Leadership-Praxis

THE COMPANY

Leadership Praxis is a strategic advisory and coaching firm that specializes in experience-based management/leadership development processes, assessments and organizational development. We provide solutions to support the identification, assessment, development, and deployment of talent within your organization.

We have a diverse mix of clients including healthcare, manufacturing, education, technology, sales and government.
We develop customized, strategic solutions that optimize each client's talent development and operational processes and succession planning. As a full-service coaching and leadership development firm, we provide a complete range of services to support your organization’s management/leadership needs.

From talent assessments to coaching and talent development plans we analyze specific talent development barriers. Each client engagement is underpinned by unique, trusted relationships with universities, professional associations, and industry associates.

The professionals at Leadership Praxis have earned trust borne from years of experience and successful engagements. This reputation and our accomplishments permit us to enter our engagements with an expectation of measurable results that enhance our clients profit potential through reduced costs and added leadership efficiencies.

MISSION STATEMENT

Developing leaders from the inside out.

VISION STATEMENT

Lead the way in reproducing global leaders who operate from a clear value base, a strong theoretical foundation and the business acumen to turn personal competencies and moral center into transformational outcomes in their personal lives, direct reports, market initiatives and business results.

TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS

DR. RAY WHEELER leads our team of professionals. His passion for developing people and enhancing innovation is evident in the lasting impact he has had in management in a variety of industries and as an educator.

Ray’s work experience in the private sector includes director of operation for a hospitality software firm, vice president of administration for a student loan serving organization and national sales manager for a manufacturing firm.

Ray is an adjunct professor for Azusa Pacific University’s Operational Impact (an international program offering a masters degree in organizational management) and Haggard School of Theology (where he lectures on organizational growth and leadership development).

Ray holds a Master of Arts degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California and a Doctor of Ministry from Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California.

Our professional staff is comprised of experienced doctorate and master-level researchers, managers and executives, educators, marketing professionals, information systems and technology and certified consultants and leadership coaches.

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Dr. Ray Wheeler,
Founder and President

PHILOSPHY

An Emergent Approach.

Strategic thinking emerges over time. In a rapidly changing global market place old methods may no longer work but that doesn’t mean that their under-girding values have lost their potency. We help you re-engage the core values of your organization in new and challenging situations. Our approach stirs up new possibilities and actions through a proven process of discovery, adaptation, reinforcement, implementation and analysis.

Clarity in the Clutter.

Information paralyzes some organizations and galvanizes others. The difference is insight generated by interrogating reality boldly with help from outside perspectives. We work with you to determine how to connect your needs with your organization’s latent knowledge. Put your experience to work more efficiently. Leverage what you know to achieve a greater effectiveness. Keep it simple and you will keep it powerful. We work in your environment and in your challenges to understand your unique context.

Values That Work.

Organizations cannot afford to hide what makes them really come alive. We live our values in action. We are deliberate. We help organizations diminish the gap between their espoused values and their business practices by modeling, by inquiry and by consistent execution. Gain clarity and move your organization toward the excellence and greatness it must exhibit to be noticed in today’s cluttered landscape.

Contagious Passion.

Speaking the truth is not an exercise in malice rather it is the exercise of greatness. We require this commitment from our clients. If yours is an organization on the way to being great by exercising your core passion, by doing what you are best at in the world and by understanding your crucial metrics then we are ready to work with you. Leverage your training and development budget and your own leadership skills and perspectives with our contagious passion.