Don Pierro is a Adjunct Professor of Leadership at Azusa Pacific University - Graduate School of Leadership and Organizational Psyc. He possess expertise in leadership development, leadership, entrepreneurship, coaching, strategic planning and 45 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I met Don Pierro in late 2011 when I began consulting with a mid-sized digital/social/mobile media-oriented marketing communications agency in Southern California. Don had already been retained as coach and mentor to this agency's management team. During our work together, I was consistently impressed by the relevance of Don's insights from his own CEO experience, his ability to drill down into any situation to help all involved to identify the truly salient issues, his focus on being accountable to actionable next steps and other strengths. Don is also simply a great person to work with and I've very much enjoyed doing so." and "Sometimes in life you meet someone who you know you were simply meant to meet. I believe Don is one of those people for me. Although we didn't meet in a business setting, it only took one conversation to realize we needed to talk further. After a cup of coffee, he had my head spinning, and he had me doing most of the talking. It was strange as I always thought a consultant would be consulting. And, from my past experience, it had been that way. But, not Don. He truly knows the art of questioning and how to get you to open up and be honest with yourself. Don is incredible in his understanding of the complexities of entrepreneurship from both a personal and business perspective. As they go hand-in-hand, Don had me listing where I wanted to be and where I saw myself from day one. My list was quite out of order. He specializes in coaching you on both perspectives to get from where you presently are to where you want to be. It may sound simple, but it's not. As an entrepreneur, you don't have a boss. You may have some mentors, but they aren't always an outside ear. Luckily I do have a mentor as well so I've been doubly blessed with two amazing perspectives on my business and life. After about a year of personal meetings with Don, he started consulting for my Directors at SWIRE. Each of them found his coaching style to be extremely helpful. Some were reticent at first, as expected, but it only took a couple meetings to see the value. In the time Don was actively coaching our team, we went from a very rough stretch to our most profitable year yet. I continue to meet with Don, not only as a coach, but as a friend. If you're a business owner, or hold a leadership role, I highly recommend talking with Don. It could change your life for the better."