About Us
P.A.W. Focused On Preparing You For What’s Next
P.A.W. focuses on improving performance by creating more agile individuals and teams. We do this through deep expertise researching what makes leaders, teams and organizations Thrive.
The methods used in Pivoting grows individuals own self-awareness and other-awareness to create deep understanding of which behaviors must be brought forward in order to achieve the best results.
P.A.W. utilizes experiential and real-world applications in everything we do to ensure that the people we work with see immediate benefits.
When working on conflict, P.A.W. focuses attention on individual conflict triggers and provides insight on the origins of those triggers and not how to mange those, but how to identify triggers before they occur. That is the power of Pivoting.
Our Origins
While coaching and consulting leaders, leaders continually asked for advice on how to get employees to be more responsive to their leadership. It became clear through working with leaders that the problem wasn’t with employees’ hearing, it was with how leaders’ are perceived and through their actions that leaders’ inability to pivot was the problem.
It became clear that their were three primary core areas where leaders were perceived as either “good” or “mediocre” or “I need to get away”. For a leader to be viewed as competent, they must be:
Admired
Respected
Trusted
by those who are critical to their success.
P.A.W. identified Six Characteristics of an Agile Leader.
The Six Characteristics of an Agile Leader
Each of these characteristics are interdependent, which characteristics a leader must bring forward is dependent upon what is needed by the Organization, the Environment and the People.
That is what Pivoting works to do. Understand how to lead with intent by understanding which behaviors are best suited to ensure that You, the Organization and your People will THRIVE.
That is the power of Pivoting.
Executive Coaching Bio Briefs
Trusted Advisors, Deep Experience, Responsible Guidance.
P.A.W. Coaches have faced the same challenges . . . they can help you create new habits to face what’s next.
Larry R. Nordhagen
Larry is the CEO, Founder, Consultant, and Executive Coach at P.A.W.
Larry has 30 years of experience in organization development, executive development, and consulting. Larry has worked extensively both inside and outside organizations in various leadership positions; Larry has coached and trained individuals from over 21 countries. As a consultant, Larry has worked with a variety of industries in vertical markets including healthcare, biomedical, retail, and energy; including UHG, MinuteClinic, SciMed, and Best Buy.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Executive Leadership, Emerging Leaders, Collaboration, Negotiation, Conflict, Influence, Change, Process Improvement, Next Step Readiness, Engagement
Engagements: P.A.W. services, Executive Coaching, Executive Program Advisory, Learning Strategy, Strategy Development
Jon Dehne
Mr. Dehne is a Principal at Sitation, LLC.
Jon’s a senior leader with consistent achievements in building and executing a clear vision, implementing operational best practices, and developing and deploying next phase growth strategy as an executive for multibillion-dollar companies. Executive leadership background includes Solera Holdings, Advance Auto Parts, and Best Buy Company. Extensive experience spearheading and sponsoring major corporate projects/initiatives, recruitment and development of top talent, and effectively integrating newly acquired businesses.
Jon is currently engaged in Sitation Client Management, MoveFWD Development Committee Chair, and is The Marx Group Advisory Board Member.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Strategy, Transformation, Operations, Process Improvement, Organizational Readiness, and Business Development.
Engagements: Executive Coaching
Jane Kuhn
Jane is a Human Resources and Organizational Change Management Consultant.
Jane has 25 years of experience in organization development, human resources management, and communications. Jane has held several leadership roles in various industries including healthcare, financial services, retail, and manufacturing for organizations including UHG, GMAC, Best Buy, and Toro. With her Ph.D. research in organizational culture, she has taught undergraduate, graduate, and executive education courses at several colleges/universities.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Executive Leadership, Emerging Leaders, Executive Presence, Change, Relationship Building, Organizational Culture, Diversity & Inclusion
Engagements: Executive Coaching, Pivot for Change Success
Jean Ruotsinoja
Jean has 30 years experience working inside and outside organizations to improve performance through working directly with executives and teams. Jean’s career has focused on building stellar teams and leaders’ skills to enhance business performance and transform organizations’ cultures. She has worked internationally in healthcare, energy, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications and service industries.
Jean has worked extensively with leadership teams to devise strategies and work to create collaboration and organizational synergy.
Jean has worked internationally and has over a decade working in healthcare.
Some of her consulting clients include: Colgate Palmolive, AT&T, UHG, Valspar, Ameriprise, British Airlines, SAB, Freedom Communications & Eastern Energy.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Strategic planning, Individual & Team Effectiveness, Performance Management, Talent Deployment, Emerging Leaders, Organization design, Succession Planning, Development Program Design
Engagements: Executive Coaching, Strategy
Rod Jardine
Rod is an innovative leader in technology strategy and solutions, process engineering, and IT architecture. Rod spent over ten years as Vice President Consumer Solutions and Chief Architect for the health services and financial services division at UnitedHealth Group (UHG)/Optum.
Rod has 28 years of leadership experience in information technology, with 19 years in healthcare. He has a rich background of executive management in the healthcare industry with roles in enterprises ranging from large, complex, global operations to start-ups with responsibilities covering North America, as well as internationally.
Rod recently served as Landmark Health’s Chief Information Officer where he led the creation of the product and technology management function taking the company from a single to a multi-product company.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Executive Leadership, Strategy, Compliance, System Integration, Process Improvement, Executive Readiness, Organizational Readiness
Engagements: Executive Coaching
Julie Buske
Julie was the former Vice President of Employee Relations, Compliance and HR Service Center at UnitedHealth Group.
Julies career in human resource management spanned over 30 years. Her extensive experience is in all areas of human capital including: Building executive teams, establishing HR functions in fast growing organization and driving operational excellence. Julie has held leadership positions in cross verticals in both medium and large companies. Julie has coached individuals both inside and outside organizations throughout her career in all areas of an organization.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Executive Leadership, Emerging Leaders, Collaboration, Negotiation, Conflict, Influence, Human Capital, Talent Development, Next Step Readiness
Engagements: Executive Coaching
Nancy Rezac
Nancy has 30 years of experience working inside organizations and consulting with leading organizations in various industries including healthcare, insurance, banking, manufacturing, construction, and real-estate.
Nancy is a strategic leader with comprehensive human resource and benefits experience. She has lead major change management, core-process, and employee engagement initiates that have transformed organizations, improved productivity, and increased engagement.
Nancy processes strong business and financial acumen which contributes to her ability to impact business results.
Executive Coaching Focus Areas: Change Leadership, HR Operations, Talent Management, Employee Benefits Design, Loss Prevention, Customer Centricity
Engagements: Executive Coaching
Creating Agile Leaders and Teams
Enhancing Leadership Excellence