Lori Addicks
Lori Addicks has more than 20 years of experience partnering with senior executives in the US and 60 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America to translate business goals into value-added people strategies. With expertise in selection and assessment, she specializes in getting the right people in the right job at the right time. She knows how to inspire people to get the desired results, especially during times of transition.
Lori served as Vice President of Learning and Development for Post Properties where she led her team to develop an award winning university intern program and a highly successful 90-day new hire on-boarding process. Lori also spent 13 years as a Senior Consultant and Manager of Learning Operations for The Coca-Cola Company, where she designed an assessment process to attract and accelerate the development of global high potential GM talent and a high-potential talent assessment process for the global finance division.
Her education and training include an undergraduate degree from Oregon State University, OD Certificate with University Associates, Certificate in Building Business Acumen - DePaul University Professionals, numerous master certifications in leadership development curricula.
Lori is active in ASTD, HRLF, and SHRM, and has served as keynote speaker for Atlanta Chapter of ASTD, Technology Association of Georgia, International Association of Business Communicators, National Multi-Housing Council and National Apartment Association. She has guest lectured at Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, Auburn University, and Emory University among others.
Phone: 404-402-4043
Email: laddicks@teamenthusiasm.com
Douglas Barnes
Douglas Barnes built a successful career driving performance improvement via sales training and management development, establishing himself as a top strategist, savvy program implementation expert across global enterprises, and essential advisor to senior staff of two of the world's most prominent companies.
For more than 30 years, Doug served in prominent roles developing and leading training and development organizations and programming for United Parcel Service and Coca-Cola USA. Whether challenged to build an organization from scratch (as he did for UPS beginning in 1992), or introducing new training and performance enhancement solutions, he understands how to drive culture change and improve employee effectiveness within large international companies.
His professional contributions are rooted in his expertise analyzing performance issues, identifying and implementing successful solutions, and creating learning/training strategies that help solve complex operational problems. While at UPS, he helped transformed its corporate culture and made sales training/development an integral success driver.
In addition, he has his Masters Degree in Instructional Design and Technology and is experienced in the application of technological advancements to streamline instructional delivery, improve effectiveness, and in assessing employee performance to pinpoint rising stars and develop talent management protocols to ensure each person's potential is optimized.
Phone: 404-828-7494
Email: dbarnes@teamenthusiasm.com
Susan Cumbus
Susan is a certified coach with notable success in asking the right questions to help senior leaders make decisions. She coaches individuals and teams to create systems and structures that support growth in order to be good stewards to people. She is a cleared professional, certified in Judgment Index and RightPath Leadership & Talent assessment tools.
Susan has over twenty years of experience in technology and organizational consulting, coaching, encouraging and equipping teams, facilitation, data warehousing, business intelligence and systems implementation gained from leadership in business and non-profit sectors.
Susan is married and lives in Washington, DC with her husband Geoffrey.
Phone: 770.329.1271
Email: susan@teamenthusiasm.com
Tom Chandler
Tom Chandler is Founder and CEO of Chandler and Associates, LLC, a management consulting firm specializing in tactical planning. Recognizing that business leaders are often frustrated by an inability to get the most from their opportunities, new initiatives and programs, Tom created the 4-Step Planning Process. This Process is designed to help leaders control the variety of new and existing business opportunities and problems they encounter daily, saving money, time and frustration.
Tom has 25-plus years of business experience in two Fortune 100 Companies, serving as an internal consultant for the last 10 years. His areas of expertise include domestic and international projects, employee development, quality assurance, benchmarking, cost-reduction initiatives, business realignment, change management and tactical planning.
Tom is a credentialed Project Management Professional (PMP) and a certified Judgment Index consultant. He enjoys tackling large complex initiatives, programs and projects. Chandler and Associates' mission is to serve its clients and make their businesses more productive, competitive and profitable.
Tom and his wife, Robin, divide time between homes in Auburn and Birmingham, Alabama. They have two grown children and delight in their role as grandparents.
Phone: 513-520-1825
Email: tchandler@teamenthusiasm.com
Andy Christiansen, PCC, CLC
Thirteen years ago at age 35, Andy co-created Veryfine Products Fruit2O. (now owned by Sunny Delight Beverage Co.), the first no calorie fruit flavored spring water product that ultimately reinvented the bottled water industry. In 2001, having spent 12 years in various leadership environments, some extraordinarily healthy, and many unhealthy, Andy founded High Capacity Leaders, to help make a shift in our culture from toxic, unhealthy work environments to robust, thriving workplaces. HCL is a strengths-based leadership development company that works with high influence leaders who want to grow personally and professionally, and build sustainable employee experiences. Andy's passion is to encourage and equip emerging thought leaders to better leverage their skills, ideas, and unique abilities. He has worked with leaders and teams from E & J Gallo Winery, Coca-Cola, Chick-fil-A, Veryfine Products, Cott Beverage, Northwestern Mutual, Mattress Firm, IBM, AT&T, UBS Financial, and dozens of non-profit organizations.
