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As the author of two books, with two more on the way the first half of 2012, as well as an executive coach, leadership consultant and professional facilitator, I pose this question: Why should you read my material or work with me? 

I am a creative synergist, bearing a unique blend of strengths. I will help you (and perhaps your team) connect the dots to see the larger, strategic whole, provoking game-changing epiphanies that lead to new behaviors and better results. 

And I will do so in an engaging manner that’s hard to pick off of the shelf, drawing from multiple disciplines such as organizational and industrial best practices; literature; film; theater; music; psychology; philosophy; and mythology, in order to create powerful learning moments that can be applied just-in-time for enhanced performance. Furthermore, I will tap my hands-on experience in fields as diverse as customer service; telecommunications; health care; financial services; ministry; and publishing. There are few professionals with whom I cannot relate and find some way to add value in a fun, inspiring manner. 

Please visit the pages on this Web site, to learn about what I write and who else I have helped; including the blog entries that begin just below, which provide a feel for how I think. You can also follow me on Twitter and Linked in as well as "like" my Facebook author page (look just to your upper left). Thanks for your time and consideration, and I look forward to partnering with you.

 


Yesterday was fun. I helped facilitate a strategic planning offsite with one of my leadership teams, on a docked “ship” located along the Tennessee River. It was a different, energizing atmosphere for both brainstorming and team-building....

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Facebook friends are particularly crucial during severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings that take place in the middle of the night. One feels a little less afraid and certainly less alone, sharing the common misery of wishing we were all asleep an...

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Part of my frustration was not knowing what to do. I did not know what I did not know, what the other teens seemed to grasp in terms of how to engage the high school culture and find a place to thrive. The world was churning like mad all around me...

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The first “mistake” was eating 20 Chicken McNuggets by myself. The second was gulping down an entire pizza just three hours later. Such are the nutritional hazards found on road trips. I had to drive three hours from one city to another ...

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I’ve been delighted in recent weeks to do some more work with leaders around the StrengthsFinder assessment tool, in which I was certified by The Gallup Organization back in 2006. You can take the assessment and learn your “Top 5” a...

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This is a new preface I wrote tonight for my spiritual memoir Chased by the Wind: A Youth’s Literary Search for God, which is available for Kindle, Nook and iPad: A note to the reader: I wrote the first draft of this book in 2006, when ...

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Communications

I am an indie author and freelancer who writes, edits and strategically consults on content that includes articles, manuscripts, marketing materials, speeches, presentations, scripts, songs, coaching approaches and Web copy for a variety of clients across several industries.

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Leadership Consulting

As a certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) practitioner, I enjoy helping communicators and leaders to grow in self-awareness, think more strategically and execute more consistently in order to achieve stronger results. Currently, I serve as an internal human resources leadership consultant (PHR certified) with the 42,000-employee T-Mobile USA, America's fourth-largest wireless company and a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, one of the largest communications companies in the world.

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Executive & Life Coaching

In addition to MBTI certification, I am certified by The Gallup Organization as a strengths performance coach; endorsed by The United Methodist Church as a life coach; and ordained by the UMC as a deacon, I have spent several years helping individuals and leaders at all levels become more effective at leveraging their strengths in order to garner vital relationships and improved results.

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Facilitation

Certified by Development Dimensions International (DDI) as a professional facilitator, I have more than a decade of experience in speaking, preaching, teaching and facilitating before groups and audiences of many sizes in both the profit and non-profit spheres.

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