Dr. Kenneth Mitchell is a Master Coach Practitioner and a Board Certified Coach. His practice includes work as a talent development & life design coach. Dr. Mitchell has a bachelor’s degree in economics, an MBA in management, and has earned a doctorate of applied management in organizational development. He has completed postdoctoral study in survey research design. His coach training includes coursework through the Center for Coaching Mastery, the Certified Coaches Federation, and extensive study in psychometric instruments. He is recognized as a MBTI Master Practitioner and a Master Trainer. 

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Coach Mitchell is a member of the Institute of Coaching (Harvard University), and has designed, developed, and managed federal programs in excess of $20 million from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Education. His federal training programs have been highly rated; and, curriculum designed under federal grants have earned him The Award for Innovative and Creative Pedagogy (2005).

 

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Recent Presentations:

• ​​EQ-i: Emotional Intelligece as a Non-Cognitive Factor for Academic Interventions. (The Southeastern Association for Educational Opportunity Program Personnel, February 2016)

• Male-Centered Program Strategies (The Council of Opportunity in Education, September 2013)

• ​Cultivating Mental Toughness: Program Strategies that "Stick and Stay!" (The National Higher Education Programs Meeting, March 2013)​

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Certifications

• Certified Master MBTI Practitioner (MBTI)

• Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator (PMAI)

• Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i2.0)

• Board Certified Coach (BCC)

• Motivational Interviewing (Health Coaching)

• The Leadership Challenge Workshop [Facilitator]

• Relationship Education/ Marriage Education (Prepare-Enrich-Inspire)

• Character Education Facilitator (Character COUNTS!)

• Federal Grants Management

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Design Capabilities

• Coaching Adaptations and Modalities for Youth and Families

• Program Design and Program Evaluation

• Leadership Development including Onboarding and Transiton and Succession 

• Experiential Learning and Training Design

• Non-Cognitive Factors and Social Emotional Development

• Special Populations: High Risk/High Need Youth, GLBT Youth and Families, Disconnected Populations, Minority Male Programs

• Organizational Capacity Building

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