Coaches Corner

On Friday's Show (September 5)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Kelly Moore Manager Town & Country Business Service, Inc http://www.houstonoffice.com/ 713-984-7575

Kelly Moore, a native Houstonian, grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. Their example of work ethic, personal efficiency and responsibility shaped her professionally into a success oriented, goal driven person. Kelly attended Southwest Texas State University, pursued careers in both retail and banking before taking a career break to raise her children. She has since returned to the workforce and held positions in Sales, Marketing and office management. Kelly's current work includes Executive Business Services and Property Management in her role as Manager for Town & Country Business Service. Her drive and experience have helped to make Town & Country Business Service a friendly and professional place to conduct business.

On Friday's Show (July 18)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Kathleen A. Bowersox, M.Ed., LPC, LPBC Executive, Career, & Licensed Professional Business Coach QUANTUM LEAP SUCCESS COACHING (713) 899-8615

Kathy Bowersox is a Psychotherapist and an Executive, Career, and Licensed Professional Business Coach, and President of Quantum Leap Success Coaching.  She is passionate about and known for helping others create success in all aspects of their businesses, careers, and lives.  She coaches entrepreneurs and people from all organizational levels through their career and company growth, advancement, and transitions by tapping into their “occu-passion,” and providing them with the tools, action steps, and accountability that allow them to create sustainable behavioral change and improve performance to launch their quantum leap to success!
Kathy specializes in helping people determine career direction, job search execution, and assists executives and business owners to develop an executive strategy, by employing a long-term, values-based blueprint to lead them to greater success through goal and mission development, and strategic and action plans addressing all areas of corporate and business success.
Kathy has coached more than 1,000 people from various industries, with a wide variety of functions.  She has worked with people from Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Reliant Energy, CenterPoint Energy, Ranger Insurance, Marathon Oil, The Houston Ballet, Enron, Academy, BP, Da Camera, Greystar, Best Cleaning, and ReEmergence.
Through years of experience as a Manager in the natural gas industry, a Lead Career Coach for an HR firm, and as an entrepreneur, herself; Kathy developed a strong sense of the corporate world and uses that knowledge to assist executives and business owners in guiding their teams and businesses.

Kathy holds a M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Houston (UH), and a B.S. in Psychology from Sam Houston State University.  She received coach training through MentorCoach, the Coach Training Alliance, the Professional Business Coaches Alliance, and The Rescue Institute.  She serves on several Advisory Boards, served as a Coach and Advisor to Success in the City and its Chrysalis Award winners, and collaborates on special projects with the Bauer College of Business at UH.  She serves as the Education Coordinator for Houston Business Force BNI.  Kathy is also the Business & Executive Coaching Expert Advisor for The Houston Business Show and co-hosts the Coaches Roundtable for CNN 650AM Radio in Houston.

Throughout her careers, Kathy has volunteered with the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce, and a women’s shelter.   She is the past Vice President of Houston Area Doberman Rescue, served on their Board of Directors, and fosters rescued Dobermans.

Kathy is passionate about making a difference and helping people launch their quantum leap to success so they can build the careers, businesses, and lives they’ve always dreamed of having.

Launching your quantum leap to success!

On Friday's Show (July 10)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Tony Baker www.ftlocproductions.com (832) 418-9827

FTLOC (For The Love Of Christ) Productions began in December of 1999.  We are a full service Audio-Visual-Motion-Picture-Production Company.  The company has 3 areas of expertise.  Music production, video production, and systems integration, which is the total design and installation of production facilities, primarily for small and large churches and venues.

Client lists include Shell Oil, Center for Houston’s Future, (a dept. of the Greater Houston Partnership), The NBA, (National Basketball Association), and the NFL (National Football League), among others.  FTLOC has produced commercials and or theme songs for The Houston Texans, KTRK Channel 13, Chili’s, Winterfresh Gum, and Heinz ketchup.  Founder Tony Baker has a degree in Audio-Visual-Motion-Picture-Production, from the Lowry Technical Training Center, Lowry AFB, Denver CO.  He’s an accomplished Singer, Songwriter, and musician who has scored a No.#11, as well as a No#25 song on Billboards R&B charts.  Tony has also been nominated for a Texas Gospel Music Award.

