About Us
Welcome
Welcome to Thoughtful Leadership Consulting. I facilitate individual and organizational flourishing through research-based strategic planning and optimization of the leadership/followership conjoint model of organizational dynamics.
I have worked for over 30 years in facilitation and leadership from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses. I worked as a key in a collaborative effort that generated $14.84 billion in revenue. As a houghtful and passionate educational leader, I designed and deployed instructional design and training protocols, resulting in $17 million in annual revenue. The pursuit of happiness might be able to help you and your organization flourish.
The Pursuit of Happiness
The leadership insights provided on this website arise from a foundation based on a combination of more than thirty years of leadership experience and a through knowledge of research-based best practices for leadership and organizational operations. Ongoing research ensures the delivery of cutting-edge insights. Cutting edge leadership research recognizes the many benefits of increased eudemonic happiness.
Helping Individuals and Organizations Thrive
The individual pursuit of eudemonic happiness embodies one of the most fundamental human rights. Leaders old an ethical responsibility to help their followers pursue eudemonic happiness. Research indicates that an emphasis on incorporating the pursuit of happiness, or human flourishing, as a basis of organizational solutions positively correlates with individuals and their organizations thriving. Furthermore, empowerment in the workplace positively correlates with increased eudemonic happiness, measured as a sense of purpose, a perception of purposeful personal expressiveness, and participation in effortful engagement. Furthermore, research suggests that increasing eudemonic happiness shows a positive correlation to reducing workplace managerial problems such as absenteeism, low productivity, lowering work-related stress, and improving overall health. Thoughtful leaders apply research-based leadership insights as they work with followers to accomplish shared goals. Thoughtful Leaders CARE (Clarify, Assist, Respect, and Empower). The Thoughtful Leader leads using the CARE acronym.
CARE
Leadership with CARE (Clarify, Assist, Respect, and Empower) helps individuals and organizations flourish. Thoughtful Leadership Consulting offers cutting edge research-based organizational solutions that incorporate the principles of CARE. Leadership with CARE gives organizations a competitive advantage. Don’t miss out on the advantages of leadership with CARE.
When leaders show CARE in their leadership, individuals and organizations flourish. Thoughtful Leadership Consulting helps individuals and organizations flourish. The website provides resources and access to services that help individuals and organizations flourish. Please explore the website to learn more.
LEADERSHIP WITH CARE
C-Clarify: Thoughtful leaders CLARIFY the mission and purpose of the organization to their followers. Organizations and their members need clarity of mission and purpose. A leader’s primary function involves communicating a clear mission and purpose to every member of their organization. Clarity of mission and purpose provides the essential framework for organizational operations and decision making. Thoughtful Leadership Consulting helps leaders understand and communicate clarity of mission and purpose. Clarity of mission and purpose helps leaders identify where they need to assist their followers.
A-Assist: Thoughtful leaders ASSIST followers as they work together to accomplish shared goals. Leaders equip followers with the experiences and knowledge required to meet and exceed shared goals. Research-based professional development incorporates knowledge about the characteristics of adult learners and the theory of andragogy (adult learning). Effective professional development enables individuals to reach their full potential and become effective contributors to the process of meeting and exceeding organizational goals. Assisting others arises from a deep respect of the inherent dignity of the individual.
R-Respect: Thoughtful leaders RESPECT their followers. Respectful leaders recognize the dignity and value of everyone in their organization. Ideal human relations arise from the practice of mutual respect. Organizations maintain an ethical responsibility to foster a culture of respect. Ethical leaders exemplify a culture of respect within their organization. Mutual respect between leaders and followers builds trust. Research traces most organizational dysfunctions to a lack of trust. Respectful leadership understands they dynamic relationship between leaders and followers as they work to accomplish shared goals. Genuine mutual respect among organization members encourages empowerment.
E-Empower:: Thoughtful leaders empower their followers to flourish and reach their full potential. Research shows a positive correlation between empowerment and eudemonic happiness, measured as a sense of purpose, a perception of purposeful personal expressiveness, and participation in effortful engagement. Empowerment acknowledges they dynamic relationship of the leadership-followership conjoint.