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Ed Oakley
Chief Executive Officer

Founder of ELS and co-author of "Enlightened Leadership; Getting to the Heart of Change", Ed has been a consultant both domestically and internationally. He specializes in project turn-arounds, change efforts and quality initiatives.

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Jonette Crowley
Senior Consultant

Co-author of Making Managers Into Leaders audio series, Jonette is particularly effective with top leadership teams and high-tech organizations. Jonette has been called a highly energetic and engaging consultant as she incorporates stories from her extensive adventures from around the world.

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Ed Oakley , C.S.P.
Chief Executive Officer

Ed is the Chairman and CEO of Enlightened Leadership Solutions, Inc., a training and consulting company, where he has had the opportunity to put his leadership concepts to work.

Ed received his undergraduate degree in engineering from North Carolina State University and a Masters degree in engineering from Stanford University .

Ed Oakley spent 15 years in the computer industry and has been on a quest for over 25 years to understand how to bring out the very best in people.

Ed founded the firm now called Enlightened Leadership Solutions, Inc. in 1987. He is co-author of the best selling business book "Enlightened Leadership: Getting To The Heart Of Change" (Simon & Schuster), now in its 30th printing. Ed has authored numerous articles on "Adventures in Enlightened Leadership", published in the book Leadership in a New Era, and an article titled "The Role of Enlightened Leadership in Cultural Change", published in the Journal of Innovative Management. He is co-author of the audio and video training series, "Making Managers Into Leaders".

Ed has consulted in Europe , Australia and Asia for organizations challenged with major change, including those involved with quality initiatives, re-engineering, "right-sizing", etc. He specializes in turning around challenging project and change efforts.
 
 
 
 

Jonette Crowley
Senior Consultant

Jonette Crowley is Senior Vice President. She is co-author of the "Making Managers Into Leaders" audio and video training courses.

Jonette's corporate experience has been in management in high-tech consulting and software firms. She has worked for Andersen Consulting and Oracle in the U.S. and for Logica in Australia . She has been a national sales and marketing executive as well as the overall manager for large-scale software development projects. Jonette brings a big-picture, results oriented focus to our clients.She is particularly effective with top leadership teams and high-tech organizations.

A highly energetic and engaging facilitator and consultant, Jonette brings stories from her extensive adventures around the world. She works with leadership groups in developing shared vision, personal responsibility, goal orientation, and developing a culture of openness and trust. Jonette's international experience has brought her successful training in places such as Japan , Europe , China , and Indonesia .
 
 

George A. Metanias
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

George A. Metanias is the Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Enlightened Leadership Solutions. He is responsible for running day-to-day operations of the organization.

George received his undergraduate degree from DePaul University in Chicago , Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables , Florida .

George is a Senior Multi-Disciplined Executive with over 15 years of experience in turning around organizations and helping them move to a higher level of performance. George has a proven record of accomplishments in several industries including broad general management leadership in operations, business development, strategic planning, start-ups, turnarounds and legal matters.

George is responsible for executing on the aggressive business plans of Enlightened Leadership Solutions to become a worldwide organizational development learning and consulting leader.

 
 
 
 
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