Consultant Bios
Training
Morag Barrett
L&D Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Morag has successfully helped people achieve results they didn't think were possible. As a highly effective speaker, trainer and facilitator, new managers and executives alike look to her because of her credibility and effectiveness. Morag's experience ranges from developing senior level development to working with high potential individuals and teams across Europe, America and Asia. She has extensive experience working with key individuals at every corporate level.
Morag draws from a deeper and unique operational skill set. Her corporate career started in retail banking with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the UK. With 15 years experience in the finance industry, Morag understands the challenges of running a business as well as the complexities of leading and managing the people that are part of the business.
Client Experience
Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Level 3 Communications
Newmont Mining
Global Healthcare Exchange
TATA Communications
GambroBCT
Royal Haskoning
Project Expertise
Frontline Leadership Training
Team Development
Strategic Facilitation
Education
MA, De Montfort University, UK, HR Management
Mike Edge
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Mike has significant sales, sales leadership, coaching, and leadership development experience, a majority of that in the healthcare industry. He has worked with CEO's to first-level managers, from Fortune 50 companies to Fortune 3000, from university presidents to college coaching staffs to build leadership and management skills that drive performance. He was recognized as the #1 strategic partner by senior leaders while serving in a corporate training organization. Clients have recognized Mike as “the best seminar leader and facilitator” they have ever worked with and have shared that his “practical application and real world approach” set him apart.
Prior to his accomplished career in the healthcare industry, Mike coached college basketball for six years at one of the winningest programs in the NAIA. Mike is currently certified as a master trainer and facilitator in more than 20 leadership, coaching, selling, and team development curricula.
Client Experience
Allergan
Pfizer
Meda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mercer University
Takeda
Talecris
U.S. Compounding
Walgreen's
Project Expertise
Change Management Training
Leadership Development
Sales Training
Team Building
Education
MBA, Oklahoma City University
BA, Oklahoma Baptist University, Finance
Sharon Lucas
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Sharon focuses on adult learning, management development, and various training programs with over 15 years experience. She has been successful in creating and leading training departments, facilitating executive meetings, creating mission, vision, and goal setting for organizations, utilizing competency modeling, consulting with executives and teams and conducting needs analysis. Sharon is also well versed and effective in delivery of training content to varying size audiences.
Client Experience
AT&T
Toyota
GE Healthcare
Better Business Bureau
Project Expertise
Training Program Design & Delivery
Team Facilitation
Presentation Skills
Sales Training
Education
MS, University of Houston, Occupational Technology
BA, University of Houston, Psychology
Karen Miles
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Karen has a unique combination of line and staff experience in a wide range of functional areas. Most recently she served as VP of HR and Administration for ExpressJet. She held multiple operational roles within the airline industry prior to moving into HR.
Karen has significant business transformation, M&A, labor relations and executive development experience. Karen has crafted learning programs that touch on leadership, diversity, compliance, union avoidance and succession planning. She also has experience working with boards and developed a corporate governance/corporate board education program. She serves as a board member on the Police Officer Civil Service Commission Board.
Client Experience
ExpressJet
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines
Project Expertise
Executive Coaching & Development
Labor Relations & Union Avoidance
Development & Delivery of Diversity & Inclusion Programs
M&A
Compensation & Benefit design
Education
BS, Sociology & Psychology, Bethune Cookman College
Jolene Park
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
With a passion for health, Jolene inspires her audiences to create balance in all areas of their lives. She promotes individual responsibility and believes in the power of information to provide options for choosing healthy lifestyles.
Jolene has helped companies and employees make healthy discoveries through teaching more than 100 corporate workshops on a national basis.
Client Experience
Owens & Minor
Denver Health
Project Expertise
Wellness Workshops
Education
BA, Colorado State University, Speech Communication
L. Bonita Patterson
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Bonita offers keynotes, executive coaching, consultation, facilitation, workshops, and management retreats to improve bottom line results by aligning behaviors with strategic business intent. She works with a broad array of corporate, government, and non-profit clients in the areas of communications, emotional intelligence, leadership and team development, diversity, and strategic planning.
Her ability to transform organizations to enhance competitive advantage was honed during her years in senior management. Her experience includes 15 years in management and leadership with IBM, Vice President of a leadership development company, and Division Manager of Training and Development for the Kaiser-Hill / U.S. Dept. of Energy nuclear weapons plant closure project at Rocky Flats.
Client Experience
City & County of Denver
Coors Brewing Company
eBay
Guaranty Bank & Trust
Hewlett Packard
Hospital Corp of America
Johns Manville
TIAA-CREF
Time Warner Cable
U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt
Project Expertise
Strategic Planning
Diversity and Inclusion
Team Building
Sr. Leadership Team Development
Education
MS, Regis University, Organizational Management
Harvard / Wharton Executive Management Program
BA, University of Delaware, Communications
Laura Putnam
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Laura draws on her background in education, public policy, competitive athletics, professional dance and wellness, Laura utilizes a movement-based approach to facilitate learning, promote well-being and bring a complete mind/body approach to the workplace. She is an expert in how we learn, enacting behavioral change, and building a healthy organizational culture. In addition to speaking at national conferences, she provides presentations, on-site trainings and consulting for companies, organizations and academic institutions. Some of the topics she covers include: wellness promotion, innovation and creativity, team-building, stress management, critical thinking, redefining intelligence and how we think, learning styles, leadership, train the trainer, instructional design, reflection, service-learning and building staff accountability.
Client Experience
Visa Inc.
Novogradac & Company LLP
American Heart Association
PG&E Corporation
Volunteer Match
San Francisco Marathon
Dress For Success
Portland State University
Cow Hollow School
Teach With Africa
LEAP Schools, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa
Ethiopia Reads, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Campus Compact
American Massage Therapy Association
Project Expertise
Wellness Planning & Workshops
Education
MA, Brown University, Education
BA, Stanford University, International Relations
Christine Spray
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
Christine has more than 20 years of diverse experience working with mid-sized companies in start-up and restructuring roles. Her successes include creating proven programs for lead generation, sales training, recruitment and designing and implementing large-scale marketing plans.
Spray also serves on the National Speaker’s List for Vistage, an executive development and peer-to-peer networking group for mid-market CEOs.
Client Experience
Memorial Hermann
MetroNational
BoyarMiller
Calvietti, Ferguson & Wagner
Project Expertise
Recruitment Process Design & Implementation
Sales Training
Employment Branding
Marketing through Social Media
Education
BS, Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Diane Woodworth-Jordan
Consultant
Consulting Expertise
As a consultant Ms. Woodworth-Jordan assists clients in assessing, defining and achieving their desired behavior change through her expertise in organization development, team effectiveness, training development and delivery. With nearly twenty years experience working in Fortune 500 organizations, Ms. Woodworth-Jordan has extensive experience consulting with human resources, training, sales, customer service, call centers and functional teams.
Client Experience
Baxter Healthcare
Coca-Cola
Qwest
Project Expertise
Change management
Curriculum and training assessment
Curriculum creation, mapping, design and facilitation
Project management
Team development interventions
Train-the-trainer program
Education
MS, Loyola University-Chicago, Organization Development
BA, The University of Iowa