Coaching with Doug was a critical and integral part of my successful navigation of a major career and life transition. He challenged me to “try on” widely differing but viable scenarios, and gave me action steps to focus my efforts and provide forward momentum. Ultimately the process created great clarity.
Anne Chamberlain; Independent Consultant
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What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
Margaret Mead
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Doug’s care and profound knowledge and insights on human nature and organizations gave me power and faith to achieve extremely difficult tasks, and made me a better human being.
Alejandro Davis Bolaños, PhD; Ministry of the Presidency, Government of Nicaragua
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
Gandhi
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I appreciate all that Doug offered in terms of concrete tools, suggestions for problems I was facing, and strategic questions to get me to look at things differently. I felt supported as well as pushed to move forward. This provided a tremendous growth opportunity for me.
Gretchen Cherington; President, GC Consulting
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Your honest and direct feedback was unparalleled. You believed in us and cared about making a difference. We learned a lot about ourselves, our interaction with others, and the organization as a whole. Your personal coaching and feedback have led to the development of action plans, and more attention to trust and feedback at all levels.
George C. Lautemann; VP/CFO, Sara Lee Direct.
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Coaching with Doug was extremely valuable to me during a high growth period at our Chamber. Doug’s seasoned and objective third party viewpoint helped me see key aspects of decisions I might have overlooked.
Bryan Derreberry; CEO, Catawba County Chamber of Commerce.
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What's New
Doug is now certified as a Master Somatic Coach with Strozzi Institute, the leading
organization integrating somatics into coaching and leadership
development.
Our personalized client websites have been a
tremendous success…. Each coaching client has a dedicated, secure site for
session notes, practices, communication between sessions, files, and other uses.
Client after client has spoken about the value that this adds, from reviewing
Doug’s notes from a session to benchmarking progress over time, to going back to
key conversations from earlier.
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Doug's coaching has been extremely valuable as I've stepped into a challenging new role, established myself as a leader, and begun to build a culture of accountability and commitment. The benefits include articulating my expectations clearly, engaging my team in decision-making, and modeling accountability at every turn. The sense of excitement and optimism around here is contagious!
Mark Beddingfield; CEO, Alabama/Central Gulf Coast Region; American Red Cross
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I retained Doug as a coach as we moved towards a very ambitious business goal. He is extremely supportive, even when challenging tightly held assumptions. Doug's coaching has helped me be more inclusive, to listen deeply to others, and to build my team's ownership in meeting unprecedented challenges. I cannot recommend him highly enough.
Robert D. Sweeney; Sr. VP for Development and Public Affairs; University of Virginia