Eric B.

Imperio Consulting 

At Imperio Consulting, I lead a mission-driven approach to revolutionize organizational performance and team dynamics. Leveraging over two decades of elite military experience as a Green Beret, I developed the Green Beret Approach—a proven methodology combining adaptability, empathy, and innovation to address complex challenges and drive measurable outcomes.

Why partner with Imperio Consulting? We specialize in:

Elevating Team Performance: Empowering teams with tools and strategies to excel under any circumstances.

Enhancing Organizational Culture: Creating inclusive, resilient environments that foster trust, collaboration, and growth.

Optimizing Processes: Simplifying systems and workflows to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
Tailored Solutions: Designing strategies that address the unique challenges and opportunities within your organization.

Unlike traditional consulting firms, Imperio Consulting builds lasting partnerships grounded in shared experiences, practical insights, and results-oriented solutions. We are more than advisors—we are your allies in achieving transformative success.

Skills: Team Leadership, Public Speaking, Strategic Management

CEO & Founder

Fast Company Executive Board

Writing about the development of high performing teams for Fast Company Executive
Board, an invitation-only professional organization of company founders, executives, and leaders who are defining the future of business.

Board Member

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

In my tenure with the U.S. Army, I climbed the ranks to oversee long-term strategic planning and daily operations for a 300-person battalion.

► I orchestrated an organizational overhaul, leveraging my expertise in communication, planning, and interpersonal skills to manage change effectively.
► I facilitated our unit's involvement in U.S. and global events, expanding our capability and increasing our international teams from five to 12.
► I collaborated with multicultural leaders and Ambassadors in South America, the Arabian Peninsula, and Central Asia to align and support mutual objectives.
► I played a crucial role in establishing a solid bilateral relationship between the U.S. and South America.

Senior Operations Officer

US Army

As Deputy Training Director, I oversaw operations throughout Central Asia and collaborated with multinational partners to integrate intelligence into our training exercises.

► I strategically planned and executed complex worldwide training scenarios mirrored real-world environments.
► I liaised with regional stakeholders to engage in strategic planning, logistics resourcing, and needs negotiation.
► I successfully coordinated two international exercises, enhancing the preparedness of units slated for deployment to Africa and Western Asia.

My areas of expertise included Operations, Leadership, Planning, Problem Solving, Budget Planning, Exercise Development, and Communications.

Deputy Training Director

As Operations Officer, I was tasked with developing high-performing teams and optimizing processes and operations, ensuring success across over 12 international deployments.

► I advised senior leaders on defense operations to streamline authority and effectively direct international units.
► I served as the subject matter expert in unconventional warfare, operations, intelligence fusion, and the execution of complex processes.
► I built robust teams, fine-tuned strategy, and implemented pivotal processes for successful international deployments.

Operations Officer

As the Founder and CEO of Imperio Consulting, I leverage over 25 years of experience in leadership, strategy, and operations to optimize organizational performance. My background as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army is the cornerstone of our unique "Green Beret Approach" at Imperio. This methodology simplifies complex challenges and develops actionable roadmaps for success. Under my leadership, Imperio has been instrumental in transforming team dynamics and driving business growth, focusing on simplicity, adaptability, and collaboration.

"Unlocking Your Team's Potential: Solutions for Optimizing Performance and Enhancing Organizational Culture"

What We Do.

 Imperio Consulting builds strong organizational culture and unlocks team potential through custom-tailored strategies and innovative solutions.

Why Imperio Consulting?

Improved team dynamic and performance
Enhanced organizational cultural
Proven structured processes that increase efficiency 
Customized Solutions

Our How, “The Green Beret Approach.”

The Green Beret Approach leverages shared experience and structure to help clients achieve their goals, taking into account decades of success working with and through global partners. This approach is effective due to its flexibility, empathy, and open-mindedness.

William E. "Bill" Kieffer

Veteran Career Journey

We are a 501(C)(3) established in 2023 to close the veteran-employer culture gap, prepare veterans for career success, and reduce veteran suicide.

WHAT DO WE DO: We share “insights from the employer side of the desk” to improve:
Awareness – of the work world veterans are seeking to enter
Understanding – of the tools, techniques, people, processes, norms and expectations in the civilian work world
Ability – to engage with employers in a way they can understand

HOW WE DO IT
1. Providing service members and veterans free access to two great transition books:
“Military Career Transition: Insights from the Employer Side of the Desk”
“Veteran Career Journey: More Insights from the Employer Side of the Desk”
2. Delivering training based on these books:
“Transition Basics - Intelligence Preparation of the Career Battlefield”
“Transition 201 - Actions on the Objective: Success After Landing”

WHY WE DO IT:
We’ve seen too many of our brothers and sisters’ struggle through the pain, hurdles and challenges of career transition directly and indirectly. Far too many have succumbed to suicide. We are passionate about not letting this continue by:
- Knocking down hurdles and challenges to transition and career success
- Preparing veterans to become value-adding members of the civilian work world
- Preparing employers to successfully attract and retain veterans

Your tax-deductible donation helps reduce veteran suicide, improve career transition success, and enable long term career success…by providing real-life insights to the civilian workplace culture, norms, and expectations that help close the culture gap that stands between veterans and civilian employers.

