About Us
Entrepreneur | Business Strategist | Trusted Advisor | Team Builder | Someone Who Loves Getting His Hands Dirty
I'm Bryan Kohl and I'll be the first to admit: I'm an imperfect leader (even with 20 years of experience building and leading teams). For many of us, a week doesn't go by without us learning something. But the question remains: how do we convert that learning into results?
My career began working for numerous tech startups, then moving into large organizations across various functions, eventually being given the opportunity to launch and lead a behavioral health organization. It's that experience I draw on when designing and delivering our services.
When asked how best to describe my experience, I'm quick to invoke the familiar Venn diagram as I've always been at the intersection of strategy development, talent and team development, and technology. In short, nothing fires me up more than witnessing personal and professional growth in an individual, across a team, or throughout an organization!
As a child, I recall my father encouraging me to read Dr. Deming's "14 Points of Management." I found myself wondering what Deming meant by "Drive out fear" (his 8th point) while deeply appreciating his 13th point - " Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement." (See my blog post titled, "Why We're Still Struggling to Drive out Fear at Work.") Upon joining the workforce and being exposed to other ideas and practices - the Agile Manifesto, positive psychology, psychological safety, servant leadership, etc. - it was easy for me to see how they were all connected, and interestingly, how they were all attempting to "drive out fear" from the workplace.
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