Don Broadwell began studying collaborative leadership in 1985 after a career counselor advised him to shed the top-down model he learned in the Marines. Following seven years in the military and in graduate school, Don spent a career in education, supplying library books to schools. He retired after 40 years but continues to train on nights and weekends, as he has for the past three decades.

Don’s CV includes an undergraduate degree in math, a Princeton Theological Seminary degree in counseling, and a completion certificate from Tom Gordon’s Leader Effectiveness Institute, where he learned to collaborate. Don has taught collaborative leadership for the University of Idaho (Coeur d’Alene), for Seattle Pacific University, and for Green River College (Seattle). He is the neophyte director of NEGOTIONICS, his collaborative center in suburban Maple Valley. His breakout workshops for national audiences include the Association of Experiential Education and the Association of Federally Employed Women. You can reach Don at negotionics.com or contact Writers Branding in New Jersey.