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Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC

January 23, 2023 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC

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Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 601)

Darlene Drew, CEO of Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, joined host John Ray on this episode of North Fulton Business Radio. Darlene discussed her career as a warden in Federal Bureau of Prisons, leadership lessons from that career, women in leadership, the boss versus leader mentality, preparing emerging leaders, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Darlene Drew, CEO, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development

Darlene Drew is the CEO/Owner of Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC. She is also a Certified & Independent Leadership Trainer, Professional Speaker and Executive Coach with the Maxwell Leadership Team.

Darlene serves businesses, companies and organizations by helping leaders develop leaders. Through her training sessions, she equips, engages and energizes participants with leadership and professional development training by providing them with tools that can immediately be applied in their personal and professional lives.

As an authority in leadership, building relationships and communications, she helps organizations develop their staff in a manner that improves their bottom line of first valuing people which improves the operation of their business and the performance and production of their staff.

She has been recognized in the Maxwell Leadership Team in the Top 20 Nominees for the Maxwell Leadership Team Culture Award. She’s a 2019 Stage Time Winner. Darlene has been featured in the Peachtree City Magazine on two occasions.

Her prior career began in the Federal government at the entry level as a Correctional Officer promoted up to a Senior Executive Service Appointment into the position of Warden. One of her most groundbreaking accomplishments was becoming the first and only female to serve as Warden at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GA. She served as Warden of three Federal prisons after being told early on in her career that she would never make it!

These dynamics brought leadership expertise that has positioned her to help those she partners with in their growth.

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Questions and Topics in this Interview

Women in leadership
Boss vs. Leader
Preparing emerging leaders
Being a leader other will follow
The essentials of leadership

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

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Peter Chatel, The Chatel Consulting Group

March 30, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Peter Chatel, The Chatel Consulting Group

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Peter Chatel, The Chatel Consulting Group (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 344)

Peter Chatel, the founder of The Chatel Consulting Group, talks with host John Ray on why identifying purpose is the bedrock of effective leadership, the value of the 80/20 rule for leaders and their organizations, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

The Chatel Consulting Group

The Chatel Consulting Group focuses on helping leaders and nonprofit organizations bring about transformational change that results in profoundly positive performance. They work with our clients to align people with purpose through a proprietary process. Their approach targets profoundly positive performance that can only be achieved when people work purposefully.

Their offerings guide clients along a pathway to high performance where leaders and teams experience deeper meaning through their work. The Chatel programs and projects help their clients assess current reality, define a detailed description of the desired future state so that plans are developed and implemented to close the gaps. They help clients establish clarity of purpose with which everyone in the organization can connect. When leaders align people with purpose and use Chatel’s processes that include creating compelling scorecards and candidly communicating results, their clients enter “the magic zone” of high performance. They help our clients build and leverage mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets to achieve profoundly positive performance.

Using practical experience with the power of purpose, The Chatel Consulting Group helps clients focus on what matters most. Among others, clients have included: CQUEST, Clifton Sanctuary Ministries, Environment Sandy Springs, Grady Health Foundation, First Step Staffing, ASQ – The Global Voice of Quality, and Empowerment Resources Program.

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Peter Chatel, Founder, The Chatel Consulting Group

In April 2015, after 22 years with The Coca-Cola Company, Peter announced the formation of his consulting, training and coaching practice, The Chatel Consulting Group. Since “re-wiring” from The Coca-Cola Company, Peter joined The John Maxwell Team and was certified as a Speaker, Trainer and Coach. In April 2017, Peter became one of less than 100 people in the world certified to train and coach The ONE Thing. In 2020, he became a Certified Purpose Mentor through JourneyLife.

In 2020, Peter shifted the focus of his consulting practice to support nonprofits. He helps nonprofits lead, plan, and execute with excellence through teamwork that is purpose-led, people-centered, process-driven, and performance-focused — something he calls Petership©. Over the past 5 years, Peter has worked with hundreds of organizations to establish and nurture Purpose-driven and Resilient Cultures where staff are more engaged, productive, and loyal; as well as healthier and happier. His work with nonprofit leadership teams focuses on their collaboration skills so they can improve and expand their impact. Through 1-on-1 coaching, group coaching, and workshops, Peter gets people inspired and focused on the path to profoundly positive performance.

Peter is married to Sarah and they have a blended family of five children and live with their two dogs.

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Questions and Topics in this Interview:

What is the work that you do with nonprofits?
What do you mean by “Put Petership in Your Leadership”?
The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 Rule.
What differentiates you from others who help nonprofit leaders?
What nonprofits do you serve?
What are the greatest challenges that nonprofits are facing in 2021?

