Vanguard Venue

At Vanguard XXI, we believe in practicing a life of excellence, and that practice makes permanent. The Vanguard Venue is your source for the latest in leadership development and professional coaching!? Each month we feature highlights of leadership development and coaching principles keeping you at the vanguard of professional development.?Last month we looked at Partnership.This month we will look at Vision!

Message From the President

Vision.?We do a family puzzle every year based upon whatever my brother sends us as a family Christmas gift.? He sends cool puzzles. Examining the picture on the box always inspires me to do the hard work of placing 1000s of puzzle pieces intricately together as a team. It’s fun to “see” the big picture, gain momentum, and finish sections of the puzzle as a team.

This year's puzzle was a tribute to the game of baseball.? The puzzle was full of past-time baseball relics. Pictures of famous players, championship pennants, classic gameday programs, trophies, team logos, uniforms, and of course, bats, balls, and gloves.

The finished product was beautiful, just as the front of the box advertised.? However, if you had only first looked at the pieces dumped out on the living room coffee table without keeping the end in mind one could be overwhelmed with the complexity of work required.?

The Vanguard Team keeps the end in mind. We transform leaders, forge organizational excellence, and watch leaders win!?That’s the end state.? Leading and coaching leaders and organizations to practice excellence and align their passion, purpose, and precision in building high character, high culture, high performance teams are the puzzle pieces we enjoy putting together. The completed puzzle depicts organizations and leaders of excellence winning as a team together.

We had a blast keeping the end in mind and putting the Q2 2024 puzzle together. We took clients bass fishing, completed a one-day leadership think tank with AbbVie Customer Operations, conducted two ethical decision making leadership workshops with Westervelt’s Executive Leadership Team, trained the US Army Marksmanship Unit and their Olympians for Paris 2024, facilitated our ICF Level 1 Vanguard Professional Coaching Certification Course for 18 new coaches, facilitated the Vanguard Transformational Leadership Course for Global K9 leadership, facilitated team coaching for Phillips Tube Groups Executive Leadership Team, and sponsored a booth and networked at the VETS 24 Conference.

Throughout that time, our world class ICF coaches and mentor coaches engaged executives, leaders, and course participants through the art and science of coaching.? We also welcomed two new team members. Senior Vice President for Business Development, Mike Wall, and a new Mentor Coach, Mike Rauhut.?

We are looking forward to some summertime fun as we prepare our continued partnership with current and future clients. Together, we will transform leaders, forge excellence, and win.?

Keep Practicing Excellence,

Anthony Randall

May Highlights

Army Marksmanship Unit Leading & Coaching Confident Leadership:

In May, we continued our two-year relationship with the US Army Marksmanship Unit. AMU’s world-class organization and shooters carry out the moral imperative to make the US Army Soldier the most lethal in the world.?AMU athletes regularly represent the Army and USA on the national and international stage, including sending four Olympians to the 2024 Paris Olympics.? Anthony Randall, DMin, ICF PCC partners with 30-year mentor, Dr. Nate Zinsser , a subject matter expert in sports psychology, human performance, author of The Confident Mind, and 30-year faculty member at the United States Military Academy’s Center for Enhanced Performance. Together, Anthony and "Doc Z” facilitated two, two-day events focused on teamwork, coaching high-performing leaders, and understanding, building, protecting, and applying confidence as high-performance athletes.?

Vanguard Professional Coaching Certification 02-24:

Vanguard XXI hosted Cohort 02-24s Vanguard Professional Coaching Certification Course, or VPCC, at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia. Course participants included CEOs, Merger and Acquisition Executives, Leadership Consultants, Pastors, Marketing Executives, US Army Special Operations Leaders, and Corporate Leaders. With the skilled guidance of Anthony and Rick Mattson , the cohort learned how to professionally coach at the International Coaching Federation ACC level abiding by the 8 ICF Coaching Competencies and Vanguard Coaching Model. These amazing leaders are well on their way to coaching excellence and achieving their ICF ACC credential. ?Interested in becoming an ICF Coach? Join us for our 4-24 Cohort October 07-11, 2024.

VETS 24 Conference Participation:

Anthony and Mike Wall networked and improved our positioning as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOSB) for the government at the VETS 24 Conference in Orlando, Florida. Hosted by the National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC), the conference is designed to grow businesses by bringing together procurement-ready small businesses with buyers and Procurement Decision Makers (PDMs) from Federal agencies and large GovCon prime contractors.

Team Highlights

Vanguard XXI welcomes our new Senior Vice President for Business Development, Michael Wall . Mike brings over 28 years of dynamic leadership &business development experience. Mike is a 1996 graduate of the United States Military Academy. Mike is a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel with a strong background in Special Operations and Interagency Communities. Mike brings several years of successful business development experience in the highly competitive defense industry market. Mike's visionary leadership fosters internal & external partnerships, builds trust & optimizes team performance.

Vanguard XXI welcomes Mike Rauhut, PCC one of our new Mentor Coaches.? Mike coaches for- and non-profit chief executives, business owners, senior executives and their teams, and senior military and civilian leaders. His uniformed service included brigade command, chief of staff, and senior advisor to both the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN focused on U.S. policy regarding the application of UN peacekeeping. A 1989 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and Infantry officer, Mike holds a Master of Science in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies with highest distinction from the Naval War College. Further, Mike holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC)credential from the International Coaching Federation; is a life-member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and serves as a board member for a veteran support non-profit organization.

Upcoming Coaching Sessions

Oct. 7-11, 2024 ICF Level 1 VPCC 4-24

• Columbus, GA | Registration Open

International Coaching Federation Highlight

Recently, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) announced new guidelines and initiatives aimed at enhancing coaching practices worldwide. These updates emphasize the importance of continuous professional development and ethical standards in coaching. Vanguard XXI is proud to align with ICF’s vision, ensuring that our coaching methodologies remain at the forefront of the industry.