Coaching and Facilitation
I’m a Certified CliftonStrengths coach and facilitator with more than 10 years of experience in leadership training and development, group facilitation, and coaching. My purpose is helping you find yours. With a diverse client base spanning government, nonprofit, and corporate sectors, I have worked with individuals and teams at all levels of organizations, from entry-level professionals to CEOs, from small nonprofits to Fortune 100 companies. Using my experience teaching leadership courses at the CIA from 2009-2020 and my coaching journey that began in 2014, my extensive expertise and certifications equip me with the skills to help you unlock your true potential.
CliftonStrengths Coaching
As a Certified CliftonStrengths Coach, I work with teams and individuals to maximize their potential through a deep understanding of their natural talents and abilities. Individuals and teams that develop a strong self-awareness about their strengths are 8% more profitable, 9% more productive, and report higher levels of employee engagement and general wellbeing.
Leadership Development
What does it mean to be a leader? What’s the difference between management and leadership? How can I lead?
I’ve worked with teams for more than a decade to answer questions like these. Through leadership instruction and facilitated discussions, I’ll work with your team to help each person lead from where they are.
Group Facilitation
Collaboration, communication, teamwork…these are the fabric of highly performing teams. I’ve worked with dozens of teams to help them better work together, improve their collaboration, and enhance their communication. I have an innate ability to uncover the real issues plaguing teams, discuss them in an open and respectful manner, and build teams stronger than they’ve been before.
Facilitated Sessions
Intentional Conflict Management
This seminar uses the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Management Instrument to have participants identify and employ their personal conflict management styles to improve their self-awareness, strengthen their working relationships, move their teams through conflict faster, and set up their teams for high performance.
Feedback for Managers
This session teaches managers to use the situation-behavior-impact feedback model to give timely, concise, and clear feedback that inspires corrective or reinforcing behaviors. Through scenarios and practice, managers develop a sense of confidence and renewed energy to provide regular and ongoing performance feedback to their teams.
Become an Effective Communicator
In this session, participants learn the most important aspects of how to be a better communicator, including how to how to give memorable presentations, effectively use nonverbal communication, and ensure people take action on their message. The seminar also discusses the impact on communication of attire, voice inflection, movement, and mannerisms.
Improving Connection Through Vulnerability
This session helps teams create and foster deeper connection between each person. Using vulnerability expert Brene Brown’s book Daring Greatly as a baseline, participants learn how to create a vulnerable environment that leads to greater trust, respect, and connection with their teammates. Participants discuss their own histories of vulnerability, why people lie, hide, and fake, the role of connection and shame, and wholeheartedness.
Developing Your Personal Leadership Philosophy
In this session, participants develop their own personal leadership philosophies, using emotional intelligence, their innate abilities, and their own expectations to determine the type of leader they want to be going forward, setting up themselves and their teams for improved performance.
Building Stronger Networks
This seminar teachers participants the most important aspects of building a strong network, including analyzing their current networks, how to develop strong advocates and allies, and teaching best practices for how to create memorable connections with new people.
Hear from some of my previous clients:
“The best presenter I’ve had in 30 years.”
“He made the material easy to understand.”
“Parker’s energy was amazing. He got me excited about what we were learning and kept me engaged.”
“Truly enjoyable. He brought a lot of energy and humor to each session, but also treated the audience like adults and was able to read the room.”
“He brought the content and theory to life in a very engaging and inclusive way.”
“I really like how he learned the names of the group and used them throughout the days.”
“Parker was an amazing facilitator. His enthusiasm, passion and intellect were on full display throughout the workshop.”
“A really fantastic teacher.”
“Parker demonstrated a strong knowledge of all of the content; a good balance of data, content, and anecdotes.”
“Parker provided the space for open dialogue, while making everyone feel safe.”
“I can tell how much Parker cares about his craft and sincerely enjoyed his presence at the program.
“Incredibly engaging speaker.”
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