Different way of working.
Preparing You and Your Organization for Today and the Future
It's your team saying 'We're with you–let's go'. It's knowing you're worthy of their trust. It's charting a course for the future, and working together to get there.
You can be ready. We can help.
Coaching
Organizations need leaders who are ready to lead; who catalyze change and who elicit trust and commitment from those around them. We coach leaders to become fully followable and achieve outstanding results.
Leadership Development
To achieve the future they’ve envisioned, all leaders in an organization must continually upgrade their management skills. We help client companies provide critical learning that changes attitudes and behaviors.
Transformation
In order to be ready for the future, people need to know where their organization is going and how it will get there. We help leaders articulate their vision of the future and engage everyone in achieving it.
Same results.
Proteus consultants have been coaching, consulting, and training clients virtually for years, so while the way that we partner may look different, the results you get won’t.
Proteus: At a Glance
We take our name from the Greek god Proteus, who changed form at will and who could see the future. We believe that the future belongs to those individuals and organizations that can change and grow to meet its new demands.
Believing this, we support our clients to envision the future they want to create for themselves and their business, and to develop the skills and mindset to make that future a reality.
Why We're Different than Other Leadership Consultants
01.
Illuminating
We will support you to see your world and yourself more clearly: we will catalyze your ah-has. When you see clearly, you can choose well.
02.
Strengthening
You will feel more capable and confident when you work with us – not less. We support you to become who you’re capable of being.
03.
Trustworthy
We will always be fair witnesses: we will tell you the truth even when it’s hard. We will keep your confidences and deliver on our promises.
How Can We Help?
Questions about how Proteus can help you or your organization achieve your hoped-for future? Drop us a line!
Meet the Proteus Team
Erika Andersen
Founder/Partner
Erika Andersen is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting, and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. Over the past 30 years, Erika has developed a reputation for creating approaches to learning and business-building that are tailored to her clients’ challenges, goals, and culture. She and her colleagues at Proteus focus uniquely on helping leaders at all levels get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the future might bring.
Jeff Mitchell
President/Partner
Jeff Mitchell, a partner and president of Proteus since 2000, helps executives and leadership teams envision the organization they hope to create, clarify the essentials of their most pressing challenges and create practical plans to make their vision a reality.
Laird McLean
Partner
Laird partners with organizations to catalyze positive change through his expertise in organizational development, process improvement, and learning. Laird’s ability to listen intently, develop trust quickly, and distill complex information down to a few key challenges makes him a valuable long-term partner to his clients, which include Thomson Reuters, Target, Mattel, Toro, General Mills, and Kraft Foods, among others.
Cari Windt
Senior Consultant
Mary Knuth-Kedrowski
Design Manager
Cathy Windschitl
Practice Director, Leadership Development
Therese Miclot
Director, Facilitation Excellence
Ivan Cortes
Latin America Director
Christine Lane-Polk
Director of Finance
JC Lippold
Senior Consultant
TIna Cooper
Senior Consultant
Leah Cook
Senior Consultant
Tessa Tubbs
Senior Consultant
Ian Campbell
Senior Consultant
Sean Clinton Madison
Consultant
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
Senior Advisor
Michelle Eral
Director of Special Projects
Lawrence Dunford
Senior Consultant
Paul Bolles-Beaven
Senior Consultant
Kristin Ruth
Consultant
Dan Diebel
Business Development Director
Claudine Charles
Consultant
Kate Payne
Senior Consultant
Cindy Franklin
Practice Director, Executive Coaching
Kathy Dore
Senior Advisor
Mike Rowe
Senior Advisor
Michelle Moser
Client Experience
Jennifer Sherman
Senior Consultant
Cindy Swenson
Senior Advisor
Vanessa Defournier
Senior Consultant
Jim Lilkendey
Senior Consultant
Marie Holive
Senior Advisor
Caitlyn Judge
Client Experience
Jen Traeger
Head of Product
Get In Touch!
We look forward to partnering with you and your team!
Proteus is a coaching, consulting, and training firm focused uniquely on supporting leaders to get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the future might bring.