Who We Are
The Trium team is a dedicated group of seasoned leaders committed to catalyzing change.
Trium was founded in 1998, at a time when old business models were being re-examined and radical questions around what it means to be a leader were emerging. Our founders included management consultants, a world class whitewater guide, and a former Marine officer, who came together with a profound sense of mission and possibility. We saw that traditional consulting firms failed to recognize that all strategy problems are leadership problems and vice versa. That insight is at the core of our philosophy and consulting approach. We have served renowned industry leaders and scrappy startups in diverse industries across the globe. Though we’ve continued to learn and evolve over the past 20 years, our mission remains unaltered:
CHANGE THE WORLD BY CHANGING THE WAY BUSINESS LEADERS THINK.
Watch Mission VideoOur team is fluent in the languages of strategy, business performance, leadership, and interpersonal dynamics. We have worked extensively with large and small organizations, both as leaders and as senior-level consultants brought in to rethink strategy, redesign structure, amplify execution, and catalyze change. Our job is to mobilize our clients’ internal capacities to create change that is lasting and meaningful.
As Founder and Chairman of Trium, Andrew is a globally recognized thought leader, pioneering strategy consultant, and sought-after C-Suite coach. He was recognized by Consulting Magazine as a Top 25 Consultant and has spent his career supporting clients in transformational change through a unique practice that integrates strategy, leadership, and culture. Andrew’s mission is to change the world by changing the way business leaders think. With over two decades of global consulting experience, he has led breakthrough engagements at many of the world’s leading organizations – from Fortune 50 companies to venture-backed unicorns. Prior to founding Trium, Andrew was a leader in Towers Perrin’s Strategy and Organization Practice. He also served as a 1st lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Andrew holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a BA in philosophy from Reed College. He is also on the Board of InsideCircle.org where he is actively involved with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people who are leading positive change in their communities. Andrew is a dedicated family man, Ironman triathlete, accomplished big mountain skier, and avid supporter of a variety of causes aimed at raising consciousness on the planet.
As a former CEO and long-time board member, Darren brings personal leadership experience and years of advising, coaching, and mentoring senior leaders to his work with organizations. Darren’s approach to leadership is premised on the importance of personal mastery and deep self-awareness. Darren shares his thought leadership in his best-selling book, Master Your Code: The Art Wisdom and Science of Leading an Extraordinary Life (2019). He also delivered a recent TedX talk: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life. Prior to joining Trium, Darren was the CEO of two education companies, Heald College and Delta Career Education, and a Partner in two San Francisco-based private equity firms, Gryphon Investors and Genstar Capital. Earlier in his career, Darren worked as an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. and an attorney at Irell & Manella. He has a BA from UCLA and a JD from the University of Michigan.
Eldra Jackson is a facilitator and coach with significant expertise in working with individuals and groups that are deeply divided. He first gained that experience while imprisoned, where after a race riot, gang leaders were invited to become part of a circle to challenge the beliefs they held and use self-inquiry to change their lives. Eldra served 24 years of a life sentence, with the last eight spent sitting in that circle at New Folsom Prison. Today, Eldra is co-Executive Director of Inside Circle, an organization that exists to empower system impacted people to reduce recidivism and violence in all forms, by leading change from within. As a facilitator, Eldra brings that same spiritual medicine he received at New Folsom Prison into the world, creating a powerful bridge for people from all backgrounds. With empathetic listening and clarity, he engenders trust in participants that enables him to dive directly to the heart of the matter. Eldra frequently keynotes at events and has a TedTalk on toxic masculinity. Eldra is also featured in the documentary, The Work.
Jib was one of Trium’s four founding partners and is now a Strategic Partner and Coach with Trium, alongside leading his own consultancy built around the idea that the greatest untapped source of competitive advantage in the 21st century would be found through the deep adoption of sustainability principles into core business strategy. He works with Fortune 500 companies to transform markets – and to create new ones. He supports leaders in making the individual evolutions necessary to lead through innovation and transformation. His clients include sector leaders in the retail, technology, agribusiness, CPG, energy, oil and gas, hospitality, and waste industries. Jib’s work was featured in the book, Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Walmart’s Green Revolution, and he has co-authored two articles for the Harvard Business Review. He serves on the Board of Directors for Tompkins Conservation, a foundation that recently led the creation of over 14 million new acres of National Parks in Chile and Argentina.
Choosing a partner to help unlock your organization's potential is a critical decision because it's the beginning of an intimate relationship. These qualities set Trium apart from other consultancies:
We design our work around your unique business context—your strategy, leadership, and culture challenges—and what’s required to unlock the potential of your organization. By balancing bold ambition with gritty realism, we simplify the path to achieving breakthrough results.
We give leaders different ways to think about strategy, leadership, and organizational development that free them from previous ways of thinking and leading. Multidisciplinary by design, our deep knowledge of business strategy, human behavior, organizational transformation, and high-performance coaching helps leaders embrace new ways of leading to match the context in which they’re operating.
Our decades of experience allow us to skillfully hold up the mirror to help leaders better understand how they’re organized, what limits them, and how they can become truly great in their roles. We're fiercely committed to truth-telling and transparency, which we use as the catalysts for rapid growth and improvement.
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