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Who looks outside,
dreams;

Who looks inside,
awakes.

Carl Jung

AIM Associates

AIM Leadership associates collaborate to address client needs. Associates have extensive experience and expertise including leadership development, training, wellness and human resources.

photo-gustavoDr. Gustavo Rabin, master coach and strategic thinker is known to CEOs through Silicon Valley as a key partner in strategic, organizational, and leadership consulting. His area focus is on individual and team leadership development, with an emphasis on coaching executives for effective execution of strategic change initiatives. His work has focused also on identifying and developing organizations' talent pool, culture transformation and renewing employee engagement. He is deeply committed to the improvement of the effectiveness and execution capability of teams and organizations.

Dr. Rabin is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of experience in partnering with clients to improve leadership, teams, and organizational performance. He actively trains and supervises consultants active in the field of executive development and leadership. Gustavo teaches - or has taught - at the University of Buenos Aires, at Antioch University, and at Stanford University and leads personal and professional development workshops at Esalen Institute.

His clients include major corporations in a range of industries: high-tech, bio-tech, professional services, financial, educational institutions and public work. Current and recent projects have included AMD, Roche Molecular, MacroVision, Spansion, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, PDL BioPharma, Yahoo, UC Berkeley and Stanford University.

As an international corporate attorney, he has worked as a consultant for private and public organizations in different parts of the world, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, the development of international relations, and mediation.

Stacys_bio_photo_200Stacy McCarthy's passion is strategic execution -- to help organizations take action to exceed their strategic objectives. She has an energetic focus around helping organizations and individuals develop and expand their capabilities in converting their strategies into reality. With over 17 years of experience spanning global strategy and planning, global program management, e-commerce, finance and accounting across the hi-tech and bio-tech industries, she has developed an effective approach to achieve the key elements of success.

Stacy received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Washington after which she became a CPA with Arthur Young’s Silicon Valley office. She then launched into the exciting world of start-up biotech. After IPO and a secondary offering she made the shift back to high-tech by joining Hewlett Packard where she helped establish HP’s consumer direct business before her role as a World-Wide Director of Strategy and Planning in their consumer operations. Her clients span a wide array of industries and actively move towards achieving their strategies and approaches.

billDr. William Courville is an executive coach with over 25 years experience in business, counseling, leadership development, consulting, and coaching. He has worked with executives in the fields of aviation, education, financial services, government, health care, hospitality, labor, non-profits, politics, real estate, start-ups, technology, utilities, and venture capital. He is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation.

He has consulted with various organizations on the design, development and implementation of leadership development programs and has been successful in coaching and developing effective and productive teams. He serves as adjunct faculty and coach for leadership development programs delivered by the National Leadership Institute at University of Maryland University College and the Center for Creative Leadership.

Courville has his PhD in Psychology and Religion from the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). His dissertation, entitled Coach, Therapist, or Spiritual Director, examined the historical roots, therapeutic and spiritual antecedents, and new directions of professional coaching. In March 2007, he presented on this topic at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting in Columbia, Md. He holds a M.Ed. in Counseling from Loyola University (New Orleans). He received his BA in philosophy from Loyola University and his BS in Business Administration from Louisiana State University. He studied at the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Glendale, AZ; he received his certificate of Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University.

MargieWarrellHeadshotsmallMargie Warrell has become increasingly recognized as an expert on courage as it relates to communication, relationships, leadership and life. Margie has been quoted in the London Telegraph and other magazines and newspapers both in the U.S. and around the world. Cambridge Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry recently recognized her as a leader in her field internationally She is also a syndicated columnist with Women’s Lifestyle Magazine and in 2006 co-authored “101 Ways to Improve Your Life” with Jack Canfield, John Gray and Richard Carlson and other leading success experts. Her second book “Find Your Courage! 12 Everyday Acts of Courage to Unleash Your Potential and Live the Life You Really Want” was recently published.

As a coach, Margie has a special interest in helping professional women develop their unique leadership ability and find the courage to pursue the goals that inspire them – personally and professionally - with greater success, fulfillment and balance! She also works with individuals and teams within organizations to enhance communication, grow trust, strengthen leadership and develop individual potential.

