Greg Goates is an executive coach, leadership development expert, and HR/OD strategist with a background in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. His career includes successful roles with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Invitrogen, Life Technologies, Children’s Hospital, and Fidelity Investments. As the leader of organization development, training, employee communication, staffing and retention functions, Greg supported as many as 2,800 employees. He did this with a focus on establishing global culture from rapid M&A growth, establishing leadership development/succession planning processes, and building HR systems and infrastructure that led to workplace excellence award from the San Diego chapter of SHRM. After 18 years of executive level success in corporate leadership development and talent acquisition, Greg created Goates Consulting Group to provide his style of leadership development strategy to more companies. Creating Competitive Companies, One Leader At A Time Greg has a proven ability to expand and enhance leadership capability within organizations while streamlining processes and procedures. He delivers greater efficiencies, increased employee morale, engagement and retention, and bottom-line growth.