shift from being blocked and mired in ineffective and unsatisfying situations to moving forward with momentum in pursuit of their most meaningful aspirations
Ron helped me find my own inner balance so I can perform at a higher level and be perfectly comfortable there.GENERAL MANAGER
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It doesn’t matter how complex the dilemma, or how deep the disturbance. We guide our clients to connect with their own dormant insight and energy, to find their own clarity of intention and purpose — and discover a deep inner knowing of the way to generate their desired outcomes.
Our clients walk away from their unproductive and unsatisfying states, leap beyond self-imposed limitations, and soar towards a vision that is bigger and bolder than anything they ever saw before.
Work is more fun than it was two years ago. And, people want to come to work and want to solve problems and want to create the next new thing for the organization.vp operations
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Our clients include household names in the high tech, biotech, fashion, healthcare, film, airline, finance, and insurance industries — including brand names like Microsoft, Nokia, Nintendo, American Express, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy, Chanel, Mercedes Benz.
Before we worked with Ron, in three years we did not release one new product. Since working with Ron, in 12 months we’ve released three new game-changing technologies. That’s a huge accomplishment in such a short time!COO Global Hi-tech firm
Our leadership was not onboard with the vision and intent of our proposed change. Not addressing this would have affected our ability to achieve the results we intended with the change. Since working with Ron, we’ve seen 100% shift. The leaders are onboard and talking about the change. The organization has an increased level of energy, happiness, and engagement around the change. And we’re executing the change against the strategy we designed.
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Molly is an organizational development consultant & executive coach with over 20 years experience in improving organizational effectiveness, developing leaders, & enhancing team performance. Rather than fitting her clients into a preconceived model or process, Molly & her clients look systemically at “what is” & identify a variety of options for how to proceed. Along with key stakeholders they initiate a multi-faceted change process to meet strategic business goals & improve employee engagement.
As a leadership coach, Molly partners with clients to link business objectives & developmental goals with their broader aspirations & values; all of this is grounded in a realistic, pragmatic process of experimentation & change. Molly has shaped her career living from the inside out, with enthusiasm for learning & the courage to live a unique & vibrant life. Molly is a master in the complex realm of human dynamics. She shape-shifts both work group & individual performance by identifying new approaches to perceived challenges & posing thought-provoking questions that shed light onto personal blocks while lighting the path forward. She is committed & motivated to support her clients to achieve their unique aspirations & growth as professionals in complex, challenging environments at all levels of organization. She brings a positive, grounded presence, incisive listening, warmth & discernment to her work.
Molly has worked with clients in high tech., healthcare, manufacturing, academia & the arts. Her career in has been shaped in community-based organizations as well as corporations like Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente, & UCLA. This has included designing & facilitating leadership retreats, strategic planning initiatives, team building sessions, & leadership curriculums. Molly has trained over 5,000 managers & staff in strategic leadership, communication, conflict management, leading change, leading teams, & managing diversity.
Her educational background is multidisciplinary: Executive Coaching (The Hudson Institute of Coaching;) Organizational Development (The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland;) Behavioral Science/Education & Cultural Anthropology (Masters from UCLA.) She is certified in a variety of training curriculums & assessment tools. Molly speaks fluent Spanish & conversational French.
Outside of work, Molly enjoys swimming with dolphins, boogie boarding, listening to jazz, & living on the Pacific Coast.
Since childhood, Ron has woken from a recurring dream: a dream where he stands, then walks, then runs, then effortlessly leaps and flies— soaring above the earth. He recently realized that this dream represents his life passion: helping others to stand up, move forward, then leap, then fly, then soar.
Ron has developed a unique depth and breadth of 32 years’ experience, continuous learning, and professional development that he brings to individuals, teams, and organizations in helping them discover their untapped brilliance and latent wisdom - Coaching for enhanced Leadership, Team & Organizational Performance, fostering professional growth and greater personal satisfaction
Ron offers counsel to leaders and teams to become strong, agile, flexible, and adaptive, demonstrating the convictions, competencies, and connections required to lead in times of rapid & complex change.
Ron coaches senior leaders to define & articulate compelling, strategic business possibilities, enabling leaders to then create the conditions which engage key stakeholders, and unleash the human passion, competencies & capabilities within the organization to earn the respect of customers, and establish a credible, successful presence in the marketplace.
His emphasis has been upon developing the capacity for growth, enabling change, being a catalyst for learning, and engaging the human intellectual, creative, and emotional energies necessary to transform and migrate to higher levels of performance - helping leaders boost engagement levels, and create a more motivated workforce to enhance performance and stimulate necessary business outcomes.
To help his clients soar, Ron leverages his master's degree in organizational development and adult learning — as well as his significant post-graduate training in organization and systems development, advanced consulting skills, and advanced team development and facilitation.
His personal and organizational development tools are simple yet impactful. They help his clients discover their inherent vitality, pursue paths that are exciting and clear, and achieve higher levels of performance than they thought were possible. And they have more fun getting there!
Personally, Ron has always loved and owned golden retrievers (which are the inspiration for our company name). He also takes great joy in hiking the gorgeous mountains of the Pacific Northwest and is buoyed by the calming influence of his daily yoga practice. Ron has adopted a passion in his free time, volunteering to mentor young emerging leaders, and also mentors those of all stages of life to help them discover their true purpose, and pursue the path that leads them into their “what next…”
For teams and organizations, getting to a new and clear vision is essential. But then you need to convey that vision to the team or the organization — or to your partners, prospects, or customers. Without a laser-focused approach to conveying your new vision, your hard-won clarity can get muddy. Kathryn is our Story ShapeShifter. Her methodology, The HERO Method, does for business communications what box office hits have done for the film industry. She uses the same ancient bones of story that Star Wars, Avatar, the Matrix — and even Schindler’s List — were created from. Instead of using them to create movie scripts that audiences pay good money to go see over and over again, Kathryn uses these ancient bones of story to share a team’s or organization’s new vision.
For internal communications, Kathryn shape shifts the old story into a new and exciting one. Conveying the clarity of the vision, these stories encourage people to step onto the new path, adopt the re-aligned direction, and advance the New Aim. Everyone gains a new, deep sense of purpose, and feels energized to contribute their innovative ideas and actions.
For external communications, Kathryn shines a light on your new vision for prospects and customers. By creating content that deepens relationships, inspires and motivates, your audience will move themselves in the desired direction — and you’ll generate more response and revenue.
Creatively, Kathryn has written an award-winning historical fiction novel, The Journey, and is an award-winning artist. She is a licensed fitness instructor with a Brown Belt in Nia. Kathryn loves feeding her mind and body with books that expand her horizons — and with a daily meditation and movement practice. Oh, and she adores cats.