Margie speaks regularly to audiences across the United States in Fortune 500 companies, national associations and professional services organizations. Her clients include Accenture, American Airlines, American Business Women's Association, British Telecom Americas, ExxonMobil, Medical Society of Virginia, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Sabre Holdings, Southern Methodist University and Verizon.

ondraColonel Ondra L. Berry is currently assigned to the Air National Guard bureau as the special assistant to Major General Todd Bunting, the chair of the Human Resource Executive Board. In addition Colonel Berry provides strategic direction for diversity initiatives and directives for Air Guard personnel all around the world. Colonel Berry began his career with the Nevada Air National Guard in September of 1986 as an enlisted airman working as an administrative specialist.

In 1988 he was named the Outstanding Airman of the Year for the Nevada Air National Guard, and was later one of twelve airman selected nationwide representing the Air National Guard as Airman of the Year. In 1990 he attended the Academy of Military Science and was commissioned as a 2nd. Lieutenant.

Colonel Berry has won numerous national awards in the area of Leadership and Diversity and is known nationally for his work in these areas for both the military and the private sector. Known as a change agent in personal and organizational transformation, Colonel Berry’s vast leadership and training experience spans public and private sectors. His skills were refined in a celebrated 25-year career in the Reno Nevada Police Department. He retired as the Assistant Chief of Police and was nationally known and recognized for his work in the areas of diversity and leadership. In March of 2009, Ondra Berry was promoted to Colonel.

Colonel Berry believes that each human being has greatness inside of them and believes that his role is to encourage each person to unleash their full potential. This principle has inspired Colonel Berry to commit his life to inspire those within his sphere of influence to realize and actualize their hidden potential.

saSharon Armstrong has 20 years of experience as a Human Resources consultant, trainer and career counselor. Since launching her own consulting business in 1998, she has consulted with many large corporations and small businesses. She has provided training and completed HR projects for a wide variety of clients in the profit and non-profit sectors.

Sharon received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern Maine and her Masters Degree in Counseling from George Washington University. She is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and until recently taught Human Resources at Marymount University. She took a break to write a book, "Stress-free Performance Appraisals," published by Career Press in 2003.

Sharon is also the co-author of a humor book, published by Random House. "Heeling the Canine Within: The Dog's Self-Help Companion" was published in 1998. Her other two business books are "The Essential HR Handbook" and "The Essential Performance Review Handbook."

Sharon maintains membership in the national and local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management and the Potomac Employers Round Table. She serves on the Advisory Board of Disability Leave and Absence Reporter, a monthly publication by the Bureau of Business Practice.

kristaKrista Petty, Founding President, KLP, Inc. has over 12 years experience facilitating experiential workshops. Krista’s dynamic presence and intuitive capacity has caught the attention of traditional educators with whom she advises, mentors and consults. Krista is passionate about integrating philosophical depth with practical value while creating a dynamic, safe learning environment. Her mission is to awaken individuals to live with greater responsibility, courage and passion.

Krista has developed and taught workshops in teambuilding, leadership, personal mastery and integrity, coaching, individual effectiveness and integral learning. She has served as Director of Trainings of a major US training company, trained other trainers and designed experiential learning courses in both business and private sectors. She has led and or co-led large group experiential learning courses internationally. She is responsible for co-developing an experiential undergraduate curriculum on human development at Washington State University and an innovative teacher-mentoring program in Sacramento, California.

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Aaron Wolff is committed to empowering individuals and teams to experience their true potential.  Aaron developed his career as a Process Engineer and Team Manager in the US, China and throughout Europe and is now applying his knowledge and expertise with AIM Leadership.  Valuing cross-cultural teamwork and developing international business strategies he has worked among the Western and Eastern parts of the world.  With the foundation of trust, Aaron is constantly developing himself and other dedicated executives and entrepreneurs.

Crossing the borders of communication and leadership, he has worked with high school leaders, college training programs, and international business executives.  He has received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware, is certified in NLP strategies and coaching.

 

 
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