Trainers
Denslow and Cam trained ADD coaches for over two years as faculty members of The Optimal Functioning Institute where Denslow served as Director of the Coaching Lab. They are graduates of OFI's 18-month program in ADD Coaching (developed by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, and an inspired creator of ADD Coaching). In addition, they each have other extensive coach training, both general/life and ADD. They began developing the Coach Approach for Organizers™ training in 2005.
Denslow Brown, CPO, CPO-CD, MCC is the founder, co-developer, and co-trainer of the Coach Approach for Organizers™ Training and Certification Program. Her own background, experience, and training have uniquely qualified her to launch this pioneering program. Widely quoted and consulted, she is a leader in the organizing, ADD and coaching fields.
Denslow:
- Has been an organizer since 1974.
- Is the only person to have achieved the highest (Master) levels of certification in both the coaching and organizing fields.
- Provides much of the ADD training to members of the NSGCD (National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization) and is a frequent conference presenter for NAPO, ADDA and CHADD.
- Is a mentor coach to organizers and coaches who are building or transforming their businesses.
- Is committed to her own on-going training as a coach. She has been trained by Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC (Life BluePrint®), Steven Filante, PCC of CTI, Wilma Feldman (Career Coaching for ADD-LD Adults), Barbara Luther, MCC (Coach Business Planning), Paulette Rao, MCC (Results Coaching System) and others.
Coach Approach Participants on Denslow's Training
Denslow is an excellent, highly skillful trainer. She can articulate aspects of what she perceives and experiences with a level of insight, nuance, humor and depth that is very rare, in my experience. She is extremely supportive, affirming, inclusive, patient, honest. She is also able to draw on decades of professional experience and training, as well as her own personal development -- that is a rich well from which to drink.”
Denslow is awesome! She is so affirming and such a great role model.”
Amazing. To be exposed to someone with your expertise – and then to share with us all you did – has been wonderfully useful to me, and now to my clients. You are a gifted and inspiring teacher.”
Cam:
Cameron Gott, PCC is the co-developer and co-trainer of the Coach Approach for Organizers™ Training and Certification Program. He is also a full time ADD coach who works with professionals who want to match action with intention. Besides coaching adults with ADD, Cam mentors coaches-in-training and speaks on a variety of topics including the power of completion. He took his first coaching training in 1998 and subsequently received certification through the demanding program at The Coaches Training Institute™. He co-developed and co-facilitates all of the Coach Approach for Organizers™ courses.
Denslow on Cam
"From the first coaching lab Cam and I taught together I realized he was a trainer who cared deeply about the learning of each student. He consistently identifies the key next step or insight that would best serve each training situation. The general coach training he received from Coaches Training Institute is the best available, in my opinion. He is an elegant, incisive, compassionate coach.
"As a husband, an active parent of young children, an athlete, former teacher (and someone who is not a professional organizer), Cam broadens the trainer perspective to the benefit of our students.”
Coach Approach Participants on Cam's Training
Cam is direct, accepting, and very easy to relate to. He has the quality of seeing what is going on and describing it vividly and in human terms.”
I appreciated his use of metaphor, his sharing of his own experiences and examples, especially with his clients… which stayed with me for the ensuing weeks and I was able to immediately incorporate into my process and found very useful.”
Cam, I think your perspective was tremendously valuable; loved that you had a lot of coaching knowledge; loved your style of coaching; loved your calming and supportive way; loved that you understood our role as organizers – you get it – it was great.”
Cam's part in this, as a non-organizer, was crucial to helping me see the connection between ADD and coaching. I've known it works, but until this class never knew why. I know through my current client contact that I am already a better organizer than I was before I started your class.”
