Does this sound familiar?

  • My team is in a rut. We have lost our mojo. We are demoralized and are just going through the motions. We - - - or at least I, personally - - - need a coach!

  • My leadership doesn't get it. They are detached from the reality of us worker bees and seem to march to a totally different drum than the rest of us.

  • I want to break out of the job I am in and try something entirely new. But I need to bounce my business ideas off an experienced entrepreneur.

Don't worry, you've come to the right place.

MEET YOUR CONSULTANT

Hey, I'm Mack!

I'm a professional problem solver and consultant with 50 years of experience solving tough challenges. I have been teaching and training for 40+ years, first as a radar controller and then with engineers, project leaders and business owners across three continents. My unique skills include cutting through a person's positions to get to their interests; breaking ferocious problems into bite-sized pieces and fixing them; and establishing rapport with diverse groups - - - heck, even I got British engineers to work with French engineers, well kind of.

Here are some teaching career highlights:

Made an Instructor Radar Controller with only a year of experience (normally three years)

Built a 26-module training program, from scratch, directing the video series for the Air National Guard

Trained dozens of controllers to maneuver fighter aircraft unside the furball of an aerial dogfight

Since 2004, personally built and taught major training courses in systems design and development, Gov't procurement and critical thinking, both virtual and in-person

Contracted by DARPA to build and teach "Innovative Thinking Skills" course to all 35 TTO Project Managers.

Have built new courses "to order", tailored to a client's specific needs (I built the course "World-Class Procurements" for a rapidly growing Middle East client)

Three years teaching business start-up skills to new entrepreneurs. Contracted by US Veteran's Admin and University of Syracuse to teach US military Veterans in Germany and England. Chosen for my experience launching and working with small businesses.

Still actively teaching and speaking publicly.

So-called "experts" who drone on about how we should do things, but offer no personal, hands-on examples, might as well be AI bots. If you haven't personally done something, don't lecture me on how I should do it.

My courses are authentic - - - I did those things, made those mistakes, had those successes and personally learned those lessons. Or I know the people who did and have met with them to "get it right".

With me, WYSIWYG - - - what you see is what you get: gray hair, scars from 40+ years of teaching across nine countries, and polite-yet-unapologetically straight-forward discussions.

3 Ways We Can Work Together

Big Problem

Billed hourly after 4-hr minimum met, Mack provides custom remote or on-site solutions and support to you and your team

Several Problems

Billed quarterly, guaranteeing you have Mack on speed dial and get first dibs in his calendar for a minimum number of hours each quarter

Ongoing Problems

Mack comes to your organization and spends 1-2 days, as often as needed, working intensively with your team to provide counsel and insight into solving your unique challenges

Ready to get started?

Who's This Perfect For

US government

entreprenuers

team leaders

Large Corporations

growing companies

systems designers

Short-staffed BusDev

merging companies

Research & Dev't