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Steve Mosley - CEO  |  David Black - President  |   Steve Dwyer - Partner  |   Karen Steadman, PhD

Leadership Development TrainingSteve Mosley, CEO

Steve Mosley provides real world experience in training management, leadership development, talent management and human capital initiatives. He has worked with all levels of organizations, from the C-suite to entry level positions. Steve has an outcomes-based focus in his facilitation, coaching and consulting practices, designed around helping individuals and organizations get what they are looking for in increased skills, knowledge or effectiveness. He has worked in the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Training industries.

Steve has 32 years of professional experience, with responsibilities including Sales, Customer Service, Project Management, Training and Leadership Development. He has helped companies in stages such as start-up situations, fast growth challenges, mature business and downsizing. He has extensive experience in Needs Assessment, Design and Delivery of Training Solutions, Leadership Skills Development, Performance Assessments and Succession Management.

His most recent experience was in assisting a Fortune 300 company design and establish a comprehensive Leadership Development program for 3000+ leaders. The program included the introduction of a values based culture, 360 assessments, professional coaching, development courses and workshops, and incorporating the values into performance reviews and succession planning.

Steve received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Arkansas State University. He is a member of the Society For Human Resource Management, and the American Society of Training and Development. Steve also has various certifications in tools and practices common in the coaching and training professions.

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Executive Management TrainingDavid Black, President

David Black joins us after successfully completing a 5-year commitment with Carlton-Bates Company as Vice President of Human Resources. David has spent over a decade in the leadership training arena as well as operating in several fortune 500 companies, holding both tactical and strategic positions.

David is certified in many widely known human assessment tools. He has trained extensively in leadership development areas including culture change and interventions, strategic planning, teambuilding, performance management and executive coaching. During his 30 plus years as a professional, David has held several leadership positions in fortune 500 companies including WESCO International, Centerpoint Energy Inc. and Alltel. David believes development should sharpen skills that allow individuals and organizations to perform better in meeting their mission and objectives. His approach has always been to help people understand how to implement new skills and knowledge back on their job.

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Leadership Skills TrainingSteve Dwyer, Partner

Steve Dwyer is a principal in SESI, an engineering and manufacturing company for customers across the globe, in both government and commercial applications.

Prior to joining SESI in 2009, Steve was Senior Vice President of Leadership Development for Alltel, a Fortune 300 wireless telecommunications provider. Steve was responsible for the strategic vision of Leadership Development, and implementation of an ongoing process for the 3000 leaders at Alltel.

Steve came to Alltel after a 30 year career in the United States Army, from which he retired as a Colonel. Steve served mostly in Army Aviation. He received his undergraduate degree from West Point, and earned a Masters of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University, and a Masters of Science in Strategic Studies from the Air War College.

Steve was able to marry leadership lessons learned at West Point and in his Army career to the needs of Alltel, helping to create and sustain a unique and business-changing leadership program. His association with Upper Right Leadership brings a unique combination of values, vision and strategic insight to the capabilities of our company, and our clients.

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Executive Management TrainingKaren Steadman, PhD

Senior Consultant, Master Coach - Karen is a licensed psychologist who graduated Summa Cum Laude in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia. She was on staff as both a psychologist and process improvement consultant for the Veterans Affairs hospital in Memphis, TN. She is a faculty member of the Global Institute for Leadership Development and a committee member for the doctoral program in applied psychology at Alliant International University. She is a member of the Alexcel Group and the Southern Center for International Studies. She regularly presents and has been a member of the Consulting Psychology Division of APA since 1997. Additionally, she donates her time to the community as a member of APA’s Disaster Response Team and as a lead instructor for Operation Bootcamp.

In 2009, Karen completed a two-part speaking series in China as part of her work on accelerated leadership development of Emerging Talent in Emerging Markets. Her case studies targeting assessment and coaching have been featured in the books, The Transparency Edge: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business (Pagano & Pagano, McGraw-Hill, October, 2003) and Coaching Corporate MVP’s (Butteriss, Jossey-Bass, 2008). She works with executive coaching guru, Marshall Goldsmith, and has published case studies in Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change (Lou Carter, David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, 2004). In 2008, her research on the business impact of a Fortune 500 company, large-scale leadership program was presented by invitation at The Conference Board, the Consulting Division of APA and the research forum of the Institute of Coaching affiliated with McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Karen’s corporate management experience is in the telecommunications industry as well as within the large consulting firm environment. Combining her skills as an applied psychologist with 20 years of engineering and business experience, Karen uses an informed approach to optimizing performance. She leverages her recent success as the coaching practice leader for the Southeast region for the world’s largest human resources consulting firm. She managed the Coaching Practice for one of the Fortune 500 company’s fasting growing and most profitable regions in the world and served on the International Coaching Center of Excellence for her assessment and coaching expertise.

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