How did Strategic Leadership Development International begin?
Strategic Leadership Development International grew out of Dr. Mike Armour’s decades of part-time work as an organizational consultant and leadership coach. During those years he consulted primarily in the non-profit sector, but also did extensive executive coaching with leaders from the corporate world. Early in 2001 he formed MCA Professional Services Group, LLC (MCAPS Group) and began coaching fulltime. He offered his coaching services through Execu-Coach Associates as a component of MCAPS Group. The firm quickly expanded in scope as companies tapped Execu-Coach Associates to assist both in setting strategic direction and in developing leadership teams. To reflect this broader mission, Dr. Armour repackaged his leadership development practice in 2004 under the name Strategic Leadership Development International (SLDI). Execu-Coach Associates continues as a component of MCAPS Group, serving as the umbrella organization under which SLDI puts together teams of independent coaches to cu
