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About Us

Our team of skilled facilitators has more than 100 years of combined leadership development facilitation experience. Our facilitators are certified in various personality assessment tools. We provide services in one of our spacious classrooms or come to you on-site at your organization. Click on any of the profiles below to see more information.

Areas of Expertise / Certifications / Specializations

  • Courageous Conversations
  • Dare to Lead™ Facilitators (CDTLFs)
  • Difficult Conversations
  • DISC
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Educational Success
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i & EQ360)
  • Emergenetics
  • Hardiness Resilience Guide
  • Hogan
  • Human Resources
  • International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Job Advancement
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  • Positive Intelligence
  • Project Management
  • Reflective Structured Dialogue
  • RightPath 360
  • Servant Leadership
  • Six Sigma
  • StrengthsFinder
  • Thomas Killman Instrument
  • Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue)
  • Workplace Wellness

Our Team

Shana Young
Shana Young

Assistant Vice President of Leadership Development and Executive Director of the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University

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Cortney Laughlin
Cortney Wilson

Frank D. Brown Distinguished Chair in Servant Leadership and Director of the Center for Servant Leadership

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Breana Jones
Breana Jones

Assistant Director of Client Experience and Business Development

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Laura Pate
Laura Pate

Assistant Director, Servant Leadership Program

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Cedricia Thomas
Cedricia Thomas

Assistant Director of Internal Leadership Development

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Our Consultants

Lori Auten
Lori Auten
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Dr. Kelly Baez
Dr. Kelly Baez
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Kat Cannella
Kat Cannella
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Kim Cantrell
Kim Cantrell
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Mac Cantrell
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Sarah-June Carroll
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Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
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Jessica Kemp
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Jessie Kemp
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Gabe Lord
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Christina Martin
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Nico Jay Moyer
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Chelsea Powell
Chelsea Powell
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Rachel Jones Schmidt
Rachel Jones Schmidt
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Jason Summerville
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Johniqua Williams
Johniqua Williams
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