Josh Epperson is an Associate Consultant at Passages Consulting, LLC where he works with both small community-based NGOs and large multi-national corporations in a variety of industries. His work consists of large-scale organization and culture change, organization architecture, and leadership development. His clients have included: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, McDonalds, Phase 2 Consulting, Gates Corporation, Cadbury Schweppes, Golden Key, Starbucks Coffee Company, TriHealth, Everett Washington USA, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and Microsoft.

Josh is the co-author of, Future in-Formation: Choosing a Generative Organizational Life (2008) which addresses ways organizations and communities can further leverage the human endeavor toward greater effectiveness and social engagement.  Josh helped create and facilitates a major leadership intervention, The Leadership Crucible. (www.theleadershipcrucible.com) This is a 3-day in-depth immersion where participants, by assuming the leadership roles in several fictitious organizations in a fictitious city, are able to try on new leadership behaviors in a low-risk environment and get feedback on their styles of relating and leadership performance.

He is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Organizational Development at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. Some of his current work and research is focused on the topic of an organization’s ability to create interdependence across departments and functions, and the role those relationships play in increasing performance and competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Josh holds an MA in Counseling Psychology from Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, WA. Previously he worked as a therapist helping clients with severe mental health disorders. His work and study in the field of behavioral sciences has greatly contributed to his life and work as an OD professional. .

Josh Epperson
josh@passagesconsulting.com
seattle
206.330.2024