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Jon L. Iveson, Ph.D. is Founder and President of Enlightened Living Inc, a leading resource for helping growth companies, executives, and individuals achieve their goals. Jon also leads an international network of people focused on helping companies, executives, and individuals to Survive and Thrive in Tough Times.

Enlightened Living, Inc. has several key partnerships and alliances with locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized thought leaders and service providers in order to help address the most critical needs of an organization or executive. He spends most of his time facilitating and coaching entrepreneurs and executives on strategic planning, the Rockefeller Habits, and other key growth tools.

As a certified Gazelles Inc. Coaching Partner, Jon brings world class thinking, tools, and resources to high growth entrepreneurs in the Midwest. His LEARNING to be a ChampionTM system empowers his clients to experience greater success, improved effectiveness, and a higher quality of life. Jon's strengths include expertise and breakthrough results in strategy, leadership, management, and sustained growth.

Services include:

• Strategic and business planning
• Facilitation of planning, company retreats, and breakthrough advancements
• Business coaching
• Executive and team coaching
• Leadership and management coaching
• Marketing strategy and messaging
• Sales force evaluation and improvement tools
• Organizational and hiring assessment tools
• Team building and development
• Keynote and general session presentations
• Personal Coaching

Prior to Enlightened Living, Jon spent three years creating innovative entrepreneurship education and outreach outcomes at Ohio State's Center for Entrepreneurship in the Max M. Fisher College of Business. He joined the Center prior to its launch on November 30, 2001 and during his first full year as Director, Entrepreneur Magazine recognized Ohio State's Fisher College of Business as a top tier entrepreneurship university/college for its comprehensive entrepreneurship agenda.

Jon joined Ohio State in 1992 and has twelve years of experience with "intrapreneurship" at the university. He also has professional experiences as a manufacturing supervisor for General Motors, an assistant basketball coach at the NCAA Division III level, a head basketball coach for a Connecticut high school, an instructor for Clarkson University's Management School, and a certified facilitator for First Things First, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Principle-Centered Leadership at The Ohio State University.

Jon received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and a Masters of Science in Management Systems in 1990 from Clarkson University where he played and coached college basketball. He earned a Ph.D. in Sport Management from The Ohio State University in 2000. A native of upstate New York, Jon and his family reside in Columbus, Ohio.

Contact Jon at 877-342-4267 or jiveson@learningtobeachampion.com. Read Jon's weekly blog on Thriving during Tough Times at http://www.learningtobeachampion.com/blog/

Testimonials:

"It is my pleasure to recommend Jon Iveson. His coaching ignited the passion of our CEO and while simultaneously providing the team with an open forum to discuss goals, solutions, issues/complications, and accountabilities. Our team benefited by his meeting format, which allowed flexibility in our discussion, but prevented us from going off on tangents. (a miracle in itself) Jon is an extremely insightful individual."
-- Sharon Schivitz, President, TSC

"I have had the pleasure of working with Jon for 7 years while he supported entrepreneurs in a variety of roles and finally transitioned to a full-time entrepreneur himself. He has the highest integrity and both his clients and his friends enjoy his complete dedication and energy."
-- Derek Harp, Founder and Managing Member, Sable Lion Ventures, LLC

"Jon is an excellent teacher and facilitator. He helped us quickly grasp the concepts and tools of the Rockefeller Habits results process. He has been great at keeping us on task, diffusing tension, and helping us create real results from our fierce conversations. He's helped us build a team that is positioned to surpass the $10 million revenue hurdle this year."
-- Walt Nelson, Owner and CEO, Captiva Direct

"Jon's recent work with our staff has been nothing short of remarkable. Predictably he has been superb in his ability and effectiveness in organizing, facilitating, leading, and challenging our entire staff in the strategic realignment of our department within the largest institution of higher education in the country. He has exceeded our expectations and has encouraged us and provided the tools to continue stretching as an entire organization."
-- J. Michael Dunn, Director, The Ohio State University

"Jon is a great communicator, easy to listen to, and makes it easy for us to absorb the Rockefeller Habits information. He has helped us create focus on the most important thing for our company, improve communication through meeting rhythms, elevate accountability and performance, and clearly understand our brand promise that separates us from our competition and will fuel our growth. This has been the best investment we made as a company in the last few years."
-- Daniel Schivitz, Owner and CEO, Horizon Personnel

• "Great job, very helpful on an individual level!"
• "Excellent presenter - made the session very enjoyable."
• "Jon has a lot of great insight and worked hard to make sure everyone understood the process and steps."
• "Jon is a great speaker and is easy to learn from."
• "Good communicator. Very good at answering questions and problem solving."
• "Jon is a natural. He also made himself available before and after class."

-- Rockefeller Habits Workshop Participants

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