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Are you considering coaching but not sure if it’s right for you? Any leader or high-performer who has the desire to learn and grow would benefit from coaching. Coaching is regarded as a badge of honor and can provide an opportunity to explore challenges and solutions in work relationships and other business matters. Coaching is right for youRead more

DRILLS™ is an industry think tank event on Leadership, Legacy and Succession. Over 50 attendees, both men and women, gathered during LAGCOE 2015 for an interactive conversation on retaining women in their companies and advancing their careers in energy. We answered critical questions around what resources, tools and forums women need to be successful inRead more

EXCELERANT is proud to announce the recent accomplishments of two coaches who have achieved the next level of professional credentials in support of their commitment to providing high-quality coaching support to our clients.   In February 2014, Christina Harper Olivier received her Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Credential for the proven coach from the International Coach Federation. ToRead more

February 25, 2015 – The Energy Leadership Academy, a joint venture between Safety Management Systems, LLC (SMS) and Excelerant, honored its 22 inaugural program graduates on February 25 and 26, 2015. The program is designed for leaders in the energy industry with less than 5 years of experience managing others and professional leaders without directRead more

LAFAYETTE, LA – September 8, 2014 – EXCELERANT, one of the country’s top individual leadership and executive team development companies, will be recognized for the fourth consecutive year as one of the 2014 LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses in the World. Christina Burton Harper is managing partner and co-founder of EXCELERANT and a graduateRead more

How do you choose to spend your time? Unless you have been able to clone yourself, you have the same 24 hours in a day as the rest of us to get your “to do list” completed. And these 24 hours never seem to be enough. The quality of our lives at work and homeRead more

Are you thinking about starting a formal succession plan in your business? We know that busy business owners would rather visit customers and focus on business operations or anything else before turning time and attention to succession planning.  If this sounds like you, here is some advice from Excelerant Partner Jennifer Adcock, MS, CSP (Certified Succession Planner), SPHR (Senior Professional inRead more

Excelerant, in partnership with LAGCOE-Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition, is presenting the first LAGCOE DRILLS think tank event on Thursday Oct. 24, 2013. The panel event is designed as an interactive dialogue between senior executives, the next generation of industry leaders and audience members on the subjects of LEADERSHIP, LEGACY and SUCCESSION. David H. Welch |Read more

As a company leader, you are responsible for defining and executing your company’s business plan – finance, operations, business development and people. Executives in today’s industry are thinking strategically about the three main areas: company culture, leadership succession planning, and accountability.  The article “Step 1: Think. Step 2: Lead,” by Elise Bouchner and Manuel F.Read more

Congratulations to EXCELERANT partners Elise Bouchner and Jennifer Adcock on receiving their Certified Succession Planner (CSP) certification. Owners and heads of growing companies can use certified succession planners to: 1) assess the capability of business ownership and management to endure the challenges of business succession, 2) interpret and communicate succession assets, liabilities and develop anRead more