In 2010, Andy published his first book The 40:40 Principle – How to create powerful, inspiring relationships that lead to greater success.
Andy was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1986, he earned his BBA degree from Kent State University where he was Captain of the State Champion - KSU Rugby Team. He is also a graduate of Coach University. Andy is an internationally Certified Professional Coach PCC and a Certified Life Coach CLC. In his spare time, Andy enjoys motocross, mountain biking, and adventure racing. In 2009, he completed his first 50k ultra marathon. Andy and his wife, Nikki, reside in Atlanta, Georgia with their three children. He loves to travel and has had the privilege of visiting all but four of the United States of America. Internationally, he has traveled to Mexico, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Spain, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Macedonia, Croatia, and his favorite, Greece.
Phone: 404-451-0005
Email: achristiansen@teamenthusiasm.com
Joe Colavito
A requested conference speaker, author, and coach, Mr. Colavito has facilitated business training programs for more than 6,000 financial representatives over the past six years. He is devoted to encouraging others to discover and deploy their core capabilities and passions.
Prior to joining Wells, Mr. Colavito spent 12 years in the recruiting arena. Most recently, he was a partner with TMP Worldwide Executive Search in Atlanta, where he served a variety of professional and financial services clients including Deloitte & Touche LLP, AmSouth Bank, ING Americas, KPMG, and Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
Previously, he was a partner with Heidrick & Struggles and a member of their global technology practice. Joe began his career as a CPA within Deloitte & Touche LLP's audit division and became the director of its recruiting efforts in the Atlanta region.
Mr. Colavito is a published author, a certified Highlands Affiliate, RightPath® Facilitator, and Judgment Index Coach, which enables him to help others maximize their performance in business and in life.
Phone: 404-213-8997
Email: jcolavito@teamenthusiasm.com
Brent Darnell
Brent Darnell is a mechanical engineer and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. After working in the construction industry for twenty years, he started his own leadership development company. He is a leading authority on emotional intelligence and a pioneer in its use in the construction industry.
Over the pat 10 years Brent has helped to improve the social competence and leadership skills of thousands of people in over 70 companies in more than 20 countries around the world. His book, The People-Profit Connection, How Emotional Intelligence Can Maximize People Skills & Maximize Your Profits, has been read by over fifteen thousand people around the world.
He believes in a holistic approach to personal development, creating fundamental and lasting change. He practices yoga and is an avid reader. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Andrea and their dog Ginger.
Phone: 404-247-3747
Email: bdarnell@teamenthusiasm.com
Craig K. Foster
For over 20 years, Craig has led numerous strategic national level projects surrounding improvements in efficiency for Operations, Organizational Development, Information Technology, Human Resources, Procurement, Finance and Logistics. His experience includes working within the mid market as well as Fortune 100 clients such as Home Depot, Best Buy, Target, Kroger and Ahold, USA. The foundation of Mr. Foster's background has been built upon the development and engagement of the individual employee towards a company mission. Process, Tools and Technology mean nothing without high levels of employee utilization. From his earliest days as a Regional Training Manager for Subaru of America to becoming a consultant and ultimately the President and COO of a National Communications firm; Craig has developed a breadth of knowledge that is uncommon across the normal silos of business.
Mr. Foster is a certified instructor and practitioner of the Judgment Index assisting individuals and groups in personal development and teambuilding. Craig earned a BBA in Marketing and Management from Texas Tech University in 1985. Subsequently, Craig has become involved in numerous civic and social organizations such as the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Society of Human Resource Professionals, Food Marketing Institute and the Boy Scouts of America. Craig is married and has three children in Atlanta, GA.
Phone: 404-915-9191
Email: cfoster@teamenthusiasm.com
Dean Harbry
Dean is a Professional Certified Coach, credentialed through the International Coach Federation. He brings a long history of visionary leadership and managerial leadership coaching with individuals from banking, finance, technology, manufacturing, media and sales. As a trusted advisor, he partners with executives to leverage human resources.
Dean's coaching focus is to help organizational leaders develop and hone their influence skills, paying particular attention to overseeing authorities (like boards and bosses), as well as peer relationships, vendors and direct reports. True leadership influence addresses all of these relational contexts.
Phone: 770-783-2765
Email: dharbry@teamenthusiasm.com
Fran LaMattina
Fran is the President and Founder of Strategies for Greatness, LLC, a consultative coaching practice that serves leaders of organizations, individuals, and work teams to be more effective at what matters most to them. Over the twelve years she has been coaching, Fran has achieved her Master Coach Certification (MCC) and established a niche with organizational leaders, especially in the areas of strategic planning and emotional intelligence.
