Tim Lynch
Meet Tim
Tim Lynch is a Partner at McChrystal Group, leading the strategic growth of our firm. Tim has experience working for Fortune 100 companies in the energy, technology, agrochemical and biotechnology, CPG, and commercial real estate spaces.
Tim served as a strategic advisor to the Mayor’s office where he helped lead the City of Boston’s crisis response efforts.
Previously Tim helped develop a new business unit inside a Fortune 100 Energy Company, focusing on strategic growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
Additionally, Tim has worked with the leadership team of one of the world’s largest agrochemical and biotech companies. He worked with the new cross-functional leadership team to establish a bespoke operating rhythm and to align the organization to new strategic regional product-hub strategies.
As a former CoS, Tim's primary focus was on the integration of acquisitions into unified strategies.
Prior to joining McChrystal Group, Tim spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team Leader. Tim specialized in training and advising foreign security forces in irregular warfare. He spent significant time shaping and leading foreign policy in South and Central America, and Africa, where he worked to improve leadership and build competencies in this challenging field.
B.A. University of Alabama
William & Mary, Raymond A. Mason School of Business
Written Articles/ Materials
Case Study
How Crisis Response Systems Created a New Normal for City Operations
At the onset of the pandemic, governments and businesses alike scrambled to understand and respond to their rapidly changing environment. See how an embedded McChrystal team helped the City of Boston rethink the way agencies and departments coordinated and operated to not just respond to crisis but set a resilient foundation for its future.
Red Teaming Workshop
It is not always easy for an organization to objectively assess its own decisions. While careful research and planning may alleviate some of the risks associated with a big, strategic change, it is difficult to prevent personal or organization-level biases and assumptions from undermining success.
Playbook
Field Manual: Leading Hybrid Teams
Hybrid teams are essential for operating in today’s environment but, by their very nature, are infused with tension—as teams struggle to collaborate within the dispersed work environments. This field manual will provide you with frameworks, techniques, tools, and suggestions to help you determine what right looks like in your specific context.
