Personnel
Ray Wheeler,
DMin, President
Ray’s background includes research investigating the role of hope as a factor in leadership emergence and organizational change. His work established a value based approach to organizational development and an evidence based approach to coaching that enhances organizational recognition and development of their talent pool.
Ray is irresistable in his passion for developing people and enhancing their skills and perspectives as leaders. The best testimonial for Ray is the lasting impact he has had in management in a variety of industries and as an educator. Ray’s experience includes director of operation for a hospitality software firm, vice president of administration for a student loan servicing organization and director of global sales for a manufacturing firm.
Ray's capabilities include: executive and leadership coaching, leadership training, curriculum design, key note speaking, organizational design, job design, and spiritual formation.
Ray is an adjunct professor for Azusa Pacific University’s Global Leadership Program (http://www.apu.edu ) (an international program offering a master of arts in global leadership) and Haggard School of Theology (where he lectures on organizational growth and leadership development). He also serves as an adjunct lecturer at Bethesda University California (http://www.buc.edu) on leadership formation and organizational leadership.
DMin – Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California.
MA – Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
Certified Leadership Coach, Certified Birkman Consultant, Certified in Happiness at Work assessments. Member PCMA, PIHRA, , a member of The Clinton Network http://www.bobbyclinton.com/network/.
Yali Lily Wang, PhD
Associate Consultant and Research Analyst
Lily’s background includes research defining the emergence of self-directed organic organizational structures within complex political social environments. Her work provides insights into how organizations thrive during periods of rapid and unpredictable change.
She brings a passion toward leadership and the business and university experience needed to design successful training and change projects that work to unleash the informal (and often unrecognized) potential of the person within the system.
Lily's capabilities include: key note speaking (she is a frequent speaker in civic clubs and management meetings), conflict management, curriculum design, training, cross-cultural adjustment and spiritual formation.
She has experience in international business development, marketing, interpretation and vendor relations. She has worked as liaison between international organizations and understands what it means to sharpen operational focus in an international context. She has served as a lecturer in leadership at Bethesda University California in Anaheim, California (www.buc.edu). Lily is bilingual, fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin).
Ph D – Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
MA – Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
BA – English, Qufu Teachers University, Shandong, China
Certified Birkman Consultant
Petros G. Malakyan, Ph.D.
Associate Consultant and Research Analyst
Petros is the initiator of Leader-Follower Trade Model in leadership studies (both leadership and followership are defined as interchangeable human behaviors exercised in various situations).
In an age of globalization the ability to shift from leader to follower and back builds competitive advantage enhancing cross-cultural communication and relations in global operations and spiritual formation.
In addition to his work with Leadership Praxis™ he serves as associate professor of leadership studies and life coach at Indiana Wesleyan University in the Center for Calling and Leadership. (http://www.indwes.edu)
Petros' capabilities include organizational design (internationally), training design, international management team relations and cross-cultural communication. Petros is an inspirational speaker accustom to addressing leaders in any context.
He is the founder of Christian leadership International, Inc. in California and the National Leadership Institute in Armenia, whose mission has been to train leaders and followers in the context of the Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) Church. Petros is trilingual, fluent in English, Armenian and Russian.
PhD – Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.
MA – Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary
MA – Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
BA - Mechanical Engineering, Yerevan Polytechnic University, Gyumri, Armenia.
Ray Morales, MBA, MA
Associate Consultant and Business Analyst
Ray’s work in management and organizational leadership covers 14 years experience in various healthcare management roles. He brings the experience of proven leadership to bear in his work.
He is a highly imaginative and persevering leader whose capabilties include business analysis, operational design, planning, problem solving, communication, organizational design and cross-cultural communication. He works to assess processes and organizational dynamics with the business objectives in view.
His critical thinking skills and clinical experience offer a depth of insight to the Leadership Praxis™ team and essential insights to our client’s. Ray is fluent in English and Spanish.
MA – Leadership and Organizational Studies, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California.
MBA – University of Phoenix, Woodland Hills, California
BS – Business Management, University of Phoenix, Woodland Hills, California
AS – Public Health Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell, AFB, Alabama
Nathan Elson, MA,
Associate Consultant Systems Analyst
Nathan’s background in marketing, organizational development, IT training and online curriculum development has resulted in enhanced employee competencies and sales for companies he for which he has worked.
Nathan's capabilities include systems design and implementation, project management, leadership development/training, curriculum design, group presentations and spiritual formation.
Nathan is a disciplined and engaging developer of leaders and systems. His experience in consulting and organizational analysis includes development of functional specifications, database specifications, work-flow pathways, standard business systems and analytical and statistical evaluation.
He has served as an adjunct professor of leadership at Life Pacific College, San Dimas, California.
MA – Philosophy (candidate), Biola University, La Mirada, California
MA – Organizational Leadership and Development. Biola University, La Mirada, California
BA – Communications, School of Liberal Arts, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California