Michael Taylor
Principal and Co-Founder
SchellingPoint
Michael will join our Lunch Panel to bring his expertise on fundamental changes in how groups collaborate to produce stronger outcomes, faster, and with less effort for strategies, programs, policies, innovation, critical decisions, business relationships, and complex problems. Michael is co-founder and managing principal of SchellingPoint. Named after Nobel Prize recipient for Economics, Prof. Thomas Schelling, 'A Schelling point is a focal point that gives a group of like-minded individuals their common purpose. Groups with strong Schelling points can coordinate their actions with minimal communications.' His studies and applied research at SchellingPoint have led to new tools and techniques enabling groups to rapidly assemble their most valuable, viable, and endorsed goals and actions - producing a higher OBTC rate (On-Benefit, On-Time, and On-Cost).
https://schellingpoint.com/
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SchellingPoint
Carl Shawn Watkins
Chief Executive Officer
Carl Shawn Watkins Consulting
Carl Shawn Watkins is the Founder & CEO of Carl Shawn Watkins Consulting, LLC, A Coaching and Consulting Firm. He is a Business Culture Consultant and Executive Vulnerability Coach, and also an Aspiring Civil Rights Attorney.
Carl empowers executives and leaders on how to transform their vulnerability into a superpower, growing their vulnerability leadership mindset.
In using vulnerability strategically and intentionally he is able to identify where there are obstacles and map out a direct, and concise strategic plan with clear insight into changing the narrative of your perspective and maximize your growth and development.
carlshawnwatkins.com
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Carl Shawn Watkins Consulting
Mark S. Babbitt
President of WorqIQ and Co-Author of Good Comes First: How Today's Leaders Create an Uncompromising Company Culture That Doesn't Suck
Good Comes First
Mark S. Babbitt is President of WorqIQ, a community and change management consultancy that helps organizations understand leadership's impact on culture and the company's collective level of Workplace Intelligence (WQ).
Mark is also CEO and Founder of YouTern. This career-focused community enables college students, recent graduates, and young professionals to find their first or next internship or job with the right organizational culture for them.
In addition to his new book with S. Chris Edmonds, Good Comes First, Mark co-authored A World Gone Social: How Companies Must Adapt to Survive. Followers also find Mark's advice in Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes, and many other publications. An in-demand speaker, Mark was named one of Inc. Magazines' Top 100 Leadership Speakers.
https://goodcomesfirst.com/
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President of WorqIQ and Co-Author of Good Comes First: How Today's Leaders Create an Uncompromising Company Culture That Doesn't Suck
Good Comes First
TaJuanna M. Taylor
Business Growth Strategist
Bootstrap Dreams, LLC
Driven by resilience and persistently speaking from the gift of encouragement, TaJuanna finds fulfillment in faith, exploring new things, journeying through motherhood and doing life in community.
Through a well-earned reputation for her ability to cultivate and mobilize a business vision, TaJuanna has received over 9 awards for leadership, social impact, implementation, contribution and exemplary service. Also carrying the credential of certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), TaJuanna is the Business Strategist entrepreneurs turn to when they're launching their extraordinary ideas and profitable opportunities.
As the founder and CEO of Bootstrap Dreams, LLC - her boutique business consulting company, TaJuanna has dedicated her profession to shaping and coaching women to give generously, live authentically, and become profitable CEO’s. TaJuanna devotes her energy to encouraging people around the world through emotional intelligence, business consulting, and accountability that helps them live out their purpose.
https://www.bootstrapdreams.com/
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Business Growth Strategist
Bootstrap Dreams, LLC
Christopher Waters
Christopher Waters, MPA
Christopher Waters, MPA
Christopher Waters, MPA is an impact consultant and an award-winning member of the Adjunct Faculty for Wilmington University’s College of Business. Christopher has over twenty years of expertise in social impact, cross-sector partnerships, and community/economic development. He has served on boards and projects including the National Leadership Institute and the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative. He has also co-written the literature reviewed social impact report “Home Buy Now: Past Present and Future” in partnership with the Wharton School of Business Consulting Group, the first paper of its kind.
Most recently, he has served as a Teaching Fellow to the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategies where he taught 150 social entrepreneurs, business leaders, and nonprofit leaders to implement social impact, corporate social responsibility, and impact measurements to organizations.
He has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s of Science in Public Administration from Wilmington University. He has been a panelist, lecturer, and speaker at the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and the Pennsylvania State University as well as many national conferences.
