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Forest Guider · Founder & principal

Practical work.
Human possibility.

Leadership and workforce development, communication training, and executive coaching.

I help people and organizations think creatively, communicate honestly, and navigate change with greater clarity.

My work brings together training, facilitation, mindfulness, and workforce strategy. That can mean preparing for one important conversation or helping an organization connect people, programs, and opportunity. The thread is helping people act on what matters to them while staying connected to the people their choices affect.

For more than 15 years, I’ve designed learning and development experiences across public agencies, creative businesses, and global teams. Selected clients include The Walt Disney Company, Netflix, and The Economist.

I served as a FUSE Executive Fellow with the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services from 2025 to 2026, and continue that work as an executive consulting partner.

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Forest Guider
Consultant · Facilitator · Executive coach
Los Angeles · In person & virtual

Built around people.

Learn by doing.

Workshops combine discussion, reflection, and working sessions, with different ways to participate.

Work with what’s real.

Coaching makes space for your actual challenges, choices, and next steps.

Make values visible.

Respect, care, and fairness become meaningful in the choices we make: who gets heard, how we give feedback, and whether opportunity is accessible.

Connect the pieces.

Systems work connects strategy to the people who will put it into practice.

“Impact per day
beats dollars per day.”
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