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Join The Coach-Consulting Movement
We’re changing things. Existing certification programs are time-consuming and don’t teach you how to launch, grow, and scale a profitable coaching, consulting business.
Meet The Team
Ted Olson
Co-founder | Coach | Consultant
Consultants turn to Ted Olson to clarify their marketing and sales to win more clients. As the founder of Consulting Academy and best-selling author of “Feel Good About Selling,” Ted helps consultants understand their value and win clients.
With a track record of training thousands of consultants and consistently earning “5 Star” ratings, Ted has crafted custom sales and marketing materials for top professionals. He holds certifications in Well-Defined Coaching, Talent Optimization, The Predictive Index, and is a master NLP practitioner.
In his downtime, Ted enjoys writing, social media, and martial arts. He and his wife, Nicole, have four kids and two dogs, Oatmeal and Honeybee—his kids insisted the pets get a shoutout!
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Kurt André
Co-founder | Coach | Consultant
Kurt André is a transformational strategist who has spent 30 years coaching and building high performing teams. He has expertise across social, private, and government sectors. Kurt’s developed his own consulting tools and coaching certification program – The Well-Defined Coach.
His broad range of skills includes executive coaching, advising, public speaking, communication, team facilitation, and navigating conflict. An active consultant, he’s now helping independent coaches and consultants build their own practices that scale.
Among many credientials, Kurt is certified in The Predictive Index, a certified ICF coach, and a StrengthsFinder master. For fun, he tinkers with his 1965 Mustang convertable.
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Kathleen Davis
Education and Content Advisor | Coach
Kathleen’s professional experience includes her work over the past 35 years as an educational leader, content creator, and coach. She is a veteran workshop creator and facilitator, a curriculum developer, professional development coordinator, mentor, resource specialist, Enneagram Professional and author of “A Well-Seasoned Woman’s Field Guide & Journal.” Since retiring from the public education sector, Kathleen has been employed as an international personal development coach and digital curriculum creator while building a successful business focused on supporting women in navigating & cooperating with change.
Kathleen lives in Maryland and enjoys crab feasts, weight training, reading, time spent with her grandbabies (6 & counting), and engaging in DIY home projects.
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Dennis Geelen
Board Advisor | Coach | Consultant
Dennis spent 20 years in various corporate leadership roles in several industries. After a layoff for the first time in his life, he was disgruntled and determined. He decided to bet on himself and become a solopreneur.
Since then, he’s built a successful consulting practice, Zero In, helping businesses become more customer-centric and innovative. He’s written 4 business books including the best seller, “The Zero In Formula,” and released an online course by the same name. Dennis is active on social media. He’s been a guest on over 60 podcasts, and is a sought after speaker for events, workshops, and conferences.
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Anuj Adhiya
Board Advisor | Coach | Consultant
Anuj is a growth expert. He’s literally written the book on it: “Growth Hacking for Dummies” – available on Amazon. A highly sought after growth and community professional, Anuj has a rich background in implementing the core principles that lead to authentic growth for consultants.
Anuj has mentored and coached a number of startups on the growth methodology at Harvard Innovation Labs and Seedstars. He’s served in a variety of growth roles, and is frequently heard “talking growth” on numerous podcasts. He is certified in talent optimization, and is currently consulting on a number of projects. Anuj speaks multiple languages and lives in Boston.
Connect with Anuj on LinkedIn