Kent is a recognized expert in leadership development, strategic planning, business development and operations process improvement with over 20 years of practical experience in organizational leadership and development.

An entrepreneur by nature, Kent excels in the creative end of the business, posing compelling questions to clients and reaching strategic, visionary solutions to today’s workplace challenges. His particular strength is aligning employees, and key institutional and technological resources, with business goals to achieve improved, measurable results.

LMI’s clients have the advantage of Kent’s proven track record in front-line management and executive positions at both local and national financial services firms. He has held positions at all levels of management, including Director, CIO, Vice President and President.

As a partner of Leadership Management, Inc., clients benefit from LMI’s Strategic Development process, a strong collaborative approach and broad array of tools. Since 1966, LMI has helped hundreds of thousands of leaders in organizations worldwide focus on “What Matters Most” to meet the ever-changing challenges required to be competitive in a complex global economy.

Kent holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University. He is also a Catalyst graduate; Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst; Certified Professional Values Analyst; a certified facilitator for both Leadership Management, Inc and Teleometrics International; and he is certified for high and low ropes training. He also served as a skiing instructor and coach for over 18 years.

Senior Consultant, Leadership Management Institute

Dale is a proven leader who leverages his 22 years of experience to help our clients improve business strategy, strengthen leadership culture and improve productivity. He has served as CEO of a $350 million dollar company, business school professor and entrepreneur in his successful and varied career.

Dale is a graduate of West Point and garnered an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology. His career has taken him across the country serving at all management levels in for-profit and non-profit companies. He is active in the Greater Carlisle Chamber of Commerce and serves as Executive Director of the Carlisle Area OIC Learning Center. Dale has two daughters and lives in Carlisle with his wife.

Mike’s firm has been heavily involved in the use of the entire Teleometrics product line for over 25 years. The firm’s Teleometrics-based work emphasizes an extensive leadership culture change process called "The Achieving Manager Experience". Mike introduced Teleometrics to LMI in 2001.

Mike holds both engineering and business degrees at the masters level and is a registered professional engineer. He is also a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Mike served in the United States Air Force, on active duty and as a reservist, and his career, before entering the training and development field with LMI, included engineering and management positions in aircraft operations, rotary wing flight test, and systems engineering.

Mike is co-founder and charter member of Catalyst, a national organization dedicated to furthering the state-of-the-art in training and development. Mike is included in Who’s Who in The United States and a variety of other reference publications.

Gregory S. Chelap is the President and a Director of Venture Exit Partners, LLC . Greg is also a partner in the law firm of Skarlatos & Zonarich LLP. He has extensive experience in advising business owners and their families on matters relating to financial, tax and management strategies for building and conserving wealth. He works closely with business owners and their families to plan and implement business exit planning strategies.  

Greg Chelap concentrates his practice on the representation of businesses and business owners. He has extensive experience in advising business owners and their families on matters relating to financial, tax and management strategies for building and conserving wealth. Mr. Chelap regularly represents business owners in planning, structuring and negotiating acquisitions and sales, start-ups, private placement financings, joint ventures, and many other business transactions. Mr. Chelap works closely with business owners and their families to plan and implement business exit planning and succession planning strategies. He regularly facilitates business advisory boards and prepares restrictive employment, shareholder and limited liability company agreements to accomplish the most efficient transfer of ownership, management and control of the business. To accomplish his clients' estate plans, Mr. Chelap prepares all forms of estate planning documents including wills, family limited partnerships, powers of attorney, grantor trusts, marital trusts, multi-generational trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts and charitable trusts. Prior to joining Skarlatos & Zonarich, Mr. Chelap held several financial advisory positions including: Chief Financial Officer of a waste disposal and recycling company; Corporate Finance Consultant for a business development and government relations company; and, Trust Officer for a national bank. 

Patrick J. Below is a leading strategic thinker and business consultant specializing in the areas of strategy and growth for small and medium-sized companies. He founded his company, The Below Group, in 1970, in affiliation with Leadership Management, Inc. In the past 35 years, his company has worked with over 150 small and medium-sized clients across a wide variety of industrial and service sectors.

He is author of two books on planning: The Executive Guide to Strategic Planning and The Executive Guide to Operational Planning. His third book, The CEO Challenge, was published in July, 2004.

Allen Raffetto has a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, with emphasis in cognitive processes, statistics, and psychometrics. Psychometrics is the branch of psychology that deals with administration and interpretation of quantitive tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality traits. He is under contract with LMI in addition to running his own LMI assessment business. He is the host / moderator of the Assessments tele-training series, assists in assessments certification and works on special projects with LMI where his background proves valuable.

