I help organizations and leaders get better. I love healthy teams and helping to create them. I have a diversified background, having been a senior leader in the marketplace, government, nonprofits and the church.I held leadership positions throughout high school, but my first paid leadership role came at the age of 19. During and after college, I worked in retail for the Belk Corporation, completing a two-year management training program and then held numerous management positions. Afterward, I was self-employed as a small business owner, including starting one company and buying and selling another. At the age of 38, I entered vocational ministry. God provided and I have served 6 churches in 21 years (4 established churches and 2 church plants) - as well as multiple shorter-term interim roles. God blessed with success in each one. My secular experience certainly made me more aware of the daily struggles of the people in the pews. I know every believer’s calling is unique and vital to the Kingdom. I had the honor of serving as CEO of Leadership Network, an organization that convenes innovative leaders and churches in collaborative conversations to accelerate growth and innovation. I did a year at Brentwood Baptist in a newly created role but quickly learned it was not a role they wanted or needed at the time. (We parted on good terms.) Covid taught me that I love leading a team, being on the ground helping to make things happen. I have had a consulting practice for almost 20 years and will continue helping organizations get better. But I'm back leading in the local church again. (And we didn't see it coming, but I'm back at the same church where we previously served.) I feel strongly that part of being a Kingdom-builder is being a community builder, so I have always been active in community engagement and plan to continue doing so. The work of the church is far more than on Sunday morning. I have served on dozens of non-profit boards at the local, state and national levels. Further enhancing my career experience, I once served as city councilperson, vice-mayor, and chair of the finance committee for a mid-sized city.One of my driving passions is helping other leaders succeed. StrengthsFinders: Ideation, Command, Strategic, Achiever, ActivatorWorking Genius: Galvanizing and Invention#Leadership #Pastors #Church
Listed skills include Public Speaking, Church Events, Leadership Development, Preaching, and 40 others.