Ann Latham is the founder and president of Boston area consulting firm Uncommon Clarity®, Inc. She is considered an expert in strategic clarity and its powerful impact on productivity, performance, and employee commitment.
Ann is recognized worldwide for exposing the incredible lack of clarity squelching the performance and profits of Corporate America. She is also known for coining the term Treadmill Verbs and making the vital distinction between top-down Organizational Clarity and Situational Clarity – the immediate clarity-in-the-moment that is essential for rapid progress and true empowerment.
Since clarity is important to everyone, Ann’s clients represent more than 40 industries and range from for-profit organizations, such as Boeing, Hitachi, and Medtronic, to nonprofit organizations as diverse as Public Television, Smith College, and the National Park Service.
She’s an accomplished speaker and has spoken to thousands of executives, managers, employees, and MBA students. Of Ann’s speaking, famed Ideas Are Free coauthor and Isenberg School of Management professor, Alan G. Robinson says:
“Ann Latham is one of the best business speakers I have heard. She is very experienced, the quality of her thinking is extremely high, and she knows how to deliver her message in an entertaining, concise, and convincing way.”
Ann is the author of The Power of Clarity – Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment (Bloomsbury 2021), The Clarity Papers – The Executive’s Guide to Clear Thinking and Better, Faster Results and Uncommon Meetings – 7 Quick Tips for Better Results in Half the Time. She has also authored two additional booklets and over 500 articles.
Ann’s advice has appeared in almost 100 media sources, including The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and MSNBC.com. She is also an expert blogger for Forbes.com where she writes about the power of clarity to transform leaders and organizations.