I was just expecting to get some helpful hints on being more effective. After leaving the corporate world after 25 years, and being on an executive team in a large software company, I thought I had most of the answers. I discovered was what was working and more importantly, what was not working for me as I had embarked upon several new business ventures. I gained clarity for my vision of family, business and community. I have grown as a leader, and am now more effective in every aspect of my life.

Marianna Clampett, President Impact Zone Golf, Naples, FL

By the time I went to the trainings, I had literally forgotten who I was and what was important to me. I walked in a mother of eight with a job I felt stuck in working 70 hours a week. After the trainings, I started my home-based wellness business. I now have a full life, with friends outside of my profession. My children are so much happier with life, now that they see me living abundantly.

Tiffany Peterson, Wellness Coach, Raleigh, NC

I am recently married and started to settle into what I thought was married life – go to work, come home, have disagreements, frustrations, and then hearing and laughing at the same old jokes. Then came the Couples Workshop and I remembered we are not in a fixed relationship and are always at choice in how we relate to each other. We now relate from a much larger purpose and for a reason that includes our commitment to the world.

Karen Cole, Paralegal, Chapel Hill, NC

“Don’t waste your time! They’ll never fund a small project like yours.” Every time I mentioned going after a Gates Foundation grant I heard that! If I hadn’t done these trainings, I would have listened to the advice and given up. Instead, I used the courage and skills I learned, to win a first-time $990,000 grant from the Gates Foundation for a global polio eradication project I directed. Anything is possible.

Ellen Coates, MPH, New Haven, CT

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I didn’t go into the trainings looking for a relationship and then I discovered that I was a great possibility for a relationship. After leadership, I created an amazing marriage. I found out what it was like to be 100% committed and not be 50 - 50 and make deals with people. This freed me up to be committed and be a giver.

Frank Cole, Building Contractor, Chapel Hill, NC

“After you spoke, I wanted to be one of your medical students and take your course.” I was able to create that feeling in one of my participants after a speech in which I rehearsed no lines and memorized no ending. I just was being the powerful change-agent I desired. I was blown away by the power of the workshop to shift my public-speaking focus from me to my audience. I can now move my audience.

Barbara Sheline, MD, MPH, Duke University, Durham, NC

Carl McMillon, Senior Manager IT, Durham, NC

After the trainings, I went back and finished my college degree. This was very important to me. It was something I had started 40 years ago and had to stop. I graduated college with Cum Laude honors. It was because of Leadership that I could handle my full-time work schedule, full time school and my personal life. Everything was perfect and I had a blast!