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Christopher Waters, MPA
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Jay Hurt
Chief Operating Officer
Academy of Creative Coaching
Jay Hurt is the “coach’s coach.” As the Chief Operating Officer of the Academy of Creative Coaching, author, international speaker, mastermind facilitator, and relationship coach, Jay offers a unique and strategic approach to relationship and communication. He is a strong proponent of both professional and personal development, as well as being passionate about creating frameworks and principles for coaches in order to help them become more effective communicators and leaders. Jay’s background, values and beliefs have led him to focus on the importance of good communication in both business and personal relationships. This is reflected in his frequent teaching, speaking and writing.
https://academyofcreativecoaching.com/
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Academy of Creative Coaching
Dr. Pamela Larde
Founder & President
Academy of Creative Coaching
Dr. Pamela Larde, a professor, coach, award-winning author, and business owner, is committed to engaging in the work of advancing the reach and commitment of the coaching profession to serve and build up heart-centered leaders around the world. Dr. Larde is intentional about integrating values of belonging, human dignity, justice and care for the whole person into every fiber of her work. As a dedicated member of the global community, Dr. Larde is committed to taking the lead in addressing compelling social issues through the Academy of Creative Coaching, which she founded in 2013. The Academy is among the first black female-owned ICF ACTP accredited coaching schools in the world.
https://academyofcreativecoaching.com/
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Founder & President
Academy of Creative Coaching
Gabriela Herrero BBA, MIB, CPCC™, C-IQ
Global Executive Coach, Conversational Alchemist & Triathlete
Existence Coaching
Gabriela has more than 25 years of experience as an executive coach and facilitator, she understands the relationship between individual and organization success. She brings extensive international expertise in executive coaching and advising executives and organizations in Leadership Development.
Gabriela is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) acquired from the Co-Active Training Institute and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (PCC). She is also a Certified Coach in Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) by the CreatingWe Institute. To complement her coaching practice, Gabriela obtained a certification in Leadership Embodiment with the Richard Strozzi Institute. She also has her degree in Computer Sciences, a BA in Business, and a master’s degree in international business.
Gabriela’s purpose is inspired by the African philosophy of UBUNTU: to inspire leaders to embody the ideas of trust, connection, community, and shared success. She is motivated to work towards creating a “We” Culture where success belongs to all.
Gaby is a woman who loves to travel, engage in great conversations, and have a good cup of coffee.
www.existence-coaching.com
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Global Executive Coach, Conversational Alchemist & Triathlete
Existence Coaching
Dionne Mack
Chief Diversity Officer
Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Above all things, Dionne L. Mack is a human. She is a mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, auntie, niece, cousin, and friend.
A seasoned executive and HR practitioner, Dionne has dedicated most of her career to creating inclusive and diverse workspaces within large and complex, highly regulated multinational corporations.
In addition to her coaching and consulting practice, Dionne currently serves as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). In this role, she supports the organization’s mission to raise the consciousness of the world by ensuring iPEC develops and trains culturally conscious and competent coaches, as well as through an external focus on the thought leadership and intersections of diversity and inclusion within the coaching industry.
Prior to joining iPEC, Dionne led diversity, inclusion and HR compliance efforts at Fortune 100 companies spanning multiple industries including automotive technology, aerospace and defense, and finance/insurance.
Dionne is passionate about supporting her community and empowering others to reach their greatest potential. She serves on the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Greater Atlanta and volunteers as a mentor to aspiring HR leaders.
Dionne has degrees in Business Administration from the State University of New York and the University of Phoenix and obtained her coach training at iPEC. Her passions include fishing, dog training, and French fries. In her free time, she serves at the beck and call of her daughter, Felicity, grandchildren – Kennedy, Mason, and David; and six younger siblings who all believe she only exists to be their entertainment and uncompensated life coach.
www.ipeccoaching.com
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Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Dr. Paul Ward
Consciousness Whisperer
Dr. Paul Ward
Dr. Paul Ward is a conscious leadership and conscious living coach, and Director at the Global Center for Conscious Leadership. Paul is also an inaugural member of the Conscious Leadership Guild, and the author of the book, The Inner Journey to Conscious Leadership: Ten Practices for Leading Consciously.
Paul is the principal owner of the coaching, consulting, and training company, 2Young2Retire, LLC, offering impactful transitions coaching, facilitator certification training, and convening conversations that matter. Paul is the coauthor of a soon to be published book, Living Consciously in the Second Half of Life.
Paul is an adjunct professor, small business owner, and hot air balloon pilot. He has Masters and Doctoral degrees in Organization and Management and has spent more than thirty years consulting to large and small organizations in Europe and the Americas. He divides his time between Portsmouth, England and West Palm Beach, Florida
https://drpaulward.com/
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Consciousness Whisperer
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