Our team
COACHING, SPEAKING
Stephanie Shackelford
Through her work as a coach, researcher, and writer, Dr. Stephanie Shackelford helps people identify and take hold of their purpose. In 2012, she founded a career coaching company and has since helped hundreds of clients identify their personal wirings, giftedness, and purpose to engage in meaningful pursuits. From high school and college students wanting to make the best decisions for their future, to young adults choosing a career and professionals looking to advance or make a change, Stephanie guides others to find intentionality and purpose in their lives.
Over the past decade, Stephanie has led numerous workshops on vocational development, finding your calling, leading from strengths, and decision-making, to a name a few. She is also a trained facilitator of TruMotivate, a research-backed assessment providing awareness of intrinsic motivations for career exploration and personal growth.
Stephanie received her Ed.D. from Northeastern University and her M.Ed. and B.S. from Vanderbilt University, where she is also an Adjunct Instructor. She lives with her husband and two children in Georgia.
COACHING
Bill Denzel
In his work as a literary agent and book coach, Bill found himself guiding authors through the process of discovering and defining their voice and often also rediscovering their greater purpose and true self. Now he leads others through a similar process, guiding people in compassionate yet challenging self-examination that can help them break through to the growth and transformation they desire at any life stage—whether just out of college, facing a mid-career transition, or thinking about their third act.
Bill began his college career at UC Berkeley, completed his BA in English at UCLA and went on to earn an MBA at CSUN. He was Vice President of Publishing and Chief Creative Officer at GL/Regal Publishing, and Vice President of Marketing at Barna Group. He currently serves on the management team at LinkedIn Learning, where he helps people develop new skills in order to transform their lives. Bill is based in Southern California.
Discover your calling with our new book.
What should I do with my life? Whether you’re just starting out on your journey or you’ve found yourself at a crossroads and feel the need to change direction, each of us wants to know what our purpose is on this earth. We want our work and our lives to have meaning and impact. But how do you know what you were meant to do? And once you know . . . then what?
You on Purpose offers you a simple, actionable 4-step process for discovering and carrying out your calling with confidence.
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