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LIFESPACE/WORKSPACE
CONSULTANT
Gary John
 Dr.
Gary John has been a professor at Richland College since it opened in 1972.
In 2007, Richland College received the “Malcolm Baldridge Award”. Dr. John
was coordinator for the Quality Enhancement Program (QEP) for his division.
He is currently the Coordinator of the Human Development Division, which has
four full- time faculty and twelve part-time adjunct faculty. During his
tenure, he has taught Human Development Courses in Interpersonal Relations,
Personal/Social Growth, Study Skills and Career Development. He also
coordinated Richland College’s Career Services, supervised master and
doctoral-level interns from area universities and taught Intro Psychology,
Sport Psychology and many honor-level courses.
Dr. John currently serves as
an adjunct professor for Argosy University in Dallas, Texas, where he
teaches a graduate-level course in career development. He has completed the
training in Quality Matters, the premier organization for certification of
online course instruction at the college level. Dr. John also teaches a
hybrid course, Personal and Social Growth, that involves his students in a
service learning project each semester.
He has taught graduate level
counseling courses for A&M University at Commerce and Amberton University
where he specialized in Stress Management, Career Counseling and Wellness.
Dr. John has been selected three times as the “Outstanding Faculty Member”
by his division and has received the “Outstanding Faculty” award from
Richland College. Texas A&M University chose him as the “Outstanding Alumni”
from the Department of Counseling, the same year he served as president of
the Truax Foundation at Texas A&M.
Dr. John developed “Managing
Your Professional Development,” a career development course for engineers
and taught the pilot at Rockwell International. He also created Lifespace/Workspace℠
with Taunee Besson and has taken thousands of students and clients through
this process in the last thirty years. He is also president of his own
consulting firm that works with corporations to select and train their
employees. Dr. John has been a member of the World Future Society since 1969
and regularly consults with organizations and individuals to forecast and
plan their futures. An enthusiastic runner, Dr. John taught the first
graduate-level wellness course in Texas in 1979. In 1992 he completed his
second marathon just after his 50th birthday. At 64, he and his wife both
completed a half marathon together.
Dr. John has an Ed.D. from
Texas A&M University at Commerce (formerly East Texas State University) in
Counseling and Community College Education. He holds a M.A. in Counseling
and Student Personnel Administration and a B.A. in History and English from
Austin College. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPCS) by
the Texas State Board of Examiners and a National Certified Counselor (NCC)
by National Board for Certified Counselors.
CONSULTANT Jane Warren
 I have always been curious about people’s
thoughts and feelings; why they make certain decisions and what it takes for them to change. While having many teachers along the way, life itself has been
most educational. I have survived divorce, breast cancer, being a single Mom and taking a 30% pay cut to keep the company I was working for out of
bankruptcy!
I realized that my “life script” was not congruent with how I wanted my life to be. My personal journey
began and I discovered that we all have choices AND the power to change.
I have been sharing my education and knowledge with others via a process called
LifeScripting. Through
LifeScripting, we learn the direction set for our life by genetics, roles in our family of origin and our belief systems; and how this impacts our past,
present and future lives.
I started my education at Brown University earning a BA in Psychology. After graduation, I joined American
Airlines as a flight attendant. My commitment to developing my personal skills continued. I sold advertising for a woman’s magazine and became their highest
level salesperson. I was certified by the Carlson Learning Corporation to be a trainer in personal assessment and skill building. I started my own training
business for small-medium size companies in the area of improving communication skills. After the flight attendant strike at American there were large
numbers of disgruntled employees who carried fear as well as concern about their future. Training put together a program called, “Moving On”, which
consisted of facilitators, including myself, who would travel the country and meet with these people to answer their questions, assist with the grief
process, and give them support during this chaotic time. In my career with American Airlines I enhanced my communication skills, time management,
organization abilities, stress management and creativity. I was trained to listen to people’s complaints and come up with win-win solutions.
In 1993, I started my business, LifeScripting, facilitating groups and workshops. I later became a
certified life coach. Some of the topics I have coached clients and taught seminars on are: Improving Relationships, Mastering Communication Skills,
LifeScripting, How Limiting Beliefs Are Hindering Your Success and Designing The Life You Desire. |
Taunee
Besson is president of Career Dimensions, Inc., a consulting firm founded
in 1979 that works with individual and corporate clients in
executive coaching, career transition, talent management and small
business issues.