Donate today by:
Visiting veterancareerjourney.org
Emailing bill@veterancareerjourney.org
Calling 419.205.7072

Website
https://veterancareerjourney.org/

Executive Director

Kieffer & Associates Limited

https://www.kieffer-associates.com/

Advisory firm providing organizations and individuals guidance and support to create and develop talent capability that maximizes individual and organizational results. Primary focus areas are:

Military Veteran Career Transitions
- Individual coaching for success during military veterans’ job search and after hire.
- Advisory services for hiring managers, organizations, and agencies to optimize the veteran employment experience.

Executive Coaching
- Extensive experience delivering highly effective, individual leadership coaching that enhances performance and prepares people for future successes. Certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach and Why.OS Coach

Strategic Talent Management 
- Uniquely effective advisory services for business leaders that seek to substantially improve their organization's talent capability and achieve strategic business objectives.  Practical, rigorous, business-focused, interactive methodology identifies talent capability in support of business strategy & creates solutions that close talent capability gaps

President & Chief Advisor 

Author - "Veteran Career Journey: More Insights from the Employer Side of the Desk"

Author - "Military Career Transition: Insights From the Employer Side of the Desk"

The Honor Foundation

The Honor Foundation (THF) is a unique transition institute created exclusively for the U.S. Special Operations community. We provide a clear process for professional development and a diverse ecosystem of world class support and technology. Every step is dedicated to preparing these outstanding men and women to continue to realize their maximum potential during and after their service career.

Coach, Coach Advisory Board, & Faculty Member

Ranger For Life

We inject the holistic wellness practices of elite Army Rangers into America. RFL recognizes there is a “war for talent”. As the value of the individual increases in corporate America, organizations must retain their top talent to continue to grow and win. From the battlefield to the boardroom and the homestead, the RFL programs and activities enable America to live “a more elite” life.

Master Trainer - A More Elite Transition

Law Enforcement Connect

Career Transition Support for Law Enforcement Professionals. Every law enforcement professional will eventually transition from Service to Civilian. We have been on both sides of the fence and know first-hand that transitions can be TOUGH! That is precisely why we are on a mission to connect LEO's to Resources and our network of experienced and trusted advisors', to simplify and bring clarity to this transition process.

Advisory Board Member

Amcor

Amcor Rigid Plastics is a $3.3B  producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging as well as containers using other plastic resins, with nearly 7,000 employees at 70 sites across 12 countries. It is part of AMCOR Limited (ASX: AMC) a $9.5B Australian company with 31,000 employees and 195+ sites in 43 countries. 

Member of the global HR leadership team; top functional leader of a team of six professionals responsible for strategy and implementation of talent acquisition, performance management, learning & development, talent management, engagement, and a variety of related functions including immigration, affirmative action, and diversity & inclusion. Lead HR professional for the global procurement organization and the Liquiform start-up business.
- Partnered with leadership team to transform enterprise talent management strategy to create talent capability aligned with business strategy and circumstances.
- Assessed, re-organized, and upgraded team talent capability to achieve planned objectives.
- Organizational transformation leader for $4+M initiative to upgrade procurement function.
- Steering committee member for stand-up of global program management office; key advisor on all matters related to people, organization and structure.
- Led development and implementation of first-ever, enterprise-wide, customed-designed management development curriculum for 700+ leaders.
- Led the development of talent-related strategies, plans and initiatives for the global sales/marketing and manufacturing councils, positively impacting commercial and operations talent capability.
- Led enterprise-wide talent assessment efforts (pre-hire and performance improvement) resuting in improved hiring quality and incumbent performance.
- Conducted numerous individual leadership coaching engagements.
- Rigorously managed functional budget to maintain margin targets despite fluid business conditions.

Senior Director Global Talent Management, Development & Human Resources

Dana Holding Corporation

Top HR professional for $1.7 billion commercial vehicle business, with 5,200 employees and 19 plants in six countries.

Partnered with business president to lead organizational and leadership team transformation, resulting in significantly improved teamwork, employee engagement, and shareholder confidence.

Key voice in rethinking strategic planning process, leading to greater clarity and alignment of strategic objectives.

Instituted structured employee communications program, significantly improving employee confidence in leadership transparency and decision making.  

Reorganized global sales leadership to align with market conditions and improve customer retention/recovery.  

