Dean Strong, M.Div. ACC
With education and training in business, organizations, and human behavior, Dean Strong brings 30 years of experience helping individuals and organizations successfully discern, negotiate and implement desired behavioral changes. His expertise includes facilitating personal and organizational development--identifying core values and developing specific strategies to turn them into reality.
Business experience includes management positions with Haggen Foods, The Boeing Company, and Joseph C. Cannizaro Interests, a leading commercial real estate developer in the Southeast. He is a co-founder of Property One, which has grown into a regional commercial real estate management, leasing and sales company.
Within the faith community, Dean has served as a crises counselor at a regional medical trauma center, a head of staff in a mid-sized church, an associate for adult education and spiritual development in a large church, and a regional administrator. In 1992 he founded a new church in Snohomish County. He also directed the regional vocational and leadership development process for a major protestant denomination.
His work within both the nonprofit and for-profit communities has led to a deep understanding of how individuals form and work within teams, groups and organizations, and how they can better function. He began serving private clients, coaching leaders and offering career counseling, in 2001.
Formal education: Whitman College, the University of Puget Sound, Seattle University and Columbia Theological Seminary. He has pursued extensive post graduate work in marriage and family counseling, conflict mediation, organizational systems, leadership training, ethics, and co-active coaching:
• Center for Dispute Resolution, Mediation Training
• CPP (Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc) Certified Administrator
• Associate/Completed, Seattle Coach Professional Training Program
• International Coach Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach
Past & Present Clients; Individuals and Teams; have included:
• Seattle Based Biotech Firms
• Regional Banks
• Puget Sound Area Hospitals & Medical Clinics
• Major Puget Sound Port Authorities, Directors & Management Groups
• Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs
• Non-Profit Boards of Directors
• Retreat Center Staffs
• Major University Research Project Staff
• Clergy of various denominations
• Educational Leaders
Business experience includes management positions with Haggen Foods, The Boeing Company, and Joseph C. Cannizaro Interests, a leading commercial real estate developer in the Southeast. He is a co-founder of Property One, which has grown into a regional commercial real estate management, leasing and sales company.
Within the faith community, Dean has served as a crises counselor at a regional medical trauma center, a head of staff in a mid-sized church, an associate for adult education and spiritual development in a large church, and a regional administrator. In 1992 he founded a new church in Snohomish County. He also directed the regional vocational and leadership development process for a major protestant denomination.
His work within both the nonprofit and for-profit communities has led to a deep understanding of how individuals form and work within teams, groups and organizations, and how they can better function. He began serving private clients, coaching leaders and offering career counseling, in 2001.
Formal education: Whitman College, the University of Puget Sound, Seattle University and Columbia Theological Seminary. He has pursued extensive post graduate work in marriage and family counseling, conflict mediation, organizational systems, leadership training, ethics, and co-active coaching:
• Center for Dispute Resolution, Mediation Training
• CPP (Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc) Certified Administrator
• Associate/Completed, Seattle Coach Professional Training Program
• International Coach Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach
Past & Present Clients; Individuals and Teams; have included:
• Seattle Based Biotech Firms
• Regional Banks
• Puget Sound Area Hospitals & Medical Clinics
• Major Puget Sound Port Authorities, Directors & Management Groups
• Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs
• Non-Profit Boards of Directors
• Retreat Center Staffs
• Major University Research Project Staff
• Clergy of various denominations
• Educational Leaders