I have a passion and talent for change, creating solutions and making things better and more efficient.  This is what initially lead me into my two and a half decades in the Management Consulting Profession.  It also did not hurt that I love working with and helping people create solutions for their challenges in business or in their lives.  In business consulting when you create solutions that streamline and make things more efficient, we call it “optimization.”  For years when people would ask what I do my wife would say he is an “Optimizer,” because that is what I do, I optimize things.  What I really became passionate about was true transformation.  Taking something and changing it into something new and making it better.  In organizations this is taking an area's operating model and changing the way it operates, which makes everyone's job easier and has financial gains, too.

In my own career I have pivoted, changed directions and transformed how I serve my clients numerous times over the years.  I initially worked for a large firm.  After four years I realized I was feeling a little stuck and held back, so I was ready to start my own practice.  There were risks going out on my own, mainly finding my own clients and possible financial losses, but the upside of potentially making significantly more money and the true freedom is what I desired.  Years later, even though I was doing well in my practice, I came to the realization the service I provided was really more like a commodity just like most trades.  Hundreds of consultants technically performed the same service that I did.  I wanted more and I wanted different. This time, I took the foundation of knowledge and talents that I possessed and transformed my practice from a commodity service to a highly sought out niche that provided high ROI for my clients. I loved creating these transformational solutions and the high value for my clients.  Now I was also indirectly coaching my clients on their careers, successfully promoting change in their organization, managing employees and other challenges they faced. 

My consulting practice allowed me to meet thousands of people… While I met and worked alongside some of the smartest, most innovative people, I also realized a large percentage were not truly happy in their occupations.  I met nice folks in lower-level positions, who lost all hope early on and now just punched their time clock to pay the bills.  I met mid to upper-level leaders.  Their nice paycheck was the drug that kept them in a job that began lacking purpose somewhere along the way of moving up the corporate ladder. Then, there are those who enjoyed their profession and found some fulfillment.  To everyone they were what society deemed as successful.  Something was missing though.  They wanted more or something different, but they weren’t quite sure what.  As I built my practice over the years there were some ideas that I had no idea how to pursue.  As I look back, I think what a blessing it would have been to have a life & business coach as a young professional.  Someone to help guide me through creating and developing these ideas. This thought and my passion for helping others transform and live their ultimate lives is what drove me into pursuing this type of coaching. My goal and purpose is to be a guide for others to take them, their businesses, their relationships and their whole lives to the next level! Let’s dive in! I can’t wait to help you on your journey to pursuing your ultimate life.