Deborah Chambers Chima

Deborah Chambers Chima, president and CEO of Chambers Consulting Group, Ltd. (CCG) is passionate about helping leaders unleash their leadership potential to solve today’s business challenges. In this spirit, she founded her acclaimed training and executive coaching firm, CCG, to drive professionals and organizations toward greater heights through the power of leadership development, team dynamics, and customer service. Her strength in leading teams to maximum performance results comes from a 24-year career in the retail industry, and over 20 years with McDonald’s Corporation where her corporate management positions included P&L and customer count accountability in international and domestic markets.

Ms. Chima’s dynamic training and coaching programs focus on improving personal productivity to a level that achieves organizational goals beyond expectation. Deborah partners with clients to create and implement business initiatives that profoundly improve bottom line results. Ms. Chima has received her certification as a group dynamics coach. She is also a certified Master Practitioner with the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Among the high profile clients signing on to her high-energy training and coaching programs are Navistar International, Ortho-Biotech (J&J), Shell Oil, Rolls Royce, Alltel Wireless, JNET Communications, Sears Holding Company, CSL Behring, Lowes, Toyota, OfficeMax and McDonald’s Corporation.

Deborah has served on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce (Naperville-IL) and she currently serves as their Leadership Institute Co- Chairperson. Ms. Chima served as the 2007-2008 President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-Chicago Chapter). She is a Business Series guest lecturer at Chicago State University. Deborah earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was recognized by the Small Business Commerce Association with the 2009 “Best in Business Consulting” Award. Ms. Chima attended the Joseph Business School where she was designated the Joseph Scholar for achieving the highest grade point average for her class. She has been a recipient of the Business Ledger Influential Women in Business Award. Deborah was recognized as the Humanitarian of the Year by the National Speaker’s Association-IL.

Deborah is co-author of the book “Choose to Lead: Advice, Tools, and Strategies for Women, From Women”. She has also co-authored the workbook Creating Success Strategies at Work While Navigating Business Challenges.