Todd Cherches

Todd Cherches is the CEO and co-founder of BigBlueGumball LLC, an innovative New York City-based management and leadership consulting, training, and executive coaching firm. BigBlueGumball’s patented VisuaLeadership® methodology leverages the power of visual thinking and visual communication to equip, enable, and empower business professionals of all levels—from individual contributors to senior-level executives—to maximize their performance, their productivity, and their potential. Todd is also a Founding Partner of the Global Institute For Thought Leadership, a member of Marshall Goldsmith's "MG 100 Coaches," and was nominated as a shortlist finalist for a Thinkers50 "Distinguished Achievement Award" for Leadership (2021).

Cherches is also a three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Professional Studies, in their Division of Programs in Business, where he teaches the top-rated graduate course, “Leadership & Team Building” in their Human Capital Management master’s degree program. A specialist in experiential learning and faculty development, Cherches has received the prestigious NYU “Excellence in Teaching” award twice (2016 and 2020), as well as an NYU Center for Academic Excellent & Support (CAES) “Impact Award” (2018). Cherches is also a Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University where he has taught in their Executive M.S. in Strategic Communication graduate program, the Columbia MFA Theater program, and Columbia University’s Teachers College.

A Tedx Speaker ("The Power of Visual Thinking"), and contributor to numerous books, Cherches is a popular blogger, keynote speaker, and panelist, as well as the creator of the highly-acclaimed BigBlueGumball PowerDial model, and the BigBlueGumball Passion/Skill Matrix.

Cherches is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany from which he holds a Master of Arts degree in organizational and interpersonal communication from their School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature (magna cum laude) with a concentration in Shakespeare and poetry.

Education

• MA University at Albany, SUNY (1984 — 1984)
• BA University at Albany, SUNY (1980 — 1984)

Companies

• Executive Coach - Marshall Goldsmith's MG 100 Coaches 100 Coaches (2021)
• Founding Partner The Global Institute For Thought Leadership (2020)
• Lecturer Columbia University in the City of New York (2015)
• Adjunct Professor NYU School of Professional Studies (2011)
• CEO & Cofounder; Executive Coach & Management/Leadership Consultant BigBlueGumball (2010)
• Learning & Development: Head of the Liquidnet Leadership Institute Liquidnet, Inc (2007 — 2010)
• Senior Consultant Centre for High Performance Development (2001 — 2007)
• Corporate Trainer Dale Carnegie Training (2001 — 2007)
• Vice President, Business Development Spire Digital (2000 — 2001)