About Brad
I've been an entrepreneur since I was nine years old. I built Barbie doll canopy beds and asked my mom to teach me to knit so I could make Barbie mittens that her friend would sell at craft shows (I earned $.05 a pair of mittens-LOL!). I graduated to lemon-aid stands, a lawn care business, breeding and selling tropical fish and tying fly-fishing lures that I sold to sporting goods stores up through high school.
For eleven years after college I worked with professors and university students helping them develop their relational, communication and leadership skills as well as mentoring them in building a solid personal development program. During graduate school I worked for a financial sales company, and eventually opened and ran a branch office for four years in Michigan.
I have enjoyed a thriving individual and marriage counseling practice for the past 21 years. I added a consulting and coaching business seven years ago. I also facilitate personal development and training workshops utilizing DiSC profiles with corporations and non-profit organizations.
For the last ten years we have attended and helped provide leadership to a church in Ann Arbor, MI . Shekinah Christian Church is a racially diverse community that is committed to removing the "artificial walls" between races, genders and ages. We have over 16 nationalities represented, with 40% being African-American, and are proud when visitors comment that we are "color-blind" and treat everyone equally with respect and honor regardless of their age, gender or ethnic background.
My passion is to help individuals, families and corporations identify and operate in their core strengths and passion so they can unlock and joyfully fulfill their destiny. I love life, learning and laughing. I am an avid reader, love all things water (swimming, kayaking, snorkeling, fly fishing), photography and woodworking. I live in Jackson, Michigan with my wife of 32 years and our 5 year old Golden Retriever (Soon to be moving to Ann Arbor-Dexter area)
I finished a Masters Degree in Biblical Counseling while studying under Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender in 1988. I received my coaching training at the Thomas Leonard Coaching School with Coachville and later became a member of the Graduate School of Coaching in 2003.