PROFILE

Experience:
For over 40 years Stan has developed people and organizations through teaching, public speaking, organizing, writing, motivating, and listening. His forte is coaching and mentoring, helping people develop by interacting with them over common interests. Stan has worked with individuals as well as small and large groups, helping them develop short and long-range plans, build teams, and achieve goals. He holds a Masters degree and has completed a certificate program in individual coaching. Stan particularly enjoys interacting with people about their attraction to stories. He has a keen interest in books by C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Dickens, and Victor Hugo. Finding Neverland, The Green Mile, and Les Misérables are a few of his favorite films. Stan takes pleasure in exploring how popular stories help people of all ages navigate life's challenges. Stan has also written creatively about this special interest.

Specialty Skills: 

Organizing people, events, and projects

Analyzing challenges, and proposing and implementing solutions

Creative writing

Conversant with computer software and the Internet

Video-conferencing via Skype and other software

Accomplishments:

Stan led an organization that was on the brink of disbanding. Through his leadership it became a more vibrant cohesive group, optimistic about its future. He led its members in group activities. He also worked with its leaders to evaluate and update the organization's purpose, financial health, and organizational structure. As a result, the group became healthier, larger, and more outward focused and welcoming.

He led a group in a ten-week discussion of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The majority of the participants read 100 pages per week to prepare for their sessions. He met with the group for two hours each week to discuss the contents, truths, and applications of this beautiful piece of literature.

For several years Stan led a multi-week training course for an organization. The purpose of the training was to help members understand and communicate the organization's core values with potential members. He recruited people to be part of the training, taught them how to clearly express the principles, and provided the means for them to be in touch with potential members. Leaders emerged from this training program, confident in their ability to communicate.