Aligned Leadership Group is a consortium of consultants with deep expertise in developing next century leaders. Christie Voss is President of Aligned Leadership Group. For more than twenty years, Christie has served as an executive and leadership consultant to mid-size and Fortune 500 companies. Christie leverages her expertise in leadership development, change management, executive coaching and team performance to create lasting change in leaders and their organizations - attracting top executives from major corporations across the country.
Founded in 1997, business clients of Aligned Leadership Group have included Children’s Hospital, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, Hospital Corporation of America, Home Depot, McDonald’s, SunTrust and many others. Christie began her career in business consulting with Andersen Consulting where she worked with numerous organizations seeking rapid, sustainable change.
Christie holds a M.A. in Organizational Communication, is a member of the Georgia Coaches Association and National Association of Professional Women, and has extensive training and certifications in numerous industry leading executive coaching and leadership methodologies including Breakthrough Coaching International, Co-Active Coaching, Peter Senge’s 5 Disciplines of Organizational Learning, Daryl Conner’s Managing Organizational Change methodology, Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Roosevelt Thomas’ diversity framework, DiSC , Hogan Assessment and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
Christie enjoys writing, speaking and water skiing. She resides in Atlanta with her two children.
As Executive Leadership Advisor and founder of Corporate Performance Strategies, David Brookmire offers CEO coaching and CEO development to bring C-level leaders to the next level. His change management process helps executives avoid common derailers, fix their blindspots, significantly improve their leadership skills and impact, and increase their leadership brand value. Brookmire brings an exceptional wealth of experience and valuable perspective to his clients. He combines his advanced degree in psychology with his hands-on experience as a corporate officer to help his clients succeed. He is uniquely positioned to guide leaders, teams, and companies of all sizes and industries to become more efficient and productive, increase employee engagement and retention, and groom the next generation of strong, successful leaders.
Brookmire's proven Leadership Performance Executive Coaching methodology is a practical, tailored approach that gets impressive results. Starting with a comprehensive leadership assessment, Brookmire works closely with companies to create customized plans for positive change. He excels at improving CEO performance, advising senior leaders how to become more strategic, create vision, think “big picture,” mobilize others towards common goals, and create strategic succession plans. Whether companies are challenged with ineffective, longtime executives, need to train new leaders or are grooming a new generation of future leaders, they can benefit from Brookmire’s valuable insights and Brookmire has successfully coached executives at a variety of highly-respected companies including Medical University of South Carolina, The Arthritis Foundation, Healthcare Corporation of America, Darden Restaurants, Platinum Equity, The Cheesecake Factory, Solvay, Coca Cola, ADP, Bekaert, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Flowers Foods, Cisco, McKesson, Medical University of South Carolina, Arthritis Foundation, LexisNexis, W.R. Berkley, and Colliers International. Prior to starting Corporate Performance Strategies, Brookmire held senior officer positions with global responsibilities and worked for Frito-Lay, General Motors, Digital Communications and Profit Recovery Group. His consulting has helped clients: increase operational efficiencies, identify and work on strategic opportunities, become recognized as “Best Places to Work,” improve departmental performance by increasing adherence in successfully meeting critical dates from 60% to 96%, improving employee engagement scores by 16% to 25% year-over-year, increase leadership competency effectiveness 36%, and save tens of millions of dollars in effective M&A integration. His coaching has shown an impressive 7:1 ROI.
Brookmire is co-author of Coaching for Success: Reaching Your Potential While Achieving Greatness and a recognized expert speaker in leadership development, business effectiveness and change management. He has recently been featured in a variety of high-profile publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Human Resource Executive Magazine, Chief Executive Magazine, Leadership Excellence, Talent Management, and more.
Brookmire earned his Ph.D., MA, and BA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta Human Resource Leadership Forum, and SHRM, and he has proudly served as a Board of Director for several non-profits.
Larry is a Founder and the CEO of Jubi, Inc., a Founder and the President of Performance Inspired, Inc., and is the President of Stratplay Consulting. Jubi is a cloud-based learning and achievement platform that transforms any content into an engaging experience that drives validated outcomes. Performance Inspired, Inc. creates and activates employee engagement strategies that cause people to engage with their heart, head, and hands at work. The Stratplay Group provides coaching and consulting in the areas of Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Organization Effectiveness.
Larry started his career as an engineer in communications systems research, product development, and engineering management at Motorola, Inc. He became an early leader in the movement towards a more disciplined approach to the management of a firm’s knowledge when he was named the head of Knowledge Management at Motorola. In this role he pioneered cross-disciplinary and holistic approaches to improving business results through the creation, capture, and sharing of knowledge.
As Chief Learning Officer for the Cellular Division at Motorola Inc., The American Express Company, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Larry has developed innovative approaches to leadership development, knowledge communities, and integrated talent management. As a senior human resource leader and well-known change architect, Larry has vast, multi-industry experience in large complex organizations. His contributions have included development of talent strategies and implementation of company-wide programs that have led to measureable increases in employee engagement, retention, leadership supply, and organization capability.
Larry is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal best selling book “Networking is Dead: Making Connections that Matter”. He has been featured as the cover story in Chief Learning Officer Magazine and is a sought after speaker on a broad array of organizational topics. Larry is a contributing author in the books “Courageous Training: Bold Actions for Business Results” and “Talent Management: Strategies from Six Leading companies.
Larry holds three international patents and is an award winning professional musician and composer. His innovative work to use music as a tool in business helps corporations inspire higher levels of engagement, commitment, and brand advocacy.
Greta Cairns is a Consulting Partner at SC Consulting Services, Inc. where she specializes in moving companies from a static state to more dynamic capabilities specifically within the areas of human resources and operations. Greta began her career as the Director of Training and Development with SCI Companies, a privately held Professional Employer Organization based out of Tampa, Florida. Her twenty years of increasing responsibilities within the HR Outsourcing arena provided multiple industry and multi-state experience across all organizational levels and companies of varied sizes.
Greta holds a M.S. in Education and also attended the PhD Program for Adult Education at the University of South Florida. Greta is a strategist with extensive history in partnering with senior management on facilitating positive change, designing value-added employee-oriented programs, improving operational performance, and retaining/developing top talent. She is a versatile HR generalist with proven success in developing and leading policies and procedures that engage employees, increase productivity and positively impact bottom-line results. She has the ability to leverage her background to work collaboratively with clients and internal management teams of clients on aligning human resource initiatives and functions with overall organizational vision and strategies.
Greta maintains a Group Exercise Certification through the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America, enjoys teaching spin classes, riding her Tennessee Walker, traveling and maintaining an active lifestyle. She has four adult children and resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
