You learn a lot about a person when you work fourteen hour days, seven days a week with them. Being a Drill Sergeant in the United States Army is one of the most challenging of positions and one that I am so thankful that I had Rodney Mueller teaching, coaching and mentoring me through. I can say from firsthand knowledge that Rodney’s dynamic leadership extracts the best out of all those he trains and works with. I have never been employed with someone that cared more about the mission and the development of his Soldiers than Rodney did. He has a unique ability to see what is holding someone back from being extraordinary and pursues them and their talent until they are able to realize this potential in themselves. I am a better leader and human being because of my time spent with Rodney.

Rodney Mueller started training with me as my coach approximately 8 months ago, we have weekly conversations about various subjects.

Rodney quickly made me realize awareness in my life and how to practice many things related to “owning my time”, “taking care of myself”, “showing vulnerability”, “making peace with the past”, “celebrating accomplishments” and many more processes….

I’d have to admit early in the process, I was reluctant to speak to Rodney each week but now I do look forward to our conversations! Rodney is a great listener and somehow gets more out of me each week than I initially planned on sharing. It seems to play out when I do not have a topic to specifically discuss, we end up digging into something spontaneously and the result is quite interesting….!

Additionally while being transparent, I have never been a man to really open up to others regarding my feelings/thoughts etc.….I am more than happy that I have been blessed to meet Rodney and go through these weekly conversations and peel back the onion of my previous lifestyle. I am truly looking forward to continuing these conversations and better understanding additional practices of awareness.

I am happy to be me and looking forward to the future and all its endless possibilities!

What makes Rodney special is his ability to tie together personal thoughts, behaviors and experiences to a business context. For me personally, Rodney inspires confidence in me as a leader, and helps me see my strengths and potential. He is incredibly perceptive, and as a result, we get to the root of an issue quickly. He offers practical methods and tools for any situation I need support so I walk away from every session feeling empowered to grow.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” – Martin Luther King Jr., from “The Domestic Impact of War,” 1967. Although the message is clear for my head, Rodney helped me sense this quote’s power with my heart. I have done various leadership training over the years, and most of them focused on being a “molder of consensus.” Rodney’s program was about cutting through the leadership cliches to find my authentic self as a leader and the courage to act upon that authenticity. In other words, Rodney helped me realize who I am as a genuine leader.

During our coaching sessions, he was kind to accommodate my ways of working like recommendations of resources that take no more than 30 mins of my time in a day. Rodney’s composure throughout the coaching period was an inspiration.

I would recommend him to anyone seeking clarity in their career or life.

What Rodney did on our first call was perceive with great empathy and wisdom who I was as a leader, and the depths of what I wanted to call forth as a part of my purpose and mission. I’ll never forget the wave of emotion I felt in being seen and heard. I knew immediately that I had found a coaching partner that would help me to be the leader that I really wanted to be, and to acknowledge and embrace my authentic self and my power.

In the 2 years that followed, I endured many peaks and valleys in my personal and professional life that coaching with Rodney provided me exceptionally supportive thought and heart partnership on: choosing to leave my previous role and company as a global director, incubating a new business and consultancy in a space that I was not yet accustomed to, building thriving and fulfilling connections in my personal life. Being able to work with Rodney helped me build a foundation for my ability to create new possibilities in ways that continue to surprise me but also bring me considerable joy.

I highly and heart-fully recommend a coaching partnership with Rodney. You will encounter your own power and possibility in truly life-changing ways. And you’ll have the privilege of partnering with a coach who truly sees beyond the present state of your “here and now” to who you are yearning to become.