Our leaders speak for themselves.Executive Leadership Case Study
Doug Korn
Chief Executive Officer
Fear Free
Previously:
Executive Director, Christ Presbyterian Church
We had a need for a comprehensive development program to improve our effectiveness as a team, but also as individual leaders. While we always think you can do stuff like this on your own, you either won't or it won't be as good.
“As a leader, you’re always assessing the capabilities of the organization, collectively and individually. We had a need for a comprehensive development program to improve our effectiveness as a team, but also as individual leaders. While we always think you can do stuff like this on your own, you either won't or it won't be as good. So bringing in Jonathan and having it customized appropriately for us was exactly what we needed.
He customized everything with us. He really got to know what we wanted to do, and then as soon as we were off, he would ask, ‘Are we moving the needle? Are we addressing the right issue? Are we getting to the right conversation?’ He would have such agility along the way.”
“With Author Leadership, what you can expect is preparation and a strong executive presence in a large group meeting. I don't know where he gets his energy, quite frankly. It's almost like someone puts new batteries in him before he comes into the room. The room gets excited, the more he gets excited. A big leadership class is different than one-on-one coaching. You often get a few people in that room that are all in and excited. You have a few people in the room that don't want to be there–’the boss made me be here’—and then everyone else is in the middle. And they're almost saying, ‘Prove to me that this is worth my time.’ Jonathan gets personal satisfaction on winning everyone in the middle. And that's just great.
It's hard to put words to this, but Jonathan just cares more than other executive coaches. He cares about the unique people behind the goal that you're trying to solve, and not many coaches can do that. There's a level of authenticity with Jonathan that I think just really makes not only the work, but also the personal connections really worthwhile.”
With Author Leadership, what you can expect is preparation and a strong executive presence in a large group meeting. I don't know where he gets his energy, quite frankly. It's almost like someone puts new batteries in him before he comes into the room.
“Big results are often hard when you are talking about leadership development, because it takes years to really see the fruits of your labor. It was the small wins that got me excited right off the bat. The program created a common language for people to talk about their experiences, created a much more transparent organization, and drastically improved our culture. The use of communication was huge also, both in big things and small things in terms of how we were growing our people and our teams. It just created a great collective atmosphere for our growth.
If someone is considering working with Author Leadership, I’d tell them do it—it's a non-regrettable.
Typically with these things, you push them off or you say’ I'm going to get to it’ or ‘I'm going to do it myself,’ but it won't be as good. Finding the right people is often the hard thing—who are the people that you're going to trust with your time, as well as your treasure? Jonathan and Author Leadership is a great choice for anyone in that market of looking for leadership development, coaching, or basically just a third party sounding board in terms of how to move forward and how to get there. ’What's your purpose? What do you want to get done?’ It's a great thing for anyone who's looking to expand or improve their capabilities.”
Jonathan and Author Leadership is a great choice for anyone in that market of looking for leadership development, coaching, or basically just a third party sounding board in terms of how to move forward and how to get there.
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