Tony has 23 years of experience in total audio-visual production.  He’s worked as a news editor for KPRC Channel 2, for KRIV Fox 26, and most recently resigned from KTRK Channel13 to commit himself to the President and CEO position of FTLOC Productions.  He has several small movies under his belt, and is poised to release his first Major Motion Picture “QueenPin.”  Written and Directed by J.D. Hawkins, all of which were collaborated with the film production company Hawk-N-Flight.  He’s also hosted and produced 2 of his own music video television shows ‘ Dimensions Video Explosion, Vista, California, and ‘PHAT JAMZ, Houston Texas, both of which were Urban Music Video programs. He’s a minister who chooses to follow the mind of Christ, rather than the religion of Christianity.

On Friday's Show (June 26)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

KEN BLANCHARD, PhD Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Author www.kenblanchard.com 979-845-4882

Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, gregarious, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today.

When Ken speaks, he speaks from the heart with warmth and humor. His unique gift is to speak to an audience and communicate with each person as if they were alone and talking one on one. He is a polished storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex easy to understand.

From his phenomenal best-selling book, The One Minute Manager®, coauthored with Spencer Johnson, which has sold more than 12 million copies and remains on best-seller lists, to the library of books coauthored with Sheldon Bowles, Raving Fans®, Gung Ho!®, Big Bucks!, and High Five!, Ken’s impact as a writer is far reaching.

He wrote his latest book, Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations, with the founding associates and consulting partners of The Ken Blanchard Companies. This definitive "Blanchard on Leadership" combines more than 25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book.

Ken is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979 in San Diego, California. He is also a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees. Ken is cofounder of The Center for FaithWalk Leadership, which is dedicated to helping leaders walk their talk in the marketplace.

Ken has received many awards and honors for his contributions in the fields of management, leadership and speaking. The National Speakers Association awarded him its highest honor, the "Council of Peers Award of Excellence." He was inducted into the HRD Hall of Fame by Training magazine and Lakewood Conferences, and he received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. And in 2004 Ken was awarded with The Thought Leadership Award for continued support of work-related learning and performance by ISA—The Association of Learning Providers.

On Friday's Show (May 2)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Kathleen A. Bowersox, M.Ed., LPC, LPBC Executive, Career, & Licensed Professional Business Coach QUANTUM LEAP SUCCESS COACHING www.QuantumLeapSuccessCoach.com kasox@comcast.net (713) 899-8615

Kathy Bowersox is a Psychotherapist and an Executive, Career, and Licensed Professional Business Coach, and owner of Quantum Leap Success Coaching.  She is passionate about and known for helping others create success in all aspects of their businesses, careers, and lives.  She coaches entrepreneurs and people from all organizational levels through their career and company growth, advancement, and transitions by tapping into their “occu-passion,” and providing them with the tools, action steps, and accountability that allow them to create sustainable behavioral change and improve performance to launch their quantum leap to success!
Kathy specializes in helping people determine career direction, job search execution, and assists executives and business owners to develop an executive strategy, by employing a long-term, values-based blueprint to lead them to greater success through goal and mission development, and strategic and action plans addressing all areas of corporate and business success.
Kathy has coached more than 1,000 people from various industries, with a wide variety of functions.  She has worked with people from Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Reliant Energy, CenterPoint Energy, Ranger Insurance, Marathon Oil, The Houston Ballet, Enron, Academy, BP, Da Camera, Greystar, Best Cleaning, and ReEmergence.
Through years of experience as a Manager in the natural gas industry, a Lead Career Coach for an HR firm, and as an entrepreneur, herself; Kathy developed a strong sense of the corporate world and uses that knowledge to assist executives and business owners in guiding their teams and businesses.

