Peggy Hazard is a seasoned executive consultant and coach, specializing in the development of CEOs, top teams and rising enterprise leaders. She serves on the core team for Korn Ferry’s Chief Executive Institute™, Executive to Leader Institute © , Top Team Effectiveness and LeaderSuccession TM solutions. She brings a unique combination of business acumen and deep talent insights to provide results-oriented CEO and executives high impact coaching, facilitation, top team development to solve strategic business challenges and optimize performance. She has served as a trusted advisor to world-class leaders from 80+ countries.
Ms. Hazard began her career in production at Ralph Lauren and Warnaco, was the executive officer of a simulation company, and a vice president for a consulting firm acquired by Korn Ferry. She graduated from The University of Pennsylvania, where she studied at The Wharton School. She is a Master Coach, member of ICC, certified in all Korn Ferry’s assessments, as well as Hogan, HBDI, and IDI.
In addition to her service to clients, Ms. Hazard contributes to thought leadership. She was on the research team for the Korn Ferry/Rockefeller Women CEO Study and resulting white paper and women in leadership practice solutions. She led Stand with Me, a global seminar on allyship as part of the Korn Ferry series viewed by more than 30,000 leaders worldwide, was an adjunct professor for Cornell University’s ILRS, and a guest lecturer at Columbia University, Rutgers University, India Institute of Management. Ms. Hazard is a primary and contributing author, including Cultural Agility: The Global Talent Solution. She has presented at The Conference Board, Global HR Forum and The Executive Leadership Council.
Ms. Hazard served on the Board of Directors of KGSF supporting education and micro-enterprise in Ghana, and FSH, a development program for under-served girls, and provides pro bono consulting to numerous other not-for-profit boards.