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My point of view

I've bumped into many walls in my life and leadership roles, and for a long time I didn’t know how to make sense of them. I reacted with the best I knew at the time, not knowing who could assist me in developing the competencies and capacity to create new possibilities.
 
Over time I found guides and teachers who assisted me along the way. I learned new ways to expand our capacity to create together. I now realize each wall presents a development edge to explore. The invitation is to create-with instead of react-to our ever-changing complex world. It takes courage and a willingness to grow and practice in community with other people. And, cultivating our capacity to lead in partnership transforms us.

I partner with leaders and teams to create a better future. Together we pursue meaningful outcomes as we expand our collective capacity to create together. We develop ourselves and those around us to:

• Deepen Leadership Presence, Resilience and Agility.
• Build Courage to lead amidst uncertainty and vulnerability.
• Scale Collective Leadership for our Teams, Organizations and Communities.
• Facilitate Dialog enabling Transformative Change.

​I began coaching leaders in 2002 and founded Generative Leadership Group in 2013. I work with leaders and teams in many industries, and I might be a good partner for you.

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Experience

I grew up farming lemons and avocados on my grandparents’ ranch, and ​led strategic change initiatives at HP for more than 28 years in marketing, business development, supply chain, integration of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate wide initiatives to integrate and improve marketing and sales operations.

• Coach for senior executives during Compaq merger.
• HP Process of Management Instructor for managers.
• Strengths-Based Leadership Coaching and Workplace development​.

​I've volunteered with non-profit and public organizations for more than 15 years, traveled, lived and worked in many countries, and raised 4 sons in Boise with my wife.

​Education

• ​Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, an empirically based courage-building program on the research of Dr. Brené Brown.
• Certified Leadership System™ Facilitator, building collective competence and capacity to create amidst increasing complexity.
• Certified Presence-Based® Coach, developing our capacity to lead amidst uncertainty and ambiguity.
• Other certifications in Team Coaching, Change Leadership, Leadership Development and assessments, see LinkedIn.
• ​​​MS Industrial Engineering and BA History, Stanford University.​  Graduate focus – development of people, organizations and operations, processes & systems in high-technology industries.

I'm a student of:

• Leadership, Team and Adult development.
• Change leadership in teams, organizations and communities.
• Aikido​.​

I'm a member of:

• International Coach Federation
• Professional Coaching Association of Idaho