The Centered Promise

With over 40 years combined experience in leadership coaching and development, organizational design, and lean and agile practices we have a track record of closing the gap between intent and effect.

CENTERED is a Super Power

We help organizations and leaders adapt and thrive in changing environments. Our coaching, facilitation, and transformation work are tailored to help introduce more agility, continuous improvement, and better results.

Business Statistics

Transform with Centered

219 +

Happy Customers

6500 H

Sales Calls

100 +

Team members

700 %

Coaching ROI

Teamwork begins by building trust

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Executive Coach

JL Heather


I’ve spent 20 years working in organizational transformations and I discovered the #1 path to real change and improvement was through helping leaders rise to the challenge of their role. For the last 5 years I’ve been coaching senior and executive leaders at companies like VML, Ford, Pfizer, Wendy’s, T-Mobile, GE, and many others doing just that!

  • CPCC certified through the Coactive Training Institute
  • ACC credential through the ICF 
  • Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) Certified
  • Certified Scrum Master through Scrum Alliance
  • Certified Product Owner through Scrum Alliance
  • Managing Human Centered Organizations through VML
  • Hundreds of hours of coaching experience with senior to executive leaders and teams
  • 20 years of experience applying lean/agile principles to leadership, organizations, and processes

I am also a passionate and skilled facilitator who creates safe spaces for teams and leaders to tackle organizational, product, or interpersonal issues and co-create solutions.

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Transformation Coach

Preston Chandler


 My whole career has been focused on helping organizations continuously improve, transforming to more human-centered ways of working. I've had the wonderful opportunity to help hundreds of teams in organizations across a wide variety of industries including Ford, Pfizer, T-Mobile, VML, Walgreens, Sprint, Hills, and many others.
 
  • Lean Certified through SME
  • Six Sigma Black Belt through MoreSteam
  • Certified Scrum Master through Scrum Alliance
  • Certified Product Owner through Scrum Alliance
  • Managing Human Centered Organizations through VML
  • Mastering Customer Experience through Forrester
  • Thousands of hours as a Lean / Agile coach and trainer
  • Hundreds of transformed teams
  • 20 years of experience applying Lean/Agile principles to leadership, organizations, and processes

One of my superpowers is facilitating engaging workshops that drive toward truly innovative solutions.  I firmly believe co-creation leads to the best solutions.

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40 years combined organizational transformation, Lean/Agile, and coaching experience working with some of the biggest companies out there is hard to beat and we can be working for you!

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