Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Iโve always believed leadership is less about titles and more about how you show up every dayโwith integrity, courage, compassion, and a willingness to listen. Over time, that belief has evolved into a deeper question: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑโฆ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ? At Grow Strong Leaders, we help organizations operationalize their values by making Principled Leadership visible, measurable, and sustainable. We partner with organizations committed to embedding their values in everyday decisions. Not as a slogan. Not as a one-time initiative. But as an ongoing standard. That's why our assessment and development system combines meaningful feedback with ongoing reinforcement, helping leaders consistently demonstrate those values. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐: ๐น๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฌ โ a customizable feedback platform featuring our new ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐, along with traditional 360 assessments, providing meaningful insight into the individual leadership practices that define an organization's culture. ๐น๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ โ an online development system that helps leaders turn feedback into lasting behavior change through 200+ micro-practices integrated into the workday. Together, these tools help organizations measure, develop, and reinforce the leadership behaviors that sustain a values-driven culture. I also host the ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐, where I interview senior executives at organizations like Medtronic, Principal Financial Group, FedEx, Cargill, and UC Berkeley. We explore how organizations make Principled Leadership part of everyday decision-making and sustain it when leaders face pressure, complexity, and difficult decisions. If you're working to make Principled Leadership more visible, measurable, and sustainable in your organization, I'd love to connect and learn what's workingโand what challenges you're trying to solve.
Grow Strong Leaders exists to help organizations make Principled Leadership visible, measurable, and sustainable throughout the organization. Our assessment and development system helps organizations move beyond simply defining their values to consistently reinforcing the behaviors that reflect those values. Our customizable GSL 360 platformโincluding our new Principled Leadership Surveyโprovides meaningful insight into the leadership practices that define an organization's culture. SkillBuilder then helps leaders translate that feedback into lasting behavior change through 200+ micro-practices integrated into the workday. Together, these tools create a system for measuring, developing, and reinforcing the leadership behaviors that sustain a values-driven culture. For more than three decades, organizations have trusted Grow Strong Leaders to strengthen leadership effectiveness, reinforce ethical culture, and sustain values through systems that become part of everyday workโnot one-time training events. The long-term relationships we've built with clients and strategic partners speak to the lasting value of our work. I welcome conversations with leaders who are working to make Principled Leadership more visible, measurable, and sustainable across their organization.
On the Grow Strong Leaders Podcast, I interview senior executives who are leading organizations where Principled Leadership is visible in everyday decisionsโnot just written into mission statements. Together, we explore how organizations operationalize their values through leadership behaviors, feedback systems, accountability, and intentional development. Our conversations go beyond theory to uncover what it really takes to sustain Principled Leadership when leaders face pressure, complexity, and difficult decisions. The goal is simple: to help leaders build organizations where values aren't just definedโthey're consistently lived.
I created this consulting and training firm to help companies with the "people" side of their operation. I focused on leadership development, people skills, coaching, team building, selling and customer service.
Developed and conducted professional development training for teachers who taught students in federally-funded programs like Title I at elementary and middle school level. Managed and administered budgets for each program. Supervised support staff.