Executive coach and organizational consultant. Since 1986, he has served as a specialist in assessment-based executive coaching and developmental planning in the United States. During this time, he has assisted family-owned businesses to reorganize and use
their potential so the companies can continue successfully. He also has been involved with several non-profit organizations to help train their personnel. Don has extensive experience leading small and large groups.
He is also a marriage and family therapist and professional counselor in private practice. He has a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Don is certified in many behavioral and personality assessments, including, Myers Briggs, CPI 260, FIRO-B, Executive Dimensions, Benchmarks, Prospector, 360 By Design, California Psychological Inventory, and Strong Interest Inventory.
Don Hardy-Holley is co-owner with his partner, Dr. Anne Hardy-Holley, LPC, of Hardy-Holley Team, Inc., an educational and counseling corporation. Previously, Don directed a crisis intervention center, a family services organization, and successfully procured grant money for other non-profits. He has consulted and trained people in a variety of organizations including oil companies, dental offices, real estate, attorney firms, and grocery chains. Don sometimes serves as an expert witness for the courts.
His work as a public speaker and trainer has taken him to Canada and Australia as well as many places in the United States. Don is past President of the American Academy of Hypnoanalysts, a national non-profit educational organization.
Don worked for over twenty years as a feedback specialist/coach for TEAM, Inc., a San Antonio affiliate of the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. He did similar work in leadership development for United Services Automobile Association (USAA) for three years. Since 1998 he has worked with the leadership team of Equity Residential in Chicago, Illinois.
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