Waco, Texas, United States
As an executive coach & consultant, higher education professional, leadership practitioner, & LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator, Curtis Isozaki, M.A., CF-LSP, seeks to champion leaders who mobilize their organizations to change the world. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation, he believes in the power of asking strategic questions that lead to inquiry, inspiration, & initiative in the lives of leaders in organizations. He is certified to facilitate assessments, including MBTI® Step I & Step II, Strong Interest Inventory®, Enneagram, & CliftonStrengths®. He is committed to unlocking the potential of organizations by empowering leaders & teams through various assessments and workshop facilitation to skyrocket organizational employee engagement & performance. With over a decade of experience in higher education, he served as a Director of Enrollment and Alumni Services at Baylor University, where he led strategic enrollment, recruitment, marketing, career development, & alumni engagement initiatives that prepared students & alumni for worldwide service and leadership. He also served as Director of Strategic Initiatives & Enrollment at Azusa Pacific University, where he advanced a student-centered vision of education through rigorous scholarship, relevant academia, & relational pedagogy. Lastly, his research at Pepperdine University focuses on artificial intelligence, character & virtue, global leadership, close social relationships, human flourishing, organizational change, human-centered design, facilitation, scaling of innovation, & more.
At Isozaki Coaching, we champion leaders & organizations to skyrocket their engagement & performance to achieve their goals. Through our virtual, hybrid, & in-person workshops & coaching experiences, we help you eliminate stagnation, address friction, & solve complex challenges to unleash creativity through various dynamic human-centered strategies. We unlock the potential of organizations by empowering leaders to know their preferences with MBTI®, become their best selves with the Enneagram, live their strengths with CliftonStrengths®, explore their interests with Strong Interest Inventory®, & build their organizational culture & strategies with LEGO® Serious Play®. • Coaching & training leaders with various strategies & tools, including MBTI®, Enneagram, CliftonStrengths®, Strong Interest Inventory®, Working Genius, Cultural Intelligence (CQ), Culture Mapping, Cultural Proficiency Continuum, Gallup's Q12 Engagement Surveys, Builder Profile10®, WellBeing, Strengths Explorer®, Free to Focus (SMARTER Goal Setting), StoryBrand & Business Made Simple Frameworks, Stratetgic Foresight, Human-Centered Design, LEGO® Serious Play®, & more. • Delivering & designing organizational development experiences, workshops, & interventions for universities, churches, and organizations to solve complex challenges & skyrocket their employee engagement and performance Select List of Clients: Antioch Fullerton, Activision Blizzard, Akashi-Kama, Azusa Pacific University, Bachan’s Shaved Ice, Baylor University, California Credit Union League, Church & Casualty Insurance Agency (CCIA), City of Hope, Compton College, Evergreen Physical Therapy, Solidarity, Society for Classical Learning, Southern California Christian Colleges & Universities (SCCCU), & Victor Valley College Schedule a FREE consultation TODAY!
• Creating, designing, & testing various options for structuring & supporting students during the dissertation phase through the Dissertation Research (PGLC 791) course in collaboration with the Director of Dissertation Success • Providing research, facilitation, & teaching support for the Leadership Theory & Practice (EGLC 700) course for the Visiting Professor of Education & Leadership • Creating & developing a predictive forecasting model of dissertation topics, methodology, & research interests among Ph.D. & Ed.D. doctoral students to anticipate needs for dissertation chairs, faculty, advising, & funding in 1-5 years • Conducting & performing an environmental scan of relevant data sources, academic collaborators, & competitors for benchmarking to identify best practices & competitive insights • Researching & conducting surveys, focus groups, & facilitated discussions to assess first-year doctoral students’ research interests for dissertation success • Exploring & researching internal & external grants or funding opportunities to enhance student & faculty research, as well as support for dissertation research • Additional research projects & initatives focuses on artificial intelligence, character & virtue, global leadership, close social relationships, human flourishing, organizational change, human-centered design, facilitation, scaling of innovation, & more.
• Creating & designing CliftonStrengths® 20+ presentations & resources based on organizational learning & development needs assessment for talent, career, & leadership development. • Distributing & facilitating over 750+ CliftonStrengths® assessments that have contributed to continuous learning and development. • Coaching leaders & consulting organizations by utilizing CliftonStrength® team summaries & grids, bring/need tables, role contribution analysis, & leadership advantage resources to increase employee engagement, internal mobility, & organizational performance. • Presenting & demonstrating Gallup® expertise in CliftonStrengths®, Wellbeing, Q12 Engagement, & Builder Profile10® that empowers & encourages leaders to overcome the barriers and obstacles to skyrocket their power & potential.
At In8Create, we unlock the innate potential within your team by tapping into the natural, inborn insights and ideas already present. We believe that every team holds a unique “superpower” of collective knowledge, often hindered by group dynamics or communication barriers. Our role is to guide your team through customized experiences—ranging from team-building events to tackling complex challenges—where they generate their own solutions. • Elevates team performance by designing and delivering customized virtual, hybrid, and in-person development programs focused on engagement, creativity, and alignment. • Specialize in HR training and development, leveraging certifications to drive leadership and organizational growth. • Facilitates innovative team-building sessions using methods such as Lego® Serious Play®, Design Thinking, and adapted improvisation to unlock team potential and enhance problem-solving. • Creates environments for teams to generate their own solutions, fostering ownership, buy-in, and long-term success. • Guides organizations through complex challenges by developing tailored strategies that improved communication, collaboration, and overall team effectiveness • Designs and facilitates interactive workshops and training programs, incorporating instructional design principles to ensure engaging, effective learning experiences tailored to the unique needs of each organization. Ready to unleash your team’s full potential? Together, we’ll write the next chapter of your team’s success story!
• Overseeing & leading a turnaround through the daily operations for enrollment, marketing, career development, & alumni services, including 400+ students, 60+ faculty, & 20+ staff & program directors to implement enrollment & marketing strategic initiatives for the Ph.D., MSW Residential, MSW Online, MA in Social, Nonprofit, and Public Leadership, MS in Interdisciplinary Studies, Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership, Certificate in Public Policy, BSW, & 3 BSW Minors • Analyzing & synthesizing data analytics through Tableau, Slate (CRM), Lightcast, Emma®, & IR Metrics for strategic planning, workflow marketing funnel automation, enrollment predictive modeling, data-driven decision-making, & presentations for an audience of 6,500+ alumni, students, faculty, & external partners • Building & implementing Strategic Enrollment Plan, Slate (CRM), 25-Year MSW Anniversary Strategic Marketing Plan, EAB Marketing Campaigns, Connecting With Care: The GSSW Journey Podcast, Admissions Criteria, Financial Aid Leveraging Models, & Visual Media Projects • Training & scaling learning & development through onboarding, offboarding, task management (Asana), training manuals, role crafting, Q12+ engagement surveys, SMARTER goals, communities of practice, & more • Leading & implementing the Illuminate Strategic Plan at Baylor University, increasing their reputation as an elite R1 research university, surpassing its $1.1 billion fundraising goal • Launched MA in Social, Nonprofit, and Public Leadership, Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership, & Certificate in Public Policy programs in 2025/2026.