Kathy holds a M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Houston (UH), and a B.S. in Psychology from Sam Houston State University.  She received coach training through MentorCoach, the Coach Training Alliance, and the Professional Business Coaches Alliance.  She serves on several Advisory Boards, served as a Coach and Advisor to Success in the City and its Chrysalis Award winners, and collaborates on special projects with the Bauer College of Business at UH.  She serves as the Education Coordinator for Houston Business Force BNI.  Kathy is also the Business & Executive Coaching Expert Advisor and co-hosts the Coaches Roundtable for CNN 650AM Radio in Houston.

Throughout her careers, Kathy has volunteered with the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce, and a women’s shelter.   She is the past Vice President of Houston Area Doberman Rescue, served on their Board of Directors, and fosters rescued Dobermans.

Kathy is passionate about making a difference and helping people launch their quantum leap to success so they can build the careers, businesses, and lives they’ve always dreamed of having.

Launching your quantum leap to success!

On Friday's Show (April 18)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Richard M. Scruggs Director Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Mays Business School Texas A&M University www.envision08.com 979-845-4882

Mr. Scruggs is the Director of Mays Business School’s Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University. In addition to his A&M role, he is a principal with Winston Sage Partners, a management consulting company.

Prior to starting Winston Sage, he spent over 20 years in the systems integration business.

He was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Align Solutions Corp. one of the first Internet professional services firms. In 1999 Align was recognized as the fastest growing private company in the Houston area and Mr. Scruggs was honored as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Align Solutions was bought by Luminant Worldwide Corporation in September 1999 and Mr. Scruggs helped take the company public. He served as Vice-Chairman and Executive Vice President of Luminant for two years.

Prior to his Align Solutions and Luminant experience he worked with Andersen Consulting, BSG Alliance/IT and Perot Systems.

Mr. Scruggs has experience in all aspects of business operations including executive leadership, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations and client service.

He currently serves on the Houston Technology Center Advisory Board and the board of the Houston Angel Network. He is the 2006 president of the Houston Angel Network. He also serves on the board or advisory board of several local private companies.

Mr. Scruggs holds a BS in Chemical Engineering (1977) and a Masters of Business Administration (1979) from Texas A&M University.

On Friday's Show (April 8)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Richard M. Scruggs Director Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Mays Business School Texas A&M University www.envision08.com 979-845-4882

Mr. Scruggs is the Director of Mays Business School’s Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University. In addition to his A&M role, he is a principal with Winston Sage Partners, a management consulting company.

Prior to starting Winston Sage, he spent over 20 years in the systems integration business.

He was the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Align Solutions Corp. one of the first Internet professional services firms. In 1999 Align was recognized as the fastest growing private company in the Houston area and Mr. Scruggs was honored as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Align Solutions was bought by Luminant Worldwide Corporation in September 1999 and Mr. Scruggs helped take the company public. He served as Vice-Chairman and Executive Vice President of Luminant for two years.

Prior to his Align Solutions and Luminant experience he worked with Andersen Consulting, BSG Alliance/IT and Perot Systems.

Mr. Scruggs has experience in all aspects of business operations including executive leadership, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations and client service.

He currently serves on the Houston Technology Center Advisory Board and the board of the Houston Angel Network. He is the 2006 president of the Houston Angel Network. He also serves on the board or advisory board of several local private companies.

Mr. Scruggs holds a BS in Chemical Engineering (1977) and a Masters of Business Administration (1979) from Texas A&M University.

On Friday's Show (April 4)

We will have the following Guests on this week's segment of the Coaches Corner:

Kim Sawyer  Founder and Principal Consultant www.theWealthSource.com kimsawyer@thewealthsource.com 832.298.0143

Kim Sawyer has over twenty years of diverse experience, with expertise in the area of leadership, professional, and business effectiveness, as well as entrepreneurship, and he has a proven track record in business development, marketing, and sales.  Kim’s profession is Executive and Business Coach and Facilitator, and his firm is theWealthSource®. Kim has a keen interest in spirituality, poetry, and in science and technology. He has traveled broadly, and speaks Spanish. 

In the first phase of his career, Kim founded, served for ten years as the C.E.O. of, and profitably sold his company, Muscles for Hire, L.L.C., a commercial and residential specialty service provider. Features in the Houston Chronicle (business section) and the Houston Business Journal are a testament to his leadership and the company’s successes.  Today, in addition to running his coaching firm, he is on the executive start-up team of CaféExec®, a corporation he co-founded, that develops non-traditional office/meeting space projects with mixed-use business retail and facilities.
 
