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Gary Smolinski
Construction District Manager
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
Craig Dashner
Structural Project Manager
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
Al McComb
Construction Group Manager
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
Rich Pierson
Water & Wastewater
Management Consulting
Gull Lake
Sewer & Water Authority
R. Marlin Sumner
Senior Project Engineer
Anderson, Eckstein & Westrick, Inc.
Orrin MacMurray
President & CFO
C & S Engineers, Inc.
Jay Shah
President
Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc.
Dan Fredendall
Executive Vice President
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.

Chuck Daniels

Executive Vice President
NextiraOne

Brian McManus
Executive Vice President
InfoSpace Search & Directory
InfoSpace, Inc.
Bob Carlyon
Utilities Water Department
City of Flint
William Costick
Director of Community Relations
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
Alicia Shankland
Vice President Human Resources
InfoSpace, Inc.
"When I entered the Unrational Leadership Program through Project Innovations, I knew I would be going through a new journey. Just the idea of keeping a dream journal was not something I was looking forward to. I thought that it was a kind of off the wall idea, but I kept an open mind and gave it a try. I started to record my dreams in a journal, but I wasn't sure what the dreams meant. After having the dreams interpolated, and being told what the symbols represent, I started to see that there really might be some correlation between my dreams and the questions I had deep down in my unconsciousness. In fact, the dreams were actually bringing the questions from my unconscious side to my conscious side. Now I try to interpolate all my dreams to find out what my unconscious is trying to tell me."
"The Unrational Leadership program takes you to places you have not been before, your unrational side. The program is enjoyable, does not seem like work, nor like a transformation, but you learn and grow from going through it. You find yourself thinking differently, acting differently, and responding differently as a result of opening up the unrational side of thinking. You may not know when or how you have changed, but the change will be evident by the end of the program. You have to be willing to open up and look within using an open mind, and you are rewarded if you do."
"Your writings and discussions have allowed me to view business relations and myself from a different perspective. As technical people, we must make sure that when we communicate or relate to others such as clients and lay people, that we do so in a manner that they can understand, appreciate and respect. Having insight into how others perceive you and how someone perceives themselves is important in the communications/relationship process."
"We were amazed that (through Mr. Fleetham's techniques) our negotiations became discussions, our positions became less rigid and we discovered common ground we hadn't walked on before. Our entrenchment within our long standing/historical issues was softened with Mr. Fleetham's approach, to a point where we collectively wanted to move forward and reach agreement, first in principal, then in substance."
"Charlie Fleetham is a master in keeping a group with several levels of education, their own loyalties and agendas and guiding them into a common outcome. He is very open minded about final direction and never appears discouraged about the outcome. His goal is to obtain the direction of the assembled group. He is also very astute when the group is floundering and is quick to reassign the problem when the discussion is heading for an impasse. He is well prepared for the current session. Some of his icebreakers are far out. They probably serve the purpose of settling the nerves of a diverse group of educated individuals. I never felt that they were a waste of time since they were always appeared to be productive."
"Charlie Fleetham has a great way of getting to the essence of peoples concerns through private interviews before a group session. He than uses this input to construct a visual that displays these concerns, a Mandala he calls it, in a highly thought provoking and clear way which helps groups get sensitive issues out on the table without negative confrontation."
"After a national search, Spalding DeDecker Associates selected Charlie Fleetham for facilitating its Strategic Plan. We wanted someone who is familiar with our industry at the same time can help us think out of a box. We are very happy with the plan that we created with their help. We are sending two of our up and coming leaders to the Executive Leadership training series as an extent to our continuous quest to be great."
"Charles Fleetham has been a catalyst for change at Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment. His "unrational leadership" mixed with facilitation skills really open people up, helping us think and explore problems/opportunities in new, more effective ways. We have a higher energy level in our organization and a stronger commitment to follow-through after our involvement with Charlie. We will be sending a member of our leadership team to the ACEC-MI Executive Leadership Series."
"Often during my 20 year professional career, I would find myself every few years tripping over the same personal "speed bumps" in my leadership and interpersonal skills. That was before I was introduced to Charlie and his Jungian-based approach to maximizing my leadership skills by learning to integrate my conscience and subconscious into one powerful approach for achieving professional and personal success. There comes a time in every executive's life when they realize that they have mastered the skills and maximized the efficiency of every major aspect of their chosen profession, however, there will also be a nagging suspicion that there is something missing, and that something is internal, not external. Charlie's book helps executives understand how to fill that void and starts them on their journey to the second half of life."
"Charlie has done a remarkable job in helping me build teamwork by pointing out what unconscious forces are at play, how to recognize those forces, and how to turn those unconscious forces into positive energy. While that may sound ephemeral, Charlie's methods really work."
"Lots of people serve as facilitators for group retreats and planning sessions, but few do it as well as Charlie. Charlie has a knack for realizing when a focus group is getting "out of focus" and gently steering them back on track. The "ice breakers" that Charlie uses do a fabulous job of kicking off a meeting. The subtle, often humorous, sometimes decidedly offbeat exercises really get people started relating to one another."
"Charlie's teachings taught us to recognize our dark side, our shadow that keeps us from unleashing our full potential; Taught us how to look at concepts that can move us from being good to great; Taught us to look at challenges or adversity as a journey, a process that has monsters to overcome and how to identify inner resources leading to success; Taught us to be aware of our dreams and to try and identify if they are speaking to our daily challenges or situations in life."
"Charlie's magic comes from using unconventional tools and techniques that move people out of corporate ruts. When Charlie first asks participants to share stories, draw Mandalas, or interpret each other's dreams, you see some initial hesitation; but it takes only a few minutes for people to leave behind their skepticism and start to approach their hardest-to-solve problems and most frustrating work relationships with a new sense of openness, wonder, and innovation.

I've seen Charlie move a struggling group of senior leaders from a disjointed, infighting, and dispirited low point into a productive, hopeful, unifying strategic planning session. This occurred in just two short sessions. How? I couldn't tell anyone how to replicate his work. He blends innovative ideas from outside the corporate world with all of the rock-solid basics of team building, facilitation, and executive coaching. If you hire him, you just have to sit back and watch him do his unique transformations."