GCR Recommended Facilitators
Below please find facilitators/consultants who can help your organization succeed. They are categorized by the services they provide. In addition, you can click here for a list of other companies who have led meeting at Garrett Creek Ranch.
- Creative Team Solutions
Strategic planning, leadership coaching, leadership retreat planning and facilitation, team building, team conflict resolution, experiential learning, ropes course leadership, sales training, health and wellness, performance improvement, Christian-based programming, women-in-leadership programs, team climate surveys, and behavioral assessments. - Dynamic Growth Strategies
Strategic Planning, coaching/leadership, team-building, experiential learning, business management, performance management, and other organizational evolution / assessments. - Leadership Mechanics LLC
Coaching/Leadership, team-building, experiential learning, sales training - Leading by Design
Leadership, team building, performance improvement, strategic planning, and ministry management. - Pacific Center for Leadership
Strategic Planning, Coaching/Leadership, Team Building , Experiential Learning, Ropes Course Leadership. - Performance Adventures
Strategic planning, quality system deployment, process improvement, problem solving, team assessment and development, change navigation. - Resiliency Adventures, Inc.
Team building, experiential learning, ropes course leadership. - Scott Airitam's Leadership Systems, LLC
Business management, strategic planning, coaching/leadership team building, experiential learning, performance improvement. - Stagen
Strategic planning. - Teaming Concepts
Team building, experiential learning, ropes course leadership. - Team Up, Inc.
Team building. - Well Done Health Promotions
Team building, experiential learning, ropes course leadership (must be certified and insured), and health and wellness.
Company: Creative Team Solutions
Category of service
Strategic planning, leadership coaching, leadership retreat planning and facilitation, team building, team conflict resolution, experiential learning, ropes course leadership, sales training, health and wellness, performance improvement, Christian-based programming, women-in-leadership programs, team climate surveys, and behavioral assessments
Primary contact
Jina Daigle MS, LPC
214-704-0078
Brief description of work
All programming is customized to the program objectives as defined by the client. We do not just provide an adventure, a retreat, or a team event… we provide a dynamic learning experience that allows participants to fully engage in their team experience and leave with clear learning that can be applied to their work environments. It is true that learning and trust happens effortlessly when there is active engagement, camaraderie and an energetic spirit of fun.
Company: Dynamic Growth Strategies
Category of service
Strategic Planning, coaching/leadership, team-building, experiential learning,
business management, performance management, and other organizational evolution
/ assessments
Primary contact
David Cegelski
Brief description of work
Today's changing business climate requires nimble, practical solutions. This rapid pace of change and ambiguity means that leaders must be equipped with razor-sharp skills and knowledge to meet new challenges and to implement cutting-edge programs. To help you meet this challenge, the people at Dynamic Growth Strategies bring 21 years experience in management, training, coaching, and organizational evolution. They have the proven results for changing times. Services include group facilitation, training, program development, and teambuilding. We are licensed assessors for Inscape (DiSC®), CPP (MBTI®, FIRO-B), and CCL's managerial and organizational assessments.
Company: Leadership Mechanics LLC
Category of service
Coaching/Leadership, team-building, experiential learning, sales
Primary contact
Craig Haptonstall
817-690-8745
craig@leadershipmechanics.com
Brief description of work
Craig is a dynamic Leadership development practitioner with an unparalleled track record of experience and results. Previous corporate experience includes Southwest Airlines, The Tom Peters Company, The Staubach Company, and Countrywide Financial. For the preceding 12 years, Craig has been implementing and facilitating The Leadership Challenge. Backed by over 20 years of original research, with data from over 1 million leaders, The Leadership Challenge is a comprehensive Leadership development program created by best selling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Craig has successfully delivered to an international clientele including those located in China, Egypt, The UK, New Zealand, Canada, and Mexico. When you want to grow, go with Leadership Mechanics!
Company: Leading by Design
Category of service
Leadership, team building, performance improvement, strategic planning, and ministry management.
Primary contact
Dr. Carla Johnson
817-874-7070
cjohnson@leadingxdesign.com
PO Box 12102
Fort Worth, TX 76110
Brief description of work
Leading By Design's goal is to "preserve your passion while inspiring innovation." In other words, behind every workshop, consultation, and coaching dialogue is geared towards preserving you and/or your organization's unique design, yet offer pioneering ideas towards a profitable future.
Vision
Leading By Design's vision is to empower leaders, managers, and individuals to leverage their knowledge and experience into high performance authentic behavior. Empowerment will take place through leadership workshops, leadership coaching, and organizational consulting giving them the necessary tools for effectiveness.
Company: Pacific Center for Leadership
Category of service
Strategic Planning, Coaching/Leadership, Team Building, Experiential Learning, Ropes Course Leadership.
