Purpose: To work alongside leaders of small businesses, nonprofits and mid to large for profit organizations to produce healthy human environments driving leadership and culture change.

Design with Coaching LLC,  Principal - Executive Leadership Coach

February 2022 - PRESENT

• Executive coach for Fox Sports Charlotte Executive and Leadership Team from February 2022 to present focusing on improving communications and teamwork.

• Provided leadership assessments & follow up actions plans & follow up actions plans to over fifty individuals on organizational and personal challenges tailored to each 

• While participating in coaching services, one business scored a 20% gain in teamwork and efficiency scoring over a six month period with over thirty reporters.

• One for profit business saw Increased engagement scores by an average of 18% over a calendar year reducing turnover and improving performance. Each retention saved an estimated $30K in hiring and retraining costs.

• Delivered and interpreted employee surveys to Ohio Employment Agency on employee relations and coached their HR specialist on improving accountability during feedback sessions with employees.

• Advised angel investor group on the viability of a seven figure proposal for a national start-up resulting in $600k savings in investment cost.

• One business coaching client doubled the new hire retention rate over a four year period.

• Founded and led a business mastermind group for practice owners with over $500K of revenue to guide them into expanding offerings and services deliveries leading to developing new locations, profit centers, acquisitions, and training programs. 

• Advised three small business owners on commercial property purchases and the use as future profit centers and rent protection.

• Clear Creek Counseling & Consulting PC, 1905 JN Pease Place, Suite 101, Charlotte, NC and 6401 Carmel Rd, Suite 105, Charlotte, NC - Director & Founder July  2010 - Present

• Founded a group counseling practice with two locations with sustained profitability and year over year continuous growth allowing for the purchase of two commercial properties.

• Average length of employment in the group of 4.5 years almost doubles the industry average of 2.5 years.

• Consulted in the launch of over thirty private practices including practices in North Carolina, New York, California, South Carolina, Vermont, Minnesota, and Texas. 

• Founded and developed a mastermind group with group practice owners as paid participants to expand their service offerings to include revenue sources outside of direct mental health delivery. 

• Provided workshop and staff development to area Charlotte charter school as well as direct support through school based counseling for both students and staff members.

• Developed on online startup course to deliver business learning modules to private practice startups on launches including practice business organization, guerrilla marketing, branding, marketing, and pricing strategy. 

• Delivered  over twenty thousand hours of counseling services to hundreds of clients in critical moments of their lives as well as over significant lifespan markers.

EDUCATION

Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas Texas - Master of Arts Biblical Counseling

September 2002 - August  2005

The University of Akron, Akron Ohio - Masters of Arts Education

Secondary Education with a Concentration in English Literature