Who I Am

The Gallup Strength Assessment determined I was Strategic, Connected dots well (analytical), Activated myself and others (motivator), intrinsically knew Beliefs and what was just talk (truth), and had the knack to understand and use the past and present Contextual patterns, cycles, and shifts. In summary, said Gallup, my skill set would produce a great leader, writer, and motivator. I took Gallup at its word. I double majored in English and Political Science, minoring in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. With a diploma, I landed a job with a Chicago publisher. After six months, the company's owner wanted me to lead his real estate licensing division. I tried the managerial position, but after the department's staff returned after being fired, I reviewed the Gallup assessment. Although it and my owner wanted me to be a "manager," I realized my test and owner were incorrect. My owner disagreed and sent me to Northwestern for an MBA, setting me up for the next 40 years. Still, it took working in law and finance, getting my MPA from the University of Nebraska so I could transition to local government management and community advocacy, and through the labels of manager, journalist, further schooling at Yale for writer, memoirist, mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, lover, and relationship, and spiritual coach certifications to accept whatever strengths, jobs, degrees, and labels I wore--they all boiled down to the same thing--I brought change then with connection, communication, and clarity was successfully able to get myself and others through it.​

 

My mission is to bring trusted change assistance to organizations & individuals to manifest community using a five step process:

• Connection

• Communication

• Clarity

• Collaboration

• Community

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