Dr. Greg Nelson, author, professional speaker, and leadership and team strengths coach, was born to missionary parents in Japan, where he spent the first 17 years of his life. He spent his childhood learning the value of building bridges between the familiar and unfamiliar, between himself and those who were different from him.

Nelson carried the values of collaboration, multicultural communication, and radical hospitality with him as he began his career as a pastor. In leading congregations, he was involved in guiding, empowering, and supporting a wide spectrum of humanity. Throughout his thirty years as a pastor, he saw how important it is to develop a culture of compassion and empathy in which every person matters. His work strived toward and inspired a common vision that invited everyone from all walks of life to get involved and engaged.

When he transitioned away from pastoring in 2002, choosing to establish a full-time business of speaking, writing, training, and coaching, it was clear what context he wanted to work in – personal and organizational culture. Translating his experience of empowering church leaders to maximizing leaders and teams in companies was a natural fit. And his core values of inclusion and diversity to maximize engagement continued.

His work builds more collaborative environments that honor every person’s differences and strengths, in ways that radically increase engagement and performance. He always take a stand for the most significant resource of every organization: its people. In this way, he's an advocate for people-centric organizations, where the leadership empowers and resources its people so they can enrich the lives of others through powerful teamwork and mission-driven results. This is the success formula that increases every significant metric in an organization. And he loves being a dynamic spokesperson for this transformational human process.

He has spoken to and worked with leaders and teams in organizations like Fitbit, Amazon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Applied Materials, Walmart, Lyft, Golden Gate University, Best Buddies International, and a World Ministerial Council gathering of 15,000 church leaders.

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