Primary contact
Mike Shaw
403.609.2230
800.661.9400
mike_shaw@pcfl.com
Mark Dobson
403.609.2230
800.661.9400
mark_dobson@pcfl.com
Brief description of work
Since 1987, Pacific Center for Leadership has earned an exceptional reputation amongst leaders and corporations across North America and internationally for our highly innovative and experiential team and leadership development programs. We are inspired by the underpinning belief that better is always possible. Through consultation with our clients, we work closely to understand their needs and design programs that uncover deeply held assumptions and highlight unrealized potential that will improve performance and results.
Company: Performance Adventures
Category of service
Strategic planning, quality system deployment, process improvement, problem solving, team assessment and development, change navigation.
Primary contact
George Pavelek
940-391-9401
gpavelek@performanceadventures.com
Brief description of work
George has over 30 years experience in developing high performance organizations. He facilitates performance improvement solutions for organizations through targeted applications of Human Performance Technology, including customized programs, high energy workshops, and ranch retreats.
George has experience as a manufacturing engineer, management development specialist, instructional designer, and trainer. As a performance consultant, he has guided business teams involved in executive leadership, strategic planning, high performance team development, scientific problem solving, process qualification, change navigation, benchmarking, and performance based instructional design.
George is a proud graduate of the University of North Texas. He has presented performance workshops at a variety of conferences. He is a member of the International Society for Performance Improvement and is a Past President of the DFW Chapter. George Pavelek's Performance Adventures is a Network Affiliate of The Center for Collaborative Organizations at The University of North Texas. References are available.
Company: Resiliency Adventures, Inc.
Category of service
Team building, experiential learning, ropes course leadership
Primary contacts
Scott Roby
405-607-4438 (home)
405-706-635 (cell)
scott.roby@publicstrategies.com
Gary Nunley
918-647-8759 (home)
918-567-3065 (work)
918-413-2530 (cell)
glnunley@cnhsa.com
Brief description of work
Gary and Scott specialize in using experiential activities to assist individuals and organizations in achieving personal/professional goals related to trust, communication, teamwork, leadership, and strategic planning. They often refer to their work as "Play with a Purpose," referring to their creative abilities to challenge groups to stretch their comfort zones, increase trust, and take relationships to amazing levels of trust and camaraderie while having a blast. They have had tremendous success with a variety of groups including large corporations, schools, churches, and service organizations. Their work can range from brief presentations to multi-day trainings. Together, Gary and Scott have over 40 years experience in Ropes Course instruction and experiential learning.
Company: Scott Airitam's Leadership Systems, LLC
Category of service
Business management, strategic planning, coaching/leadership team building, experiential learning, performance improvement
Primary contact
Scott Airitam or Helen Airitam
214-505-0333
Brief description of work
Scott Airitam's Leadership Systems, LLC offers its customers professional, high quality solutions for challenges on the people side of business. We deliver consulting analysis and recommendations as well as having the ability to design and deliver made-to-fit training solutions. Leadership Systems is experienced in adult learning principles and offers experiential learning opportunities for both indoor and outdoor teambuilding need.
Company: Stagen
Category of service
Strategic planning
Primary contact
Debbie Paul
Brief description of work
Many organizations liberally throw around the word strategy. They form task forces, hire consultants, and write extensive plans. Yet statistics show that the vast majority of organizations fail to implement the plans they have spent so much time, effort, and money creating.
Strategic thinking is the process by which leadership envisions the organization's future and defines the critical assumptions, factors, and business philosophies necessary to achieve it. In essence, strategy is about leveraging limited resources in clever ways that result in nonlinear performance gains.
Our approach to strategy:
- Align both the tangible and intangible dimensions of an organization
- Deploy resources in a way that delivers exponential results
Company: Teaming Concepts
Category of service
Team building, experiential learning, ropes course leadership.
Primary contact
Stephen Mackintosh (Coach Mack)
214-538-2772
Brief description of work
We work with leaders that want to build a unified and cohesive team. Our Corporate Challenge series are fun outings to build camaraderie and team spirit. Our Corporate TeamWork Series are customized teambuildng program using experiential learning techniques.
Company: Team Up, Inc.
Category of service
Team building
Primary contact
Eddie Hill
972-896-2179
Brief description of work
Organize and professionally facilitate fun, interactive, team building activities.
Company: Well Done Health Promotions
Category of service
Team building, experiential learning, ropes course leadership (must be certified and insured), and health and wellness.
Primary contact
Tina F. Johnson, LMSW
2614 Tulip Drive
Richardson, TX 75082-4244
Home and work: 972-907-0260
Fax: 972-889-1305
fernropes@aol.com
Brief description of work
Tina has been a certified ropes course facilitator for 15 years. She is also a licensed social worker in Texas. She enjoys working with groups. Some of her clients include Johnson & Johnson, Brinker International, Sara Lee, Chilis, On the Border, Macaroni Grill, Abbott Diagnostics, Cooper Aerobics Fitness Center, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Texas Instruments, Raytheon and many more. Interpersonal skills such as cooperation, effective communication, trust, leadership, decision making, problem solving and commitment are examined in various group activities.