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Summary
- Experienced leader in both for profit and not-for-profit world with a demonstrated history of great success in human capital development.
- Gifted Communicator in diverse environments, contexts, cultures, and countries developing leaders domestically and internationally.
- Successful Executive Coach that guides and mentors business owners, leaders, and executives through specialized coaching programs helping to implement operational best practices utilizing available tools and skillset to improve business performance, profitability and customer satisfaction.
- Brings 25 + years of relevant experience to the world of leadership development as both coach/trainer and practitioner.
- Skilled Training Specialist highly effective at conducting personal and group training focused on employee engagement, team building, change management, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence.
- Engaging personality with a hands-on, creative style and high EQ.
- Authoritative and clear communicator with enthusiastic style and insightful approach.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director, Leadership Training & Executive Coaching
Beyond Influence
01.2016 - Current
- Provided coaching and training focused on leadership and team development for classes ranging from 5 to 50 in size both domestically and internationally.
- Nurtured positive, proactive, and professional relationships to enable clients to achieve short- and long-term business goals.
- Coached leaders to identify and develop clear goals and objectives for themselves tied to overarching company/business objectives.
Sr. Executive Leadership Coach
Character Quest
01.2002 - Current
- Facilitated process to align departmental objectives with company mission to increase engagement, resulting in business growth.
- Collaborated with senior leadership to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
- Clarified roles, responsibilities, and expectations of leadership team and managers and work together to accomplish organizational objectives.
- Served as Sr. Leadership Coach with major client where their "enterprise value" increased by 30% during 3 year coaching contract
Leadership Developer
Leadership Institute
08.2000 - Current
- Developed and implemented curriculum to develop competency and character of leaders in interactive learning environment.
- Incorporated best in class assessments to identify strengths and capacities of students helping them become the best leadership version of themselves and identify their personal mission.
- Implemented diverse instructional methods, optimizing student engagement, development, and growth.
- Helped students develop customized strategies for promoting and developing leadership in their work environment and community.
- Facilitated process to help students identify their personal life mission.
Sr. Lead Pastor
Crossroads Community Church
04.1987 - 08.2012
- Provided spiritual and organizational leadership as church grew from 300 people attending in one location to 5000 people attending in nine locations across four states.
- Led and developed staff that grew from 3 to 50+ with minimal turnover over 25 years.
- Led church through two significant transitions, multiple expansion initiatives, three capital campaigns, and two major building projects.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Business
McPherson College
McPherson, KSExecutive Coaching
CTI (Coaches Training Institute)
San Francisco, CA05.2013
Skills
- Leadership Development
- Sr Executive Coaching
- Strategic Planning
- Corporate Training Programs
- Client Retention
- Gifted Communicator
- Relationship and Team Building
- Employee Relations and Retention
- Innovative Training Approaches
- Coaching and Development
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Strong Human Resource Professional
- Church Consulting
Certification
- Certified Executive Coach, Coaches Training Institute
- Ordained Pastor
- Wedding Officiant
Accomplishments
- Served as Sr. Leadership Coach with major client where their "enterprise value" increased by 30% during 3 year coaching contract
- Led an initiative to serve 1500+ leaders from East Africa. This included raising funds for a 5-day leadership conference, distribution of bikes and other resources to enhance participants leadership impact.
- Architected a Leadership Institute that graduated over 600 students over 15 years.
- Led church of 300 people meeting in one location to grow into a multi-site church with 9 locations across 4 states with 5000 people in weekly attendance.
- Earned the "Church Health” Award in 2004 for embracing purpose-driven characteristics to not only grow in numbers, but, more importantly, to grow in health.
Timeline
Director, Leadership Training & Executive Coaching
Beyond Influence
01.2016 - Current
Sr. Executive Leadership Coach
Character Quest
01.2002 - Current
Leadership Developer
Leadership Institute
08.2000 - Current
Sr. Lead Pastor
Crossroads Community Church
04.1987 - 08.2012
Some College (No Degree) - Business
McPherson College
Executive Coaching
CTI (Coaches Training Institute)