Professional Development

Why Professional Development?

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. President

Tailored
Measurable
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Great teams don’t happen by accident. They’re developed on purpose.

In today’s complex, people-driven environments, leadership is not just a title—it's a skill that requires daily practice. Oftentimes, leaders are promoted for operational excellence rather than their ability to lead others effectively. That’s where intentional development matters. At Vantage Resource Group, we believe “everyone deserves great leadership.”

We provide ongoing leadership development and performance coaching that goes beyond a single training day. We help leaders build the clarity, confidence,and consistency needed to inspire teams, drive performance, and lead change—no matter the industry.

Whether you’re a school nutrition director managing front-line staff or a corporate executive leading distributed teams, leadership growth must be nurtured over time. We come alongside you to develop your leaders—not just train them on tasks.

Customized

Programs are built around your team’s needs

Researched

Proven research based methodologies serve as basis for coaching strategies

Relevant

Industry specific experiences make training applicable

How it works:

At Vantage Resource Group, we don’t do cookie-cutter programs. We partner with you through a clear, practical, and adaptive five-phase process that ensures leadership development becomes a long-term asset—not a short-term event.

Mindset- A key part of our initial assessment is to discover and codify the prevailing mindsets and the impacts that those mindsets have had on your team.
Self-Awareness- Working with individual to help them uncover their contributions to both success and challenges
Collaboration- Our team works with you and your team to generate small wins that lead up to greater victories
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Services Offered

Purpose-Built Programs that Deliver Results

Our professional development services equip individuals and teams with the skills, tools, and confidence to lead with impact.

Team Performance Coaching

Performance coaching equips leaders with the mindset, tools, and confidence to consistently lead their teams well—especially when the pressure is on.

Whether it’s setting clear expectations, giving effective feedback, managing conflict, or navigating change, our coaching develops the skills leaders need to grow people and drive results. We work with emerging and experienced managers to move them from task-driven to people-focused, from reactive to proactive.

Through ongoing, targeted sessions, leaders gain clarity on how their behavior impacts performance—and how small shifts can produce big outcomes. This approach helps organizations reduce turnover, increase engagement, and build high-performing teams from the inside out.

Targeted Skill Development
Behavior-Based Growth
People-Centered Leadership Transformation
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Team & Executive Coaching

Leadership growth accelerates when it’s supported by coaching. We offer confidential individual coaching for executives and senior leaders, as well as team coaching to strengthen alignment, accountability, and trust.

Our coaching engagements are personalized, outcome-focused, and grounded in tools like The Leadership Challenge®, CliftonStrengths®, DiSC®, and SLII®.

Whether your leaders are navigating complex decisions, struggling with team dynamics, or preparing for greater responsibility, we create a safe space to think, reflect, and act with intention.

Team coaching sessions Improve collaboration and cohesion
Individual coaching sharpens each leader's impact.
Together, these experiences drive real change in both mindset and performance
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Succession Planning

Our succession planning services are powered by PXT Select™, a research-based assessment tool that helps you make smarter hiring, promotion, and development decisions.

We help organizations identify high-potential individuals, align talent with leadership roles, and build bench strength before it’s urgently needed. Using behavioral and cognitive data, we provide deep insights into an individual’s fit for a role—not just today, but for the future.

Our consulting ensures that leadership pipelines are built on more than intuition or familiarity. With a strategic approach to succession, your team can:

Prepare for growth
Reduce disruption during transitions
Cultivate the next generation of confident, capable leaders
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Organizational Consulting

Our team consulting services help organizations build cohesive, high-functioning teams that:

Lead with Clarity
Collaborate effectively
Stay aligned to strategic goals

We work closely with leadership groups, department heads, and cross-functional teams to diagnose challenges, uncover blind spots, and create action plans that improve communication, accountability, and performance.

Using tools like DiSC®, CliftonStrengths®, and team-based assessments from The Leadership Challenge®, we guide teams through facilitated sessions that promote self-awareness, trust, and shared leadership.

Whether your team is newly formed, experiencing growing pains, or preparing for a major shift, we provide the structure and support needed to turn groups into unified, purpose-driven teams

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Conference Workshops & Keynotes

Keynotes

A powerful keynote can inspire a shift in mindset and open the door to lasting
change.

Whether you're opening a new school year or closing a leadership summit, we deliver messages that move people from insight to impact.

With decades of experience on stages across the country, we deliver keynotes that are:

Inspirational yet actionable
Tailored to your audience's specific challenges
Focused on the mindset and behaviors that drive real results

Conference Workshops

Our workshops go beyond surface-level concepts and provide real tools for change.These breakout sessions are highly interactive, built around adult learning principles, and customized to the group’s needs. Our workshops help organizations turn inspiration into implementation.

We specialize in:

Leadership behavior and mindset
Team communication and accountability
Developing front-line leaders in non-traditional industries
Culture change and engagement
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Ervin was a wonderful keynote for our annual conference. Manyattendees commented about how much they enjoyed hearing from someone whopersonally understands what they do each and every day.  From anassociation perspective, he was very easy to work with during the planningprocess and onsite at the event.  Thank you for bringing such joy to ourattendees and starting their day off in the most amazing way.
Jennifer Martin, MBA, CAE
Executive Director, NYSNA
As the director of a small rural district, I am always careful to try to find training material that my team will connect with.  I knew about Ervin Watson and thought he would be a good fit for my team and boy, am I happy with my decision.  To this day, my staff remembers their interaction with Ervin and the principles he taught because they were relevant to their everyday challenges, and he made them memorable using real examples and humor. Ervin took the time to engage with my staff afterward talking to them as if he was a trusted friend.  He has made a definite impression on me and my team and we were blessed to have him spend time with us.
Linda Waters
Gilmer Co. SNP Director
Ervin Watson gave us an outstanding presentation on “A Choice to Lead” for our Managers and Assistant Managers on Tuesday.  This topic was fun, engaging andimpactful.  The staff and I enjoyed it from beginning to end.  He enlightened us with his stories and pearls of wisdom.  He gave us key points that we can put into practice in our kitchens.  We hope that he develops more training presentations so we can invite him back to CCPS. 
Audrey Hamilton
School Nutrition Director - Clayton County GA
Ervin was a wonderful keynote for our annual conference. Manyattendees commented about how much they enjoyed hearing from someone whopersonally understands what they do each and every day.  From anassociation perspective, he was very easy to work with during the planningprocess and onsite at the event.  Thank you for bringing such joy to ourattendees and starting their day off in the most amazing way.
Jennifer Martin, MBA, CAE
Executive Director, NYSNA

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