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cUrtis isozaki
For years, making a difference and seeing people reach their potential has always been my ongoing motivation in every arena. Whether as a teacher, coach, college director, admissions counselor, or in the nations, believing in people and inviting them into a better story is always how that is expressed. Although such encouragement is uplifting and empowering, organizations and people are hesitant to change but eager to evolve in a constantly changing world. Amidst the chaos and many challenges, everyone needs a coach. My name is Curtis Isozaki, your leadership coach, and my passion is to champion leaders who activate people to mobilize organizations. Leaders who steward their passion and strengths cultivate an organizational culture where diverse people are developed into leaders who change the world. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, I will champion heroes who will discover their full potential through undeniable trust, strategic questions, and positive communication.
“Leadership is the call to continuously and generously activate leaders from information to impact to life transformation that in turn leads to the formation of entire organizations and cultures.” ~ Curtis Isozaki
LEADERSHIP CAPSTONE
Through the Masters in Leadership program at Azusa Pacific University, leadership has become a lifestyle informed by five competencies: responsible influencer, inspiring developer, strategic mobilizer, change agent, and principled decision-maker, which have empowered my personal growth and professional journey. As a result, I have learned that when missional clarity and leadership development are aligned, leaders start an ongoing journey where information connects with the heart resulting in a transformation that triggers personal and professional formation. For me, the completion of my leadership capstone welcomes the beginning of my coaching platform, Isozaki Coaching Company, which exists to believe in people and invite them into a better story where leaders are champions who in turn champion others.
Leadership
The Masters in Leadership program at Azusa Pacific University has made a generational impact where personal and professional leadership development is a focused pursuit that continues to lead people toward an exponential increase in information, transformation, and formation.
Competencies
Throughout the Masters in Leadership program, leadership foundations are solidified by the five competencies: responsible influencer, inspiring developer, strategic mobilizer, change agent, and principled decision maker, informed by many theories, principles, and practices, and empowered by the three meta-competencies: spirituality and faith, emotional and social intelligence, and academic inquiry.
Coaching
Understanding the art of coaching, implementing the articulation of coaching approaches, and building an arsenal of coaching tools is essential to becoming an inspiring developer. Coaches believe in people while empowering them to discover their full potential through strategic questions and positive communication.
Strategic mobilizer
Strategic mobilizers are able to motivate their teams to collaboratively solve problems and develop solutions. Such strategic intentionality empowers transformative servant leaders who exist to meet needs and empower the motivation of their followers to both achieve and embody a sense of value in their work.
INSPIRING DEVELOPER
Inspiring developers are leaders who have a resilient commitment to the challenges of deep change, effective development through inspiring learning environments, and transformational mentorship.
CHANGE CATALYST
Change catalysts are driven by researched data-driven decision making and are able to effectively develop solutions that address identified trends and adverse challenges throughout organizations.
PRINCIPLED DECISION MAKER
Principled decision makers integrate their vocational values with high standards of ethics for systematic and intuitive excellence in their leadership. They relentlessly approach ethical dilemmas with integrity and authenticity through ethical decision making processes that align with their core values and mission.
RESPONSIBLE INFLUENCER
Responsible influencers are enabled and equipped over time to make ethical decisions both interpersonally and organizationally as they are faced with ethical dilemmas. They have the ability to provide opportunities and education that engage various dynamics and factors of injustices and structural influences.
TESTIMONIALS
"Curtis is not 'just an admissions counselor;' he is an advocate, a champion, a challenger, an encourager, a learner, a friend. His intellectual curiosity and passion for achieving (not just pursuing) excellence drives him to explore new and revisit old ways of doing things in an effort to improve the experience of everyone he encounters. Students, peers, leadership... everyone who meets Curtis gets all of Curtis, and all of Curtis is excellence in Christ Jesus."
EMILY BELSEY
Director of Operations
"What a great experience it was getting our team into a coaching session with Curtis. We went in thinking that we knew each other fairly well, and came out with an incredible new understanding of how each other operate that was far beyond what we could have ever accomplished on our own. All credit goes to Curtis' amazing leadership and structure that helped rapidly create these new bonds within our team."
Brayden stewart
Software Developer
"You clearly resemble the constant joy of the Lord! You are simply a light to the world, to this campus, and an amazing influence to every student who gets the privilege to meet you! If it were not for Curtis Isozaki, I am firmly confident that I would not be where I am or be the person I would be today!
James walmer
Student Leader
“This coaching session took my Strength Finder results to another level! It felt like taking keys off the shelf and discovering what they actually unlocked. My session made me feel known and understood, thanks Curtis”
Neil smith
Warehouse Manager