He earned a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University, a M.A. at San Francisco University, and a Ph.D. at the University of North Dakota . He taught at several universities and was chairman of the Psychology Department at Beloit College. He has over 30 years of business experience emphasizing assessments, cognitive processes and job-related behaviors. Al has been a LMI Franchisee since 1998. He has been a member of the American Psychological Association and Sigma XI, a Scientific Society.

Paul Hindelang is a manufacturing consultant, quality engineer, and productivity/leadership trainer. Paul has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a M.S.A. in Human Resources from Central Michigan University.

He is involved in the ESD, ASQ, APICS, and the Troy Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, Paul is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, a Certified Quality Auditor, a Certified Mechanical Inspector, a Certified Reliability Engineer, a Certified Quality Manager, Certified Quality Technician and Certified Program Facilitator. He is also APICS certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Integrated Resource Management (CIRM), an ISO9000 Lead Auditor (RAB IATCA Sr. Auditor #QI04940), and has been approved for QS-9000 Auditing by the Automotive Industry Action Group.

Author and Leadership Management, Inc. Founder

Paul J. Meyer became interested at an early age in the principles of personal development and professional excellence. He applied what he had learned about success through goal setting to his chosen career of professional sales and became a millionaire by the age of twenty-seven. He soon moved into sales management and began to teach success principles to the members of his organization. As Meyer's expertise empowered incredible numbers of individuals, requests for knowledge and instruction multiplied worldwide.

In 1960, Meyer founded a corporation dedicated to "motivating people to their full potential."^® In 1966 LMI was founded to expand into working with companies to develop the leadership skills of people. This company has grown to international prominence. It markets a comprehensive line of full-length programs and courses committed to helping people achieve their goals and enjoy greater success. Produced in 23 languages with others now in preparation, these materials are marketed throughout the United States and in more than 60 countries around the world. Combined sales exceed $2 billion worldwide, which surpasses the sales of any other self-improvement author, living or deceased.

During the years in which the company has attained worldwide recognition, Meyer has received three doctorate degrees and a special citation from the Haggai Institute of Advanced Leadership in Singapore. Meyer has been quoted and featured by more than 200 authors in their own books and has received awards from more than 50 civic and business organizations all over the world. Two books have been written about him – The Story of Paul J. Meyer, published in both English and Japanese, and Paul J. Meyer and the Art of Giving, which illustrates Meyer's principles of success and significance in all areas of life.

Paul J. Meyer's expertise has brought him worldwide renown and respect. Honors and awards bestowed upon him are numerous; here are some of the commendations recognizing Meyer's achievements:

• International Man of the Year
• 20th Century Award for Achievement
• Most Admired Man of the Decade
• World Lifetime Achievement Award
• International Dictionary of Global Business Leaders
• International Cultural Diploma of Honor
• Personalities of America
• Who's Who Registry of Global Business Leaders
• Hall of Fame for Investment Excellence
• International Directory of Distinguished Leadership
• Men of Achievement
• International Who's Who of Intellectuals
• Men's Inner Circle of Achievement
• The Biographical Roll of Honor
• Silver Shield of Valor
• The International Order of Merit
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry
• Dictionary of International Biography
• Most Admired Men & Women of the Year
• Distinguished Citizen Award, Boy Scouts of America
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Life Fellow of the International Biographical Associates
• Who's Who Worldwide

Paul J. Meyer and his wife Jane live in Waco, Texas, the location of the international corporate headquarters. The Meyer family – all have followed in Meyer's example of achievement and success – includes three sons, two daughters, and several grandchildren. As a family, the Meyers are principal owners of more than 40 corporations dealing in personal development, education, computer software, finance, real estate, printing, manufacturing, vinyl products, fiberglass, aviation, auto racing, legal insurance, and charities. In all his business endeavors around the world, Meyer uses the principles he presents in his writings.

Commitment and drive for success in his hobbies match those Meyer exhibits in his business life. He is an avid reader, and in sports he enjoys mountain climbing, hiking, snow skiing, cycling, scuba diving, and tennis. His photography is masterful, and he enjoys collecting antique cars, specializing in 1936 Fords. Meyer gives balanced attention not only to his hobbies but to personal growth in every area of his life. His personality is marked by curiosity, innovativeness, decisiveness, and a consuming belief in the potential of every individual for success.

The heart of every Paul J. Meyer program is the Plan of Action for goals achievement, developed by Meyer through decades of research and testing. Meyer's programs and courses have produced sales unmatched by the works of any other living author in these fields of personal and professional excellence. These materials have empowered countless individuals to greater achievement, fulfilling Paul J. Meyer's vision of "motivating people to their full potential."^®