Paul began his instructor and master trainer journey in his 20s as a Navy flyer, training individuals and teams for effectiveness and cohesion in both peacetime and combat environments. He still maintains that mission-success is agnostic of rank or title, and it’s everyone’s job on the team to serve and cover each other’s sixes. One of Paul’s mottos for teamwork is borrowed from the Navy Blue Angels, “Fess it and fix it.”  and started from his early training in Navy ROTC when he was taught to never lie or cover up a gap in his knowledge, simply acknowledging, “I don’t know Sir/Ma’am, but I will find out.”  To this day, he understands that long-term success in any life capacity is best served by getting to the base of behaviors, where shame, fear and guilt live, and rooting them out to produce high-thrust, low-drag organizations. Organizational cultures where people are free to bring their whole selves daily save copious amounts of energy and posturing that are elsewise used to hide and manage other people’s images of themselves. These are the kinds of adaptive leaders and organizations that thrive in a VUCA world.

To this end, Paul’s facilitation style and content brings cutting-edge brain science, plenty of stories and humor, reflective journaling and experiential individual and team exercises designed to plumb the depths of the seat of behavior, the subconscious mind, and explicate patterns and blind spots to create breakthrough, all in a safe, judgement-free environment. Paul has found workshops are often best paired with targeted assessments which give actionable data, encouraging even deeper learning and ownership by workshop attendees. His 4A System of Assessment, Awareness, Acceptance and Action has served as a key to transformation.