APEX - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Organizational Consultant
Cynthia Burnham is an organizational consultant for Apex Performance Strategies. She is a highly-experienced senior management development specialist who brings her clients extensive expertise in motivational leadership, executive presence and advanced communication techniques, change management and the development of productive workplace relationships. She assists executives to understand their corporate environment and themselves, so they can precisely target their leadership, align themselves and their teams successfully with corporate goals, and operate with vision, competence and confidence.
Cynthia has been an organizational development professional for over 20 years. Her ability to help companies and individuals understand, integrate and accelerate change makes her an invaluable asset in the organizations with which she has worked. She is also the author of "The Charisma Edge: A How-to Guide for Turning On Your Leadership Power," and teaches public workshops on owning the room.
Dale Harris is the Managing Principal of Apex Performance Strategies; a consulting firm that specializes in business strategy and organizational development. Apex partners with companies to enhance organizational performance through a strong understanding of business imperatives and the most current and innovative approaches to learning and development.
Dr. Felicia English brings 26 years of experience in key Training & Organizational Development roles with specialties in Facilitation and Performance Coaching. Felicia English ignites and engages groups as a seasoned Professional Development Trainer. As C.E.O. of Kaizen Coaching & Consulting, her independent performance & productivity consulting practice, she has aided 100's of clients success for over two decades. Dr. English proudly served the FranklinCovey Co. as a Training Delivery Consultant, and is a certified John Maxwell Team Coach and continues learning and working with Motivating the Masses. Lisa Nichols team as a Speaker.
Dr. English certified as an Elite Life & Business Coach in 2010 and has assisted hundreds in her specialty as a Performance Coach. Dr. English sits on the Authentic Strengths Solutions team providing strengths-based training and coaching. A positive psychology focus is an asset in her coaching practice where she measures success by quantifiable change.
Dr. Felicia English became one of the first North American YB12 Coaches & Trainers in early 2017 adding these tools to her robust toolbox to help clients have their "Best Year Ever!" She brings high competency, character, and creativity to performance coaching, driving toward vision, and mission. Felicia's experience and knowledge to help leaders, managers, departments/teams, and aspiring individuals to manage their highest priorities and achieve goals. Her passion is evident for improving employee effectiveness, ACTION, and healthy organizational culture. Her Public Administration and private sector experience allow her to work effectively with both public and private organizations. Similarly, her initial career in K-12 Education leverage her ability to provide professional development in schools/districts/staff. Felicia's overall work experience as a Management Analyst supporting the City Manager, and the Port of San Diego supporting the President/CEO, working in Organizational Effectiveness allows her to easily connect and work effectively with all segments of the organization, connect with employees at all levels to lead, partner, facilitate, or coach..
Dr. English provides individual and group coaching to help clients experience "Transformation" in their business and as Leaders. Dr. English has worked with the Disney/ABC Co., Union Bank, Whole Foods, T-Mobile, school districts, police departments and leadership, management, and employees of most every type of organization. Her doctoral work in human development & motivation afford her vast relevant experience to reference in workshops and as a University Instructor. Her own lived experiences and transformation leverages her scholarly knowledge and vast work experience to uniquely and expertly help clients achieve dramatic, targeted improvements, remove barriers, and create/attain new levels of performance.
Job Titles:
- CEO and Chief Architect of Plus Delta Consulting
Dr. Jeremy Lurey is the CEO and Chief Architect of Plus Delta Consulting, LLC. Dr. Lurey is a talented leadership coach and organizational change specialist who partners with his clients to improve performance and produce better business results. With more than 20 years of progressive experience as a consultant, he is a trusted business advisor for and has supported clients ranging from small family businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. His clients regularly acknowledge his unique ability to balance holding them accountable to a higher standard with doing so in a way that is compassionate, supportive, authentic, never judgmental, and ultimately helps them achieve their business objectives.
Frank Lynch is a senior consultant for Apex Performance Strategies and has coached leaders in large organizations to exceed through insight, focus and innovation. Most recently, Frank was a Talent Development leader at a fast growth biotech company where he worked with senior executives and headed up leadership development programs.
Greg Goates is a results-focused, Executive Coach and Organization Development/Human Resource Leader with multiple industry background. He specializes in expanding and enhancing leadership capability while improving and streamlining processes and procedures resulting in greater efficiencies, increased employee morale, engagement and retention, driving bottom-line growth.
With over 20 years of experience internally in senior HR leadership line roles and externally as an executive coach and organizational effectiveness consultant, Greg brings multiple industry best practices and perspectives to his coaching clients. He has coached multiple executive (e.g. Chief Operating, Financial and Information Officers; Executive Director; Assistant General Counsel; VP of Regulatory; Senior Director Pharmaceutical R&D) and mid-level leaders (e.g. Director of Sales, Marketing; Project Management; Manufacturing and Process Development) in pharmaceutical, financial services, leisure sports, aerospace, health care, weight loss and flower propagation companies resulting in achievement of critical leadership development goals and organizational objectives, often including promotions for those he has coached.
One of Greg's noteworthy projects includes standardizing and deploying a "best practice" senior leadership development process at a pharmaceutical company for the top 70 leaders in the company. He facilitated leadership development meetings to capture leadership competency/talent data on those top leaders and facilitated feedback sessions for those leaders resulting in robust career and leadership development discussions and a systematic leadership development planning process across the company.
Tana has had over 20 years of experience as a clinical psychologist in private practice, which she initially combined with corporate work. She was the founding member of the Core Vision Consultancy and for the last 12 years has concentrated exclusively on work with international and local businesses as an organizational development specialist and Executive Coach. She is also accredited on various emotional and personality psychometric instruments.
Tanny Joyce is a senior partner for Apex Performance Strategies. Tanny works directly with clients to identify and implement key goals focused on leadership and organizational development. With over 20 years as an organizational development professional in a variety of industries, Tanny has a wide breadth of experience. As a proven leader in both a global telecommunications company and a large financial company, she has extensive experience managing people in both a matrix environment as well as a direct structure.