carry an idea from creation to fruition. Our business insurance program doubled from $90M to $180 in the time Kathy was involved and our members markedly changed their perception of how these programs and services could improve their viability and success. No colleague I've known before or since has had that kind of impact. She's a gifted communicator, thinker and leader."
Tom Shanahan
Associate Executive Director
National Roofing Contractors Association