Strong tower COACHES
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WE ARE ADVISORS AND COACHES FORTIFYING BUSINESS AND FAMILY.
A Strong Tower Coach comes alongside you to PACE™ you in your challenges and in your successes. All this in order to help you make wise, bold, confident decisions in order to achieve the excellence, balance and fulfillment for which you’re longing.
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Meet the strong tower coaches
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Founder & CEO
Strong Tower CoachScott Kuehl (pronounced KEEL) is Founder and CEO of Strong Tower Group. Scott is also a trusted CEO coach and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA™).
Throughout Scott’s career, from advising start-ups to the Fortune 100, he has influenced the performance of over 100 top brands — and the leaders who lead them.
Scott inspires high-capacity leaders to see around corners and proceed with courage to fully live out their life purpose. At age 26, Scott founded and built what became a Top-100 US and a Top-25 Twin Cities B2B marketing agency, serving Fortune 100 and tech companies. For over a decade, Scott served as President and Executive Creative Director before exiting in 2007.
Next, Scott pivoted and became a partner in an architecture and construction firm for nearly a decade. After three years, and with no prior industry experience, he was named President and CEO. The company climbed back from the recession to make the Inc. 5000 list three consecutive years as one of America’s fastest growing private companies, whereupon Scott exited in 2017.
Next, Scott enjoyed an 18-month interim leadership assignment with the Halftime Institute, the leading authority for teaching, coaching and connecting high-capacity leaders to a second half of significance. It was there he discovered his desire to coach entrepreneurial leaders – holistically. Today, Scott focuses on coming alongside business owners who desire balance in their life and transformation in their business — as well as in their marriage, family, relationships and faith.
Scott is a uniquely experienced EOS® Implementer and Official EOS Franchisee. Since first implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System® in 2014 as a CEO, he has served on both sides of the table — first as a client-side Visionary and next as a Certified EOS® Implementer.
An active member of YPO, he serves on the YPO Christian Fellowship Group board. Scott’s leadership and coaching credentials include programs from YPO, Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point, CBMC Leadership Institute, FMI Center for Strategic Leadership, EOS Worldwide, Professional Christian Coaching Institute, and Halftime Institute Fellows Program. He completed a BFA from Minnesota State University at Mankato, and a mini-MBA from University of St. Thomas at Opus College of Business. Scott is affiliated with TTI Success Insights as a Value Added Associate. He is also a Wiley Five Behaviors Authorized Partner. Scott and the coaches at Strong Tower Group provide breakthrough assessments and proven tools to impact the lives of leaders, their teams, and their organizations.
Scott has been married to his best friend, Tami, for over 30 years. They live in the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area of Minnesota. They enjoy the blessing of having grown children including a daughter, two sons, and their spouses.
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Strong Tower Coach
Christy Clay is known as a coach, business builder, strategist, and inspired problem solver. She is passionate in the pursuit of real results and conscious leadership.
After being raised in an entrepreneurial household and beginning her career in commercial real estate, Christy became an entrepreneur at age 28. She went on to own and operate four businesses in the recreation, hospitality, and consulting sectors.
For over three decades, Christy’s entrepreneurial fortitude has helped individuals, teams, and organizations embrace change, improve culture, and drive performance.
Her insight and deep commitment penetrate the heart and soul of those organizations who seek her counsel to accelerate growth, drive meaningful outcomes, and improve organizational health.
Christy’s success stems from her ability to guide her clients through a variety of disciplines to achieve tangible results. This includes strategic planning, organizational and operational effectiveness, business development, and strategic communications.
Christy is an experienced facilitator and executive coach bringing a complete set of simple concepts and practical tools designed to help leadership teams clarify, simplify, and achieve their vision.
Christy is trained in TTI Success Insights Assessments.
Christy is also a certified Five Behaviors Facilitator. Christy facilitates leadership team development using the methodology developed by Patrick Lencioni and modeled in his best-selling book Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
Christy’s clients appreciate the partnership she brings along with her unique combination of honesty, warmth, and fortitude.
Her leadership, facilitation, and coaching credentials include programs from Professional Christian Coaching Institute, Halftime Institute, TTI Success Insights, EOS Worldwide, National Center for Economic Gardening, Leadership Duluth, and University of St. Thomas Certification in Integrative Creative Studies.
Christy graduated with a BS from Colorado State University and completed her masters in management at the College of St. Scholastica with a focus on Change Leadership.
Originally from Minnesota, Christy now calls Denver, Colorado home.
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Strong Tower Coach
Paul McGinnis is a sought-after C-suite executive coach and strategic servant leader who understands the importance of knowing how to execute with excellence. For over 25 years, Paul has built a track record of mastering the role of Second-in-Command (2iC). In every opportunity, Paul has excelled at building great teams, developing strong leaders, forging authentic relationships, and driving exceptional results. Paul is fueled by his heart to make an impact.
His Second-In-Command career experiences range from a fastest-growing-division VP at a Fortune 250 company, to COO of Halftime Institute, to VP of an early-stage turnaround, to VP at one of the Midwest’s top Christian universities.
Paul’s strategic, roll-up-your-sleeves style also includes diverse assignments in leadership development consulting, family business and faith-based financial. His executive expertise spans leadership and business development, board leadership and transition, marketing and programming, as well as spiritual formation and organizational development.
Throughout his entire career, Paul's heart for coaching and leadership has been a common thread. His desire to come alongside his clients and meet them right where they are is driven by mentors and coaches he's had throughout his own journey. Paul’s clients appreciate his deeply attuned ear, wise questions, and keen ability to creatively challenge them through different situations.
Paul’s coaching credentials include programs from the Professional Christian Coaching Institute (PCCI), CliftonStrengths and Halftime Institute. He has served executives through second half of life transitions as a coach, a master facilitator, and a speaker.
Paul has worked one-on-one with more than 40 CEOs and Christian business executives navigating major life transitions and business exits. (Note: Paul McGinnis was the coach that Strong Tower Group Founder, Scott Kuehl, selected as his coach in the Halftime Institute Fellows Program in 2017.)
Paul is skilled at recognizing and developing talent in order to transform organizations – and lives.
He graduated with a BBA from Wayland Baptist University and a Masters in Management from Dallas Baptist University.
Paul and his wife Maryann have been married for over 30 years and live in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. They have a son, daughter and son-in-law and three incredible grandkids.