Upgraded program management team leadership, improving stage-gate planning accuracy, on-time performance, and cross-functional cooperation.  

Led plant-by-plant evaluation of wage and benefit issues, economic factors, and competitive conditions in preparation for 2017 labor negotiations with the USW and UAW.

Vice President, Human Resources

Senior Human Resources leader responsible for design and delivery of enterprise-level, global talent management and organizational development strategy and practices for global automotive manufacturing company ($6+ billion, 23,000 employees, 100+ locations). 

Partnered with C-suite and leaders at all levels to successfully establish global enterprise human resources and talent management strategies, metrics, and practices that met/exceeded all expectations and positively impacted overall business results, talent capability, and engagement. These include: business-based HR strategic planning, leadership talent assessment and development, succession planning, career pathing, learning and development strategy, engagement, coaching and mentoring, global performance management and various others. 

Senior Human Resource leader responsible for the development and delivery of full spectrum HR support to Dana's Finance, Engineering, Sales, Legal, Information Technology, Purchasing, Aftermarket, HR, and Corporate Communications teams totaling nearly 2000 people across the globe. Successfully implemented and delivered talent acquisition, talent management, organizational design, succession planning, performance management, employee relations, compensation and benefits objectives at or above all established metrics.

Senior Director, Global Corporate Human Resources, Talent Management & Organizational Development

The Douglas Company

Developed and enhanced human resource and talent management functions, including staff planning and recruiting, performance management, training, succession planning, benefits, and employee relations.
 
Created a ‘line of sight’ business strategy template that provided connectivity between long-term corporate objectives and individual accountability.

Director Human Resources (Top HR Leader)

BAX Global

Top organizational development and training leader for $2.9 billion  global transportation and supply chain services company.  

Developed and implemented global HR strategy, metrics, and dashboard that aligned HR plans and measures with strategic business plans, resulting in achievement of all planned goals.   

Developed new sales incentive plan that drove achievement of profitability goals.     

Created and implemented global performance management process that enhanced goal setting and improved performance evaluation rates – previously unmeasured – to more than 90%.

Global Director Organizational Development, Training & HR Strategy

Ottawa County Community Improvement Corp.

Responsible for the retention, expansion, and attraction of business and industry to Ottawa County, Ohio. Established first-ever single site inventory of properties available for development, enabling increased attraction of potential developers and investors.

Assistant Director, Economic Development

Schedule a call at: https://calendly.com/coach_bill/30min

Order Books: 
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I am a trusted advisor to individuals & organizations. Leveraging my experience leading operations & developing talent capability in commercial & military organizations, I am excited to offer my services to positively impact individual & organizational success.  Primary focus areas: 

Veteran Career Transition, Hiring & Employment 
Addressing both sides of the employment spectrum, I work with:
•  Individual veterans to optimize success before, during & after career transition
•  Organizations to optimize veteran hiring & employment practices

Executive / Leadership Coaching
Extensive experience delivering effective, practical, results-focused leadership coaching that enhances performance and prepares people for future successes. 

Strategic Talent Management 
Advisory services to business leaders to:
•  Identify talent capability in support of business strategy
•  Create solutions that close talent capability gaps
•  Design/anchor best-in-class talent management practices that optimize business and individual success

Professional Speaking & Facilitation
From small team meetings to large keynote speeches, I have extensive experience as an effective, engaging speaker and facilitator on a variety of topics that positively impact individual and organizational success. 

Link to my 2017 TEDx Toledo talk “Investing in The Middle”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYY79oR85XA

Key Capabilities:
HR leadership; operations leadership; business savvy; results focus; former U.S. Army officer; strong strategic thinker who manages the details & knows how to balance the two; distinctive ability to establish/improve: human resources, talent management, performance management, leader development, organizational effectiveness, change management, executive coaching, succession planning, training, employee communications, employee engagement, compensation, and related operations, processes, and practices to enable achievement of business objectives; highly effective building teams that deliver top-notch results; experienced public speaker.

www.kieffer-associates.com

President & Chief Advisor

https://www.kieffer-associates.com/

Advisory firm providing organizations and individuals guidance and support to create and develop talent capability that maximizes individual and organizational results. Primary focus areas are:

Military Veteran Career Transitions
- Individual coaching for success during military veterans’ job search and after hire.
- Advisory services for hiring managers, organizations, and agencies to optimize the veteran employment experience.

Executive Coaching
- Certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach with extensive experience delivering highly effective, individual leadership coaching that enhances performance and prepares people for future successes.

Strategic Talent Management 
- Uniquely effective advisory services for business leaders that seek to substantially improve their organization's talent capability and achieve strategic business objectives.  Practical, rigorous, business-focused, interactive methodology identifies talent capability in support of business strategy & creates solutions that close talent capability gaps


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