Experience

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  Workforce Change & CompassPoint Coaching

  • Professional Training and Coaching
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Executive & Leadership Development Coach

    • Jul 2001 - Present

    Workforce Change provides consulting, learning [training] and executive/leadership coaching for companies recognizing that success in the 21st century economy comes only through high-performing cultures and workforces that work. We show leaders and managers how to develop their "21st Century business brain" to build successful organizations.Founder of Career Ownership and Career Partnering Initiatives, career management programs that show the organization, managers and workers how to align individual strengths and skills with the organization's mission. Career management becomes discussable, talent stays because they are valued and managers and leaders learn that coaching accomplishes more than telling. Builds an ownership bond that supports professional and organization success and retains talent.

  • Author

    • 2001 - Present

    Career Ownership: Creating 'Job Security'​ in Any Economy gives you a career approach to regain the all-but-non-existent "job security."​ It's the only career method that actually shows you how to partner with your organization to create a "win-win."​ Available through Amazon.Career Partnering: A New Model for Today's Talent is a new career management model for organizations that recognize the importance of career conversations with the talent they want to retain! Frequently career conversations don't happen...managers are uncertain of what to say or how to discuss development directions. This book provides an approach easily adoptable by managers and associates alike. Available through the author's website Workforce Change

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  2XL CONCEPTS

  • Columbus, Ohio Area

  • CEO Advisory Boards™ by 2XL CONCEPTS, Managing Partner

    • 2015 - Jan 2019
    • Columbus, Ohio Area

    The business world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. Our employees, board members, customers and suppliers perspectives have also changed. As a CEO or president would you find value in: **Having access to a team of top CEOs to discuss the "soft issues"​ of running your business? **Receiving confidential, unbiased and unfiltered feedback from peers who are not on your payroll? **Receiving unpredictable perspectives on the issues and decisions challenging your business?If this creates curiosity our CEO Advisory Boards™ might be a resource. We provide CEOs unpredictable perspectives with authentic and timely resources.Our Advisory Boards guide CEOs toward minimizing complexity and maximizing results.We discuss the issues that matter with people who are experienced and driven by mutual success, in trusting surroundings and with unqualified confidentiality. We stand at the top with you as a partner; leveraging the experiences of a team of CEOs. ● Actual Member Experiences ● "Very high ROI on my most valuable commodity...TIME"​CEO of Privately held IT Services company in Northern Virginia "Outstanding value and impactful."​CEO of Publicly traded company Washington DC“During the recession we cut back expenses very aggressively. We were confident in our ability to manage the expense side of the business. Through the board we found our challenge, like most companies was that we needed tighter management & creativity on the revenue side of our business. I’m confident in new our revenue based strategies.”CEO of Non Profit Organization, Washington DC

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  Mentors Guild

  • Professional Member / Executive Coach

    • Oct 2013 - Dec 2018

    Mentors Guild is community of leading management consultants and executive coaches. These experts help business executives address complex problems and issues that make dealing with discontinuous change a daily challenge.

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  Energy Management Concepts, Inc.

  • Owner

    • Nov 1997 - Dec 2002

    Provided energy services to business and commercial accounts; Provided legislative, PR, and education services to large industrial energy users group;

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  American Municipal Power Ohio

  • Senior Vice President

    • Feb 1988 - Nov 1997

    Provided full range of member services to electric utilities and employees, including legislative, PR, marketing, education, safety and training, communications, and special projects and events. Provided strategic and tactical direction for state and federal legislative issues including lobbying, grassroots and grasstops initiatives.