From wherever you are, to where you want to be.
Up & Out Leadership exists to partner with and encourage you throughout your personal and professional journey.
What We Do
Partnership is tailored to your needs, but most start in one of four places.
Individuals
One-on-One Coaching
One-hour conversations, in person or online, focused on helping you move forward.
- Up to four sessions a month
- Honest feedback in a confidential space
- Focused on your goals and challenges
What to expect: A clearer vision of your personal or professional future and a realistic path forward.
Organizations
Leadership Consulting
Helping your organization work through today’s struggles and avoid tomorrow’s challenges.
- Leadership development
- Performance improvement coaching
- Help assessing organizational culture
What to expect: Creative solutions for current challenges and strategic plans that move your organization forward.
Leadership Teams
Concierge Executive Services
Joining your executive or leadership team as needed, without the permanent cost of a new salary or position.
- Leadership retreats and planning meetings
- Help designing or assessing new initiatives
- Available for one day or one week
What to expect: Assistance with executive-level decisions, such as budget adjustments or leadership transitions, and help designing a communication plan for them.
Groups & Events
Speaking & Workshops
Large-group sessions built around the practical topics you and your staff want to engage with.
- Keynotes and conference talks
- Monthly leadership luncheons
- Workshops for your team or staff
What to expect: Investment in individual teams or your entire staff, with the goal of encouraging personal and organizational growth.
What does it mean to lead and live Up & Out?
Up & Out is a philosophy of leadership that is proactive, future-focused, and offense-minded. Up & Out leaders work to solve today's challenges while keeping the organization's future health as their top priority.
Many leaders struggle to stay up and out because processes, personnel, or problems consistently pull them down and in.
Up & Out
- Proactive
- Focused on the future
- Offense-minded
Down & In
- Reactive
- Focused on today
- Defense-minded
How We Do It
Listen & Learn
Every partnership starts with listening. How did you get here? What are you hoping for?
Define Reality
Moving toward your future means we are willing to be honest about where we are right now: what’s working, what’s stuck, and why.
Prepare & Support
We work together to build a plan for your future that is clear and easy to share with the people you lead.
Ready to take the first step?
Let's ConnectHow We Can Help
Problem Solving & Strategic Planning
Leadership Transitions & Succession Planning
Making Leadership Less Lonely
About Doug
With over 20 years of leadership experience in for-profit and nonprofit organizations, I've learned that no matter your title or tenure, leadership is hard. You give away the credit, take the blame, and make a lot of difficult decisions without having someone else to talk them through with.
That's why I started Up & Out: to remind leaders they're not alone and to help them navigate seasons of personal and professional change.
Most recently, I spent 10 years in executive leadership at one of the largest churches in the nation. I have an M.A. in Christian Education from Southern Seminary’s School of Leadership and a B.A. from Middle Tennessee State University.
Rebecca and I have been married 24 years, have two teenage children, and call Knoxville home. I'm an avid outdoorsman, hiker, bad golfer, and podcast lover.
Let’s Connect
To learn more about how Up & Out can serve you or your organization, including pricing, reach out here or email me directly.
What happens next? I’ll personally reply within 24 hours. From there, we’ll set up a free 30-minute conversation to talk about where you are and where you want to be.