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Headwinds Ltd. provides executive coaching, consulting, and leadership development
programs that enable business leaders and professionals to leverage their
strengths, enhance their ability to lead more effectively across functions, and
influence and engage their employees to foster bottom line improvement.
Joel H. Head, ELI-MP, CPC, is the Managing Partner of Headwinds Ltd.
which he founded in 2002.
An entrepreneur, certified professional coach and organization performance consultant, Joel
consults with CEOs and business owners who are passionate about building
more engaged and accountable teams, enhancing their own leadership capability,
achieving their own potential and improving revenue and profitability. He is a Master Practitioner in
Energy Leadership™ and has counseled senior executives in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Joel's philosophy is that we create our results based on how we think and
the way we view the world. Through assessments and coaching, he helps
individuals see how their perceptions, beliefs, emotions and thought processes are showing up as either
positive or negative energy and affecting outcomes. He helps client
understand how their energy levels are influencing their daily lives, why they are getting the results that they do in their business and life,
and how to reach new breakthrough levels.
A seasoned executive, Joel is a former Partner with Ernst & Young LLP's process improvement practice
where he lead organization change projects for Fortune 500 companies. He is
also a former Principle with Mercer
HR where he lead a change and communication practice with 35 staff members. He is a gifted communicator, executive coach, trainer and facilitator and regularly leads workshops and seminars for his clients. He is a
frequent guest speaker and lecturer and has written several articles for professional journals. He is
a Certified Professional Coach
(CPC), an Energy Leadership™ Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) and a
member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and Toastmasters
International(TM). He serves on the board of directors of the Cleveland Coach
Federation (CCF).
Joel has worked with many fine clients, including:
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Northeast Utilities
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General Motors |
Ford Motor Company |
| Centerior Energy |
Borden Inc. |
Lazy-Boy Chair Company |
| LTV Steel |
Key Bank |
Harris Bank & Trust |
| Oglebay Norton |
Ontario Hydro |
Chase Federal |
| SONAT |
Kelly Oil Company |
Mercy Hospital |
When he is not working, Joel is a student of golf
and a lover of continuous learning and growth. He is an avid photographer
and writer, loves to travel, and is married with three children.
Laura Juarez, ELI-MP, CPC, founded Pure Potential Institute
in 2010 with the mission of empowering high potential professionals to
achieve their wildest dreams with zest, power, and discipline. She is a
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) through iPEC International, a leading
coach certification school, and a Certified Energy Leadership Index Master
Practitioner (ELI-MP). She consults with leaders and coaches who have a
burning desire to raise their bar, harness their potential, and
establish a steeper upward trajectory.
Her work with clients covers a
broad continuum from professional coaching, leadership development, strategy
development and deployment, training, and developing systems and programs to
create excellence in the areas that are game-critical for their success.
Through prior experience with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Laura
worked with Fortune 500 clients to optimize their organization structures,
strategy competence, and employee engagement and skill mastery. She has a
fundamental belief that excellence is dependent upon passion, courage, the
use of systems and processes that guarantee results, and self-discipline.
Since 1997, Laura has been President and CEO of L.E. Smith Company, her
family's manufacturing business. In her time there, Laura has gained deep
competence in running a 100 employee business, leading people to their peak
potential, managing buy-outs and acquisitions, and implementing systems and
processes that deliver repeatable, measurable results.
Personally,
Laura is a self-proclaimed "adventure junkie." She loves travel, yoga, golf,
hiking, all things new and she is a student of the power of energy and
consciousness in our lives. She thrives on learning as much as possible
about performance, wellness, thought control, and the tightly woven
relationship between the three disciplines. Laura is a yoga instructor,
Level 2 Reiki practitioner, and is married with two children.