How did Strategic Leadership Development International begin?

Strategic Leadership Development International grew out of Dr. Mike Armour's decades of part-time work as an organizational consultant and executive coach. During those years he consulted primarily in the non-profit sector, but also did extensive executive coaching with leaders from the corporate world.

Early in 2001 he began Execu-Coach Associates and made executive coaching his full-time pursuit. The firm quickly expanded in scope as companies tapped Execu-Coach Associates to assist both in setting strategic direction and in developing leadership teams. To reflect this broader mission, Dr. Armour repackaged the company in 2004 and renamed it Strategic Leadership Development International (SLDI).

Execu-Coach Associates continues as a component of MCAPS Group, serving as the umbrella organization under which SLDI puts together teams of independent coaches to customize leadership development programs for specific clients.

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Who is part of Strategic Leadership Development International?

Dr. Mike Armour is the president of MCA Professional Services Group, LLC and the principal in Strategic Leadership Development International. His wife Fran is the vice-president, with primary responsibiity for marketing, logistics, and customer relations.

Dr. Armour maintains a network of colleagues who team with him on a project-by-project basis. These include other executive coaches, business coaches, and consultants with whom he has worked for years. This gives SLDI the flexibility to customize a leadership development program for your specific needs and draw on the very best people for that program.

SLDI also works jointly with national and international consulting and coaching firms such as Korn-Ferry International, Optimance/Workforce Strategies, and the Global Coaching Network. From this network he can put together effective coaching, consulting, and training teams for a host of corporate and organizational needs.

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What kind of businesses and organizations do you serve?

We work with a wide variety of businesses, professional partnerships, non-profits, and government agencies. Recent coaching and consulting clients have included entrepreneurs, CEOs, mid-level and senior executives, bankers, brokers, attorneys, doctors, medical administrators, financial advisors, ministers, consultants, real estate developers, travel specialists, and commissioned sales reps, among others.

Corporate clients have included Nortel, Raytheon, Textron-Bell Helicopter, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, FritoLay, Honda, TXU Electric Delivery, Comerica Bank, Bank of America, Baylor Health Care Systems, Southern Methodist University, McAfee Software, UBS Wealth Management, and Greyhound Travel Services.

In addition, we provide extensive assistance to privately-held companies, including those who want to position themselves to go public or to be attractive for acquisition. Among the private-companies we have helped are Bankers Financial Mortgage, Abilita, PartnerSource, Blackhill Partners, Cain Capital, Argent Properties, and Three Architecture, along with a variety of professional partnerships.

In the non-profit arena we have extensive experience with private schools, churches, parachurch ministries, political campaigns, community organizations, and fund-raising.

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What parts of the country do you serve?

We serve clients nationwide and gladly accept overseas assignments. We have purposefully located Strategic Leadership Development International in Dallas, Texas in order to be centrally located for air travel in the U.S. and to have convenient international connections.

Dr. Armour himself has extensive international experience, with graduate degrees in international relations and first-hand training and consulting experience in Russia, Ukraine, Austria, the Balkans, South Korea, Canada, Great Britain, and Latin America. He is also CEO of an international non-profit with offices and operations in Russia, Ukraine, and a dozen other nations of Eastern Europe.

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What Are Your Fees?

Because we customize every engagement, we find it best to discuss fees only after we have met with you in a free preliminary consultation to establish:

• the specific needs you face
• the scope of the assistance you are asking us to provide
• the length of time for the engagement
• the frequency of our coaching, mentoring, or consulting sessions

We prefer to work on a flat fee basis, so that you know from the outset what your total investment will be. We utilize seasoned, highly professional coaches and consultants, and our fees are appropriate for specialists of this calibre. In general, our fees are comparable to those you would pay to obtain quality legal counsel, with discounts available for non-profits and micro-businesses.

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Does MCAPS Group provide other services?

MCA Professional Services Group, LLC also has a publishing arm (LifeThemes Press®) that distributes books, tapes, and other materials developed by Dr. Mike Armour or other leadership development professional. Through Keynotes and More™, another MCAPS Group affiliate, Dr. Armour is also available for keynote speeches and breakout sessions for conventions, conferences, or major corporate events and off-sites.

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