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Rodger BlakerRodger Blaker is a Professional Certified Business/Executive Coach who is an expert at helping business owners / entrepreneurs, professionals achieve extraordinary results. He is an experienced Leadership Coach, Facilitator, Workshop Leader and Speaker.

Rodger brings years of practical leadership and business experience to his approach with clients. He specializes in supporting his clients to develop their leadership and management skills. He works with individuals, teams, and organizations to create and utilize systems that support learning and development. He believes that personal and professional development is optimally achieved through understanding mindsets and behaviors in actual personal and professional contexts.

Rodger works with his clients to explore how they understand and leverage their experiences in order to become better leaders. He helps clients look at opportunities and problems to stimulate their creative thinking on how to lead more effectively through challenge and change. His style is to encourage leaders to take stock of and build upon their strengths. He works particularly well with leaders who need to deepen their emotional intelligence skills, and he helps them to translate these skills into actions, leading to improved results for their organizations.

Prior to stepping into the coaching arena full time in 2003, Rodger spent 25 years in Project Management leadership roles. He worked for large corporations where he supported his business clients in developing strategies for enhancing their business – through technology efficiencies. Often, his responsibilities included coaching and mentoring his clients, coworkers and members on his staff.

In his personal life, Rodger has led groups of medical, dental and support teams to Brazil to deliver aid to villagers living in remote areas on the Amazon River. He also has a passion for spending time outdoors fly fishing in the Rockies or working with and training horses.

Recent Engagements

  • Independent Financial Planner to lay out a success action plan and holding him accountable for consistent positive action. As a result he doubled his assets under management in one year.
  • Family Law attorney by challenging her to enhance the belief that she deserves great personal and financial success. As a result, she was financially able to purchase her dream home three years earlier than she had originally thought possible.
  • Entrepreneur through his relocation from Dallas to New York City and his pursuit of great achievement in the “Big Apple”. As a result after relocating he landed dream assignment to lead project to develop new consumer web site for high profile business lady’s company.
  • Call Center Manager as he struggled with his internal battle with feeling like a victim. As a result of our work together, he has successfully shifted his thinking to an attitude of gratitude.
  • Former SVP of a world class Hospitality Company as she created a start up company with specific focus on improving her conflict resolution issues to become a decisive calculating decision maker.
  • President and owner of a credit card services company to help him improve his organization and team building skills and to develop a future exit strategy plan.
  • Lead attorney and owner of a successful law practice to improve his delegation skills so that he could spend more time with family and outside interest.
  • VP of marketing for a high end retailer to help her redirect energy and resources while her company navigated through the down turn of the economy.
  • Seven directors of a fortune 50 computer technology company to improve in areas such as team building, time management, listening skills, conflict resolution, communication and strategic planning.
  • Lead scientist at a premier west coast university to help her improve conflict resolution, communication and time management skills as she engaged her newly created research department with the objective for finding a cure for diabetes.
  • COO of Construction Company to improve his communication, because his discounting and demeaning communication style was demoralizing his team and co-workers.
  • Vice President of operations for a food service company to improve his organization and delegating skills so that he could redirect energy to implement his strategies for the company’s growth.
  • Top sales performer in a financial services organization to overcome internal struggle of holding back to stepping up in a more visible leadership role.
  • Led workshop for law firm using DiSC as the training tool to help improve team atmosphere through better understanding and appreciation of each other’s communication styles.

    Professional Affiliations

  • CoachU Coaching Program Graduate
  • Business of Banking Leadership Program Cornell University
  • Project Management Certification (PMP) through PMI
  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through International Coach Federation



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