Fran draws from 20+ years of business experience in the areas of marketing, sales, finance, and operations gained from leadership in several business sectors including telecommunications, financial services, and consumer products as well as organizational development. Before creating her private coaching practice, she was the Director of Marketing Public Relations and a Partner with Ronald Blue & Co, a personal financial planning firm. She has been an adjunct professor at Richmont Institute, a post-graduate counseling program, as well as teaching leadership and life transitions coaching at several coaching schools.
Fran is presently enrolled in a PhD program in Professional Coaching and Human Development with the International University of Professional Studies. She received her initial coaching education through Coach University. Prior to establishing herself professionally, Fran attended Purdue University, graduating with a Masters degree in Industrial Relations.
Phone: 770-522-9676
Email: flamattina@teamenthusiasm.com
Bob Lewis
Bob Lewis is a highly successful and experienced Catalytic Coach, passionately committed to equipping CEO's and their teams to achieve "breakthrough results through stellar execution". He specializes in strategic planning and decision-making, senior leader coaching, senior team development and change management consulting for clients in both the profit and non-profit sectors.
As a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina, Bob began his career with Southern Bell Telephone. He participated in the creation of AT&T Information Systems, Inc. and directed the activities of a large business consulting and sales division responsible for $95 million in annual revenue.
Bob later held senior executive positions in two international consulting organizations specializing in the people side of restructuring, reengineering, downsizing, merger, acquisition, divestiture and culture change. While serving as chief executive of the DBM Consulting Group, Bob consulted to numerous Fortune 500 companies and co-authored the book Living on the Leading Edge of Change: a Leader's Guide to Transition Management. He later served as Executive Vice President for Lee Hecht Harrison, Inc., responsible for the P&L performance of over 50 practice offices. At the same time, he personally delivered numerous client engagements as a certified leadership consultant and executive coach.
Bob is a devoted father of four children and resides in Atlanta, Georgia
Phone: 404-427-9105
Email: blewis@teamenthusiasm.com
Tony Muschura
Tony specializes in human error risk management in industrialized facilities. He has provided human performance risk-management consulting services to high-hazard industries, mostly commercial nuclear power, for over 25 years. Tony worked for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) from 1985 to 2007. INPO, sponsored by the commercial nuclear industry, is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the highest levels of safety and reliability—to promote excellence—in the operation of nuclear electric generating plants.
While at INPO, Tony developed vast knowledge and experience in human performance, which has applicability to any endeavor that involves people and hands-on work. He is considered a niche expert or specialist in the field of human performance (human error management), having developed extensive guidance on human performance for the nuclear electric generating industry around the world as well as the U.S. Department of Energy.
Phone: 678-665-2095
Email: tmuschura@teamenthusiasm.com
Albert Press
With more than thirty years of sales and management experience, Albert Press has developed a keen eye for business efficiency and talent management. As an entrepreneur who quickly built his own successful medical consulting practice, he coaches business owners on how to establish clear and compelling priorities, while creating a work-life balance which facilitates sustainability.
Albert began his career in the broadcasting industry, where he worked in Programming and Sales for 10 years. The next three decades were invested in building a successful business in the Cardiovascular Device Industry with pioneering groups like Cordis, Cobe, Shiley, Datascope and Ela Medical. Transitioning into HR Outsourcing, Albert continued to hone his knowledge and skills in the arena of talent management, before joining Enthusiasm, Inc. Now he helps companies "produce passionate performance" among their team members, yielding greater bottom-line results.
A graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a B.A. in Humanities and Fine Arts, Albert and his wife, Marlee, reside in Roswell, GA.
Phone: 770.853.5206
Email: apress@teamenthusiasm.com
Dennis TruschDennis is an accomplished Learning and Development Leader with extensive Call Center Management experience. Dennis has a passion for creating environments where employees thrive, customer loyalty grows and companies realize results. Throughout his 27 year career in corporate America, he has proven his ability to develop lasting internal and external customer relationships, provide effective employee and leadership development and build engaged and motivated teams. As a Catalytic Coach, Dennis brings with him a wealth of practical experience and knowledge into the Call Center vertical.
After earning a BS degree from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, Dennis immediately began his corporate career. The last 22 years have been invested in a Fortune 100 company where he gained his experience in Call Center and Learning and Development Leadership. As a Call Center leader, Dennis helped open and lead the company’s first Sales and Service Call Center. As a Learning and Development Leader, he was recruited to help build and lead an education delivery platform that eventually supported an 8,000 person division within the company. Dennis delivers practical, real world expertise to effectively address the challenges and opportunities faced by Call Center leaders.
Dennis is currently the Chairman elect of the Career Development SIG for the Atlanta chapter of ASTD (American Society of Training and Development) and volunteers regularly with Habitat for Humanity. Dennis lives in Canton, Georgia with his wife and 2 children.
Phone: 630.740.5206
Email: DTrusch@TeamEnthusiasm.com