Ellen PatnaudeEllen Patnaude has always been fascinated by how a person's nature and nurture combined causes them to interact with the people around them. She is a Detroit native, and graduated from Alma College with a BA in Biology & French. She thought she wante to be Jacque Cousteau, but her first few science-based jobs pointed clearly towards working with people. She worked for several years as a community organizer in Indiana and Ohio. Returning to Michigan in 2005, her reputation followed her for challenging people to see and be a better version of themselves, and the phone started ringing. Since then, Ellen has built an internationally recognized company supporting individuals and teams in becoming everyone's favorite leaders. Ellen is a credentialed PCC-level Executive Coach (from the International Coach Federation (ICF), and certified in multiple assessment tools, including the AcuMax Index(R), MRG's Leadership Effectiveness Analysis LEA360(R) and Leadership Culture(R) assessments, Genos International's Emotional Intelligence toolkit, and Equine-Guided Learning practices from Innovative Horizons. Ellen lives in mid-Michigan with her wife, Dani, at least one and as many as three teenagers at any given time, three cats, and a dog with way too much energy. Read More Read Less