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Happy Couples = Happy Kids, with Connie Durham, Connie’s Clever Concepts

September 9, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Happy Couples = Happy Kids, with Connie Durham, Connie's Clever Concepts

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Connie Durham, Connie’s Clever Concepts (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 281)

Through Connie’s Clever Concepts, Connie Durham works with couples to help not only create better relationships for themselves, but with their kids and even at work. The host of “North Fulton Business Radio” is John Ray, and the show is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Connie Durham, Happy Couples = Happier Kids Strategist, Connie’s Clever Concepts

Connie Durham is a Certified Speaker & Trainer with the John Maxwell Team and Authorized Provider of TTI Success Insights Assessments. She has served as an Ambassador & is a current member of the Fayette County Chamber, spent 10 years with the American Business Women Association and is currently an active part of Business Women Fayette Coweta. With 20 years serving in a Leadership position with a direct sales company, Connie won 7 Diamond rings, 2 company cars and 100’s of prizes including private parties at Universal, California and the Atlanta Aquarium.

Connie believes Personal Growth & Communication Skills are KEY in developing a successful businesses & happy Lives. She began Connie’s Clever Concepts in 2018 and now empowers others with communication skills that build Strong Marriages & Profitable Teams. Connie Inspires & Ignites New Life & Energy in people through Proven & Tested Concepts.

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

Couples and how opposites attract
Where do our different points of view come from?
Let’s talk about emotions.
Do you make more withdrawals or are you consistent on the deposits?
How can communication skills build a strong marriage & flow into every area of your life?

Prepare Leaders for the Present and Future, with Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC

July 30, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Prepare Leaders for the Present and Future, with Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC

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Prepare Leaders for the Present and Future, with Darlene Drew, Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 265)

Darlene Drew joins host John Ray to discuss her leadership development practice, how her experience as a federal prison warden informs her work, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Darlene Drew

Darlene Drew is a public servant. She’s a Leadership Trainer and the CEO/Owner of Leadership Conditioning, Personal & Professional Development, LLC. She’s a Certified Leadership Trainer, Professional Speaker and Executive Coach with the John Maxwell Team. Darlene helps businesses, companies and organizations by helping leaders develop leaders. She has made a tremendous impact on the lives of many people. “How great it is to greet each day doing what you love to do equipping people with training that helps them grow,” she says. Over the course of my journey in leadership, it’s allowed me to train thousands of people. Training is my purpose, passion and a priority in my life. My early learnings about leadership was taught in my home from my dad and my large, loving, imperfect family of eleven children. Such family dynamics brought leadership lessons that would equip me for a lifetime.”

Darlene has been a public servant through employment in law enforcement which began as a Correctional Officer where she was initially told, “You’ll never make it!” Having decided to “make it,” she continued this career path with a focus on making the field better for staff and inmates. Throughout it, she was asked interesting questions, some of which were: “Why are you here? What should we call you? Why do you do it?” These were all learning and teachable moments from Darlene’s perspective to do what she loves: learn, teach and train. She placed her focus on effecting change, mentoring and developing staff and inmates.

In August 2019, Darlene was one of ten winners of 2019 Stage Time at the International Maxwell Certification Conference. In the public sector, she earned the distinction of Senior Executive Service. Darlene served as Warden of three Federal prisons. She’s the first and only female to serve as Warden at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta. Darlene served as Adjunct Professor at Lewis University, in Romeoville, Illinois. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Peachtree City and serves on the Board of Georgia Laws of Life.

Darlene earned her Bachelors Degree from Illinois State University and Masters Degree from Governor State University. She was awarded a Certificate of Completion for the Women and Power Program, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education. She is a Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education alumni (HKS EE alumni). Darlene is the recipient of the prestigious Attorney General Award and Susan M. Hunter Award from the Association of Women Executives in Corrections.

Darlene’s passion is “building up people,” through teaching, training and speaking. Her guiding life and leadership principle is, “Don’t teach what you don’t know, Don’t lead where you won’t go and Don’t ask for what you won’t give.” Lead Well!

Point of Contact for Darlene Drew

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

It’s About Building Relationships!
How Darlene’s experience as a federal prison warden informs her work
Helping Leaders Develop Leaders
The Biggest Challenges Leaders Face, Passing the Baton, Overcoming Obstacles in leadership
Solutions to Workplace Conflict
Where did your passion for leadership begin?
How do you best serve your clients?
What are the concerns that clients bring to you most often?
What are some of the results that’s been shared with you?
What lead you to the path of being a Leadership Trainer?
Effective leadership in a pandemic

“North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.