Coaching & Consulting

Key types of consulting

Coaching leaders and businesses to do great things in ways that align with their values
Coaching individual creators to reach their creative potential

Competencies in my backpack

Process engineering, creativity, change management, conflict management, writing & communications, project management, team building, event planning, product development, risk management, publishing

Valutivity LLC's Certifications

State Corp Comm. LLC-ID: #S305631-6 since 10/06/2009
Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS): #832359561 since 2009
Vendor # with e-VA: VS0000054574 since 2009
Small, Women & Minorities (SWaM) Certification: #682920 since 2009

Details: Written by Karen Smith-Will; Category: Coaching & Consulting

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On Friday, September 9, 2011, my 12-year-old son and I attended President Barack Obama’s speech at my alma mater, University of Richmond in Virginia. He discussed his Jobs Plan, as a follow-up to his similar pitch to both houses of Congress the previous night. President Obama demonstrated a change management technique I call acquiring “emotional change agents,” individuals who will respond to an emotional appeal and voluntarily become ambassadors for change.

Details: Written by Karen Smith-Will; Category: Coaching & Consulting

"Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth." Susan L. Taylor

Acting like a Leader: Responding to the Crisis

Doug: After that was all over and I got back home, then I volunteered for submarine duty and they sent me to San Diego. Lena Mae was already on her way away from Hawaii. They wouldn’t let us change our abode because war had already broke out. And all I could say was meet me at the YMCA in San Francisco. I couldn’t tell her when, where, or what not, because I couldn’t tell her on the radio where we would dock or when.

So we met in San Francisco, and they sent me to San Diego to catch the S-27, which was an old type submarine. As soon as I got on her, we went to the Aleutian Islands. And from the Aleutian Islands…

Lena Mae: “Well, let’s go back to Pearl Harbor. When he went to do his duty station, the girl next door and I, we didn’t know what to do.

Details: Written by Karen Smith-Will; Category: Coaching & Consulting

Ashley Will, niece of Valutivity technology advisor Barry Will, was was one of 55 honorees recognized in the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2010 Up & Comers Awards. Ashley, Marketing Director for the Laser Spine Institute, was in the Under 30 category. UPDATED 2023: See new link at the end.

Details: Written by Karen Smith-Will; Category: Coaching & Consulting

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them."

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V).

Uncle Doug joins the navy Uncle Doug Eaker is a quiet man--salty at times, introspective at others and with a twinkle in his eye. Like most people, he has many stories. On today, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, I offer his story of leadership thrust upon him at age 23. He shared this with me a decade ago, on September 30, 2000, at our annual family reunion. The story will be told in several parts, including his perspective, his wife, Lena Mae's perspective, and that of his sister-in-law. Finally, there were will some statistics, for those die-hard history buffs. History serves as an important library of resources for the study of leadership.

Details: Written by Karen Smith-Will; Category: Coaching & Consulting

If you have been hearing about servant leadership for a while but still don’t feel like you have grasped the full concept, this list can help you get started. These resources can help leaders decide whether to take the proverbial road less traveled: that oxymoronic journey to become a servant.

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