Meet Our Team

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Lisa Ames

Founder and President of Catalyst Consulting Group

Lisa Ames is the Founder and President of Catalyst Consulting Group, a company focused on helping organizations thrive through the development of their leaders, increasing team effectiveness and increasing the engagement/wellbeing of their employees.

Catalyst Consulting Group offers strengths-based consulting services for the entire organization, including:: executive coaching, strength and engagement workshops and a number of strengths and engagement series.  Since founding Catalyst Consulting in 2015, Lisa has been focused on delivering results and helping organizations achieve excellence through developing leaders and teaching them to use their strengths to meet professional and organizational goals.

Prior to founding Catalyst Consulting, Lisa spent 15 years as a front-line manager of high performing sales teams at Pfizer, the world’s largest pharmaceutical company. In her corporate career, Lisa transformed her leadership style through an in-depth study and implementation of the Gallup Strengths body of work and Employee Engagement (Q12) practice that is the foundation of her consulting and coaching today. With Lisa’s enriched leadership approach, she strengthened her team’s culture, significantly increased employee engagement, increased productivity and retained top talent driving exceptional sales performance. 

Lisa’s practical experience leading through change at Pfizer and helping organizations build strength-based cultures at Catalyst Consulting provides the necessary experience and expertise to drive desired business outcomes.

Our Coaches:

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Jennifer

Gallup Certified Coach
Jennifer is a Gallup Certified coach and trusted advisor, helping organizations improve performance strategies, minimize mindless adoption of routines, and make sure work matches task requirements. She enjoys working with mission-driven organizations that are working for lasting impact.
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Clay

Gallup Certified Coach
Clay is Gallup Certified & Emotional Intelligence Coach that provides a variety of consulting and coaching services with team building, facilitation, business development, organizational management, and executive coaching being specialties of his craft. Clay combines a high level of expertise from extensive training with a lively and engaging communication style. The result is a professional and practical experience that delivers enjoyment and invaluable returns for both the individual and team.
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Starr

Gallup Certified Coach
Starr is a Gallup Certified Coach with over 30 years experience in a variety of disciplines, including: operations, sales, brand, labor relations, human resources, leadership development and diversity and inclusion.   Starr helps navigate teams and organizations through changes with a focus on innovative leadership development programs to maximize profits and market share.