Jim Honsaker
Transformational Executive | Leading Scalable Growth, Operational Excellence, and Culture-Driven Change Across Functions
- Role
- Advisor at Guidepoint
- Location
- Annapolis, MD, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jim Honsaker
I’m an executive leader who builds high-performing teams, scalable systems, and creative operations that deliver measurable impact.With deep experience at the intersection of strategy, execution, and team culture, I lead complex, cross-functional initiatives that drive business growth—whether that’s launching advanced production capabilities, reshaping proposal and delivery workflows, or aligning sales, creative, and operations under a unified vision. My approach blends operational excellence with human-centered leadership, ensuring that innovation and accountability are hardwired into every layer of the organization.At my core, I’m a builder—of teams, systems, capabilities, and trust. I lead by empowering those closest to the work, removing roadblocks, and relentlessly pursuing improvement. I believe that culture is a strategic asset, and that when teams are clear on purpose and equipped to perform, extraordinary things happen.Executive Strengths: • Transformational leadership across production, sales, and creative functions • Strategic oversight of complex RFPs and custom client solutions • Operational scaling through Lean/Kaizen, process optimization, and automation • Enterprise alignment across brands, capabilities, and disciplines • Leadership development, succession planning, and culture shapingI bring clarity to complexity, structure to scale, and strategy to execution—because leadership isn’t about doing more, it’s about enabling better.
Experience
Advisor
Nov 2022 — Present
Provide consultation and advisement to business leaders.
Education
KSU Community and Professional Education
Certification, Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt
Southern New Hampshire University
International Business
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Certificate, Strategic Leadership and Management
KSU Community and Professional Education
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
American Society for Quality
Certification, Quality Management and Operational Excellence
Skills
- Event Management
- Live Events
- Sound
- Stage Lighting
- Sound Reinforcement
- Production Managment
- Av Systems
- Production Management
- Lighting Design
- Video
- Foh
- Corporate Events
- Av
- Lighting
- Technical Direction
- Entertainment
- Stage
- Audio Engineering
- Video Production
- Projection
- Stage Management
- Live Sound
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