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the Year" |
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| About
Me |
| Ed
Gash is a leadership development consultant and owns his own business,
Eagle Wings - where leaders learn to soar! He conducts workshops
in the areas of Leadership and Personal Development. Ed's varied
background, coaching experiences, and often humorous approach
combine to create entertaining and enlightening storytelling.
Ed was president of the national award-winning chapter of the
Charlotte Area American Society of Training and Development. He
worked at First Union for eight years, implementing a corporate-wide
leadership training program with Franklin Covey, and previously
managed the training and employment functions at the Federal Reserve
Bank. |
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| His versatile career
includes being a top salesman in an executive recruiting firm,
directing a comprehensive guidance program at an independent school,
a decade of coaching winning football and wrestling teams, writing
a federal grant that awarded a drug treatment facility assessment
and creation of overall wellness and fitness programs, and working
with the department of corrections as a probation officer. |
Ed belongs to the
following professional organizations:
NSA (National Speakers Association)
ASTD (American Society of Training and Development)
SHRM (Society of Human Resources Professionals)
ICF (International Coaches Federation) |
| Ed graduated from
NC State University with a BA in Sociology and Criminal Justice.
He also holds a Master of Education Degree in Guidance & Counseling
from UNCC. He studied at Cambridge University in England and graduated
from the NC School of Banking. He is a Master Trainer in Development
Dimensions International and Franklin Covey and teaches all of
the Franklin Covey Leadership Courses. Additionally, he has attended
the Disney School of Management. |
| Ed is active in his
church as a lay minister and leader. Being an Eagle Scout, he
proudly serves as an adult leader in his son's troop. He has completed
Woodbadge Training, the highest leadership training in Boy Scouts.
He has an official Cherokee name and is infatuated with Native
American Culture and has competed in Indian Dance Competition.
In addition, Ed has had leading roles in dramas and musicals and
participated in summer stock and opera. |
| He is married to the
former Cindy Anderson of Kingsport, Tennessee, and is the proud
father of 18-year-old Mason, who is also an Eagle Scout! Of all
the prestigious titles Ed has held, his most cherished is that
of "dad." |
| In 1994, Ed co-facilitated
the training of 1,500 volunteers for the men's Final Four Basketball
Championships. He was asked to return and help train 600 volunteers
for the women's Final Four in 1996, as well as the volunteers
for the NFL Experience and Rock 'n Roar Weekend. In July of 1997,
Ed trained the 2,000 volunteers that worked the AAU Junior Olympics.
In 1996, Ed was honored as "Trainer of the Year" by
First Union Corporation, an award based on nominations and specific
comments from Ed's peers and those who he served within the corporation.
In 2000, Ed was awarded the International Facilitator
of the Year by the Franklin Covey Organization for his facilitation
and implementation of the principles into a corporate culture. |
| In 2001, Ed produced
and hosted a 13-week i-radio talk show, where he introduced his
Eagle Wings Performance Pact. This "PACT" is Ed's own
proprietary leadership and coaching model he developed from more
than 30 years of experience in the industry. |
| He has authored the
book Beyond the Hashmarks chronicling
his coaching stories into corporate and personal development learnings.
Conversations on Success is Ed's
second book, in which he is featured with Stephen M.R. Covey,
Marjorie Blanchard, and Dennis Waitley. Ed is a disciple of the
"Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and, after
reading the book in 1989, he immediately discerned a personal
mission statement that he lives by today. Ed attests that this
process helped him cope with the toughest challenge to him so
far, watching and supporting his wife's recovery from breast cancer. |
| Ed
would consider it an honor to work with YOU! |
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