My wife and I have been married for 35 years, we have two grown children, and recently became grandparents. I have 30+ years professional experience on the financial and business-management side of the technology, education, and municipal government industries.
I graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Finance/Accounting and we have called Eugene “home” for most of our adult lives. We love the people, the weather, and the lifestyle here in the Willamette Valley.
Most of my professional life has been devoted to business administration, financial management, and being a thought-partner to senior leaders in a variety of areas. I’ve also spent the last two decades seeking to better understand how the human mind works, the role emotion plays in our interpersonal wellbeing, and what drives the most effective forms of leadership.
It’s been a long and winding road, but has yielded many valuable insights that only time and experience can offer.
This lifetime of work introduced me to the discipline of talent optimization, the field of interpersonal neurobiology, the competing values framework, polarity dynamics theory, and the “immunity to change” model — all of which have been transformative in my life and foundational in working with clients.
The culmination of this work has resulted in my creation of The Emotional Leadership System™ and leading the effort to bring this transformative framework to the world of leadership development. It is the sole focus of my coaching and consulting practice — leveraging the power of what makes us human and moves us to create lives of meaning and connection.
If you’re interested in exploring how The Emotional Leadership System™ can help you and your organization, I’d love to connect and explore that opportunity with you!
The best way to see if there’s a good fit between us is to have a conversation. Regardless of what we decide, I promise it will be of value to you. Click to schedule a call or meeting.
Advanced Training & Specialization
* Certified KPI Practitioner (Andiron’s Key Polarity Indicator)
* Certified Talent Optimization Consultant (The Predictive Index)
* Certified Neuroscience Coach (School of Coaching Mastery)
* Certified InterStrength Practitioner (InterStrength Institute)
* Comprehensive Course in Interpersonal Neurobiology (Mindsight Institute)
* Trauma Informed Care Certificate (Trauma Informed Oregon)
Books I have written: Build A World-Class Practice: 40 Strategies For Professional Service Providers; The 4 Keys To Financial Freedom: A Practical Guide to Achieving Your Financial Goals; Ten-Minute Marketing Success: Today’s Most Effective Strategies For Increasing Sales & Growing Your Business
Who I’m reading: Lisa Feldman Barrett, Anil Seth, Dan Siegel, Lisa Lahey & Robert Kegan, Leonard Mlodinow, Antonio Damasio, Kim Cameron & Robert Quinn, Brian Emerson & Kelly Lewis, Barry Johnson, The Arbinger Institute, Richard J Davidson, Susan David, Chris Niebauer, Daniel Goleman, Martin Seligman, Barbara Fredrickson, David Rock, Gyorgy Buzsaki, Kevin Dutton, Michael Gazzaniga, Peter Senge, Marc Brackett, Daniel Liberman & Michael Long, Kelly McGonigal, James & Janice Prochaska, Ryan Niemiec, Stephen Covey, Marcus Buckingham, Seth Godin, Carol Dweck, James Clear, Gabor Maté, Marcia Reynolds, David Drake, Todd Kashdan & Robert Biswas-Diener, Johann Hari, Dan Sullivan, Bernadette Jiwa, Gordon Neufeld, Benjamin Hardy, Robert Sapolsky, Luke Burgis, Don Miguel Ruiz & Don Miguel Ruiz Jr, Mike Zani, Angela Duckworth, Jennifer Riel & Roger Martin, Christopher Palmer, Susan Cain, Ryan Gottfredson…