Kim’s firm, theWealthSource® specializes in strategically providing coaching and facilitating to business people and teams. Their tools range from coaching to experiential learning to facilitation of mutual-coaching Success-Groups™, and they are certified in The Birkman Method®. Kim has a special passion for integrating ideas and technologies from the spiritual and emotional realms into the business arena - as powerful, practical tools with which to impact business success. In keeping with this mission, theWealthSource® has created a series of professional development workshops, ArtfulBusiness™, and a business-value-based diversity workshop, StrategicDiversity™. Kim’s broad network of business relationships and resources has contributed greatly to the success of his clients, as well as to his own on-going success in business.

Kim’s education includes a BBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Houston and an MS in Organizational Development and Change Management from the University of Texas. He avidly pursues continuing educational, personal, professional, and artistic development.  Kim served in the U.S. Army in (West) Berlin, and he is actively involved in diverse community service.

A representative sample of Kim’s clients include: Continental Airlines, JP Morgan Chase Bank, British Broadcasting Corporation, IBM, Chevron-Texaco, The Hartford Group, Halliburton, Sprint Paranet, Decision Quest, Freidkin Affiliated Companies, Lopez Negrete, Winstead, Sechrest and Minick Law Firm, Rice University’s Jones School of Business, The City of Lake Jackson, Texas, The Council on Alcohol and Drugs – Houston.
Certified Birkman Method Consultant

On Friday's Show (March 28)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Nancy Francis Secretary of Houston Area Doberman Rescue The Houston Area Doberman Rescue, Inc.

The Houston Area Doberman Rescue, Inc. (HADR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and is volunteer based. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and place Doberman Pinschers in responsible and caring homes in addition to providing a resource for public education on the breed and responsible dog ownership.

We serve as advocates for Doberman Pinschers who have become lost, abandoned, or abused. We vaccinate, microchip, spay/neuter, and treat heartworms before the dogs are placed in new homes. Only dogs of stable temperament and reasonable health are placed through our program. We maintain vet records and keep the dogs current on a regimen of heartworm preventative while they are in our program. We look for the right home for each dog. Matches are made based upon the needs of the individual adoptive homes and the temperament of the dog.

We believe there is a real need for breed education. There are many reasons Doberman Pinschers end up in shelters, become stray or abandoned. We seek to make the general public aware that Doberman Pinschers are companion animals; not guard dogs to be left in a yard. We inform people of the importance of proper socialization, the need for training for a dog of any age, and the activity requirements of a working breed.

On Friday's Show (March 21)

We will have the following Guest on this week's of the Coaches Roundtable segment of the Houston Business Show:

Richard M. Scruggs Director Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Mays Business School Texas A&M University www.envision08.com 979-845-4882

Mr. Scruggs is the Director of Mays Business School’s Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University.  In addition to his A&M role, he is a principal with Winston Sage Partners, a management consulting company.

Prior to starting Winston Sage, he spent over 20 years in the systems integration business. 

He was the founder, CEO and Chairman of Align Solutions Corp. one of the first Internet professional services firms.  In 1999 Align was recognized as the fastest growing private company in the Houston area and Mr. Scruggs was honored as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.  Align Solutions was bought by Luminant Worldwide Corporation in September 1999 and Mr. Scruggs helped take the company public.  He served as Vice-Chairman and Executive Vice President of Luminant for two years. 

Prior to his Align Solutions and Luminant experience he worked with Andersen Consulting, BSG Alliance/IT and Perot Systems. 

Mr. Scruggs has experience in all aspects of business operations including executive leadership, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations and client service. 

He currently serves on the Houston Technology Center Advisory Board and the board of the Houston Angel Network.  He is the 2006 president of the Houston Angel Network.  He also serves on the board or advisory board of several local private companies. 

Mr. Scruggs holds a BS in Chemical Engineering (1977) and a Masters of Business Administration (1979) from Texas A&M University.