Dr. Darlene Thompson is an Executive Coach and Senior Leadership Development Consultant with Ratliff & Taylor’s Leadership Development practice. She has over 15 years of experience in Fortune 500 companies developing and deploying people strategies and processes that optimize performance, drive innovation, and build thriving, productive organizational cultures. As an organizational psychologist with extensive business […]
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Linda Frazier
Linda Frazier is a Senior Consultant with Ratliff & Taylor who assists across multiple practice areas. She partners with leaders to provide strategic planning, transformational change management, executive recruiting, performance acceleration and facilitation services. She brings over 30 years of diverse Human Resource leadership experience working with financial services, manufacturing, higher education, healthcare and nonprofit […]
Bob Parsons
Bob is a Sr. Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach, partnering with senior leaders and their teams to work through challenges and strengthen their confidence to create actionable strategies. Bob helps teams figure out ways to do work differently to accelerate them in meeting their business and personal goals. Bob’s superpower is “hearing the unspoken.” […]
Alison Arkin
Alison Arkin brings over 30 years of experience in Business Operations, Executive Coaching and Talent Management to her role as Senior Vice President at Ratliff & Taylor. She leads the Leadership Development practice in providing high impact client experiences to support strategy, organizational effectiveness, and leader development. When clients experience Ratliff & Taylor leadership development […]
Aneta Ardelian Kuzma
Aneta Ardelian Kuzma is a Senior Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach with Ratliff & Taylor’s Leadership Development practice. After 25 years in the corporate world, she now provides executive, business, and wellness coaching to clients seeking transformational change. As an Executive and Wellness Coach, Aneta is celebrated for her holistic approach, examining the leaders’ […]
Shannon Waffen
Shannon Waffen is a Senior Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach with over twenty years of experience guiding high-potential leaders and teams in developing higher-performing, value-driven organizations. She has worked with a variety of organizations, from family-owned, public entities to private equity-owned companies, across diverse sectors such as financial services, consumer goods, and non-profit organizations […]
Velvet Landingham
Dr. Velvet Landingham is an Executive Coach with Ratliff & Taylor’s Leadership Development practice. She possesses over 30 years of management consulting experience in both the public and private sectors, including several organizational management studies associated with implementing virtual work as a means to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Velvet’s areas of expertise include executive […]
Bill Frankel
Bill Frankel is a Sr. Leadership Development Consultant, Executive Coach, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor bringing over 30 years of experience consulting with financial institutions, universities, manufacturing companies, hospital systems and Fortune 500 organizations. He has provided Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Teambuilding and Transition Management programs for clients ranging in size from 50 employees to […]
Jamie Lewis Smith
Dr. Jamie Lewis Smith brings 20+ years of experience guiding the growth and development of individuals, teams, and organizations. Jamie uses her training as a Clinical Psychologist to apply behavioral science principles and practices to help leaders align their daily practices with their core values, support and accelerate successful leadership transitions, overcome roadblocks to career […]
Kyla Schneider
Kyla Schneider brings a diverse combination of skills and over 30 years of experience to the Ratliff & Taylor Leadership Development practice including executive coaching, professional and leadership development, team engagement and organization effectiveness on the regional, national and global arenas. Kyla’s greatest professional joys include working one-on-one with leaders, helping them unleash their potential […]