Our Story

Kyle G. Kyzer

Principal

Kyle pursued the opportunity of business consulting after having proven successes in training and coaching within a multi-national corporation. Kyle's primary accomplishments have come as a leader in building high-performance teams, creating a learning platform that was built to link the global workforce, and leading the development and training of the leadership brand roll-out. He also worked directly with senior leaders to lead annual strategic planning initiatives as the organization sought to link the associates' daily work to preferred business outcomes. Since he began with Courageous Leadership in 2015, he has risen to the challenge of engaging and empowering others to have significant success in client organizations. Kyle's innovative approach to leadership and problem solving coupled with his solid pragmatism has created an offering that brings critical solutions to a broad range of organizations he has had the opportunity of serving.

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Lamont Moon

Founder

Lamont Moon began his career by helping struggling organizations identify and realize their full potential. His passion has always been in the categories of coaching and mentoring, finding and cultivating the substantive center of what makes leaders worthy. Recognizing the waste that exists in traditional training through the model of filling a room and teaching irrelevant and uncontextualized theories, Lamont founded Courageous Leadership in 1998 to help individual leaders be more effective with what they needed to achieve. Realizing this same approach needed to be accessible and affordable to all levels of associates within organizations, Lamont created PRAXIS, a mentoring and performance development resource that has been utilized by Fortune 100 companies since 2003. His history as a consultant has given him the opportunity to affect leaders within the Department of Defense, H&R Block, Vermeer Manufacturing, Boys and Girls club, Herman Miller, Centurion Medical, Merrill Lynch, and others.

Lamont continues to work with leaders from Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations to help catalyze results-centered leadership. He believes that each person has a capacity for an impact that needs to be identified, developed, and expressed for effectiveness in worthy leadership while also holding fast to the idea that any development activity not producing real results is not worth an investment.

Lamont has Master's degrees in Human Ecology and Business, has developed his own “Transformation Model” of personal and organizational practices that dependably strengthen the performance of leaders at all levels, and is currently engaged in publishing his first book to complement his PRAXIS mentoring resource.

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Mark Rose-Innes

Mark Rose-Innes is a seasoned leader with a rich and diverse background in manufacturing at all levels. With a career spanning over three decades, Mark has honed his expertise across various facets of the manufacturing industry, from Production, Quality, and Operations to Supply Chain Management and Strategic Planning. He has held key roles in international enterprises and innovative startups, has traveled globally, and comprehensively understands the intricacies and challenges inherent in modern manufacturing. Mark's passion for driving efficiency and excellence and the development of high-functioning teams has been evident throughout his career, as he consistently leverages cutting-edge technologies and best practices to optimize processes and deliver outstanding results. As a results-driven thought leader and influencer in the manufacturing community, Mark inspires and empowers others to succeed in this ever-evolving field.

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SCMEP

SCMEP is a private, non-profit group that serves as a proven resource to South Carolina manufacturers, providing them with a range of innovative strategies and solutions to improve competitiveness, performance, and profitability. An affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), SCMEP operates under the US Department of Commerce.

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Stuart Reeves, CCP, CECP

President & CEO, TSG Executive Search & Compensation Partners

With over 30 years of experience in executive search and compensation consulting, Stuart Reeves brings deep expertise, practical insight, and a relentless commitment to helping organizations align talent strategy with business goals.

As a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP), Stuart specializes in designing market-informed, sustainable compensation programs that attract and retain top talent while supporting long-term organizational growth. His work spans executive compensation design, broad-based pay structures, market benchmarking, and incentive plan development for clients ranging from small businesses to global enterprises.

Stuart's approach balances rigorous analysis with a collaborative, client-centric mindset. He believes compensation is both art and science, requiring clear data, smart strategy, and thoughtful communication to drive results.

When he's not working with clients to solve their toughest compensation challenges, you'll likely find Stuart enjoying a round of golf, staying curious about global business trends, or spending time with his wife of 35 years RV'ing around the country.

Kim Ridgway, Ph.D.

Dr. Kim Ridgway has his Ph.D. in Organizational Development from Kent State University, his Masters Degree in Technical Education from The University of Akron, and his Bachelors from Malone University. Kim has more than three decades of human resources and consulting experience in Fortune 500 manufacturing companies and social service agencies. Prior to joining the Courageous Leadership team, his most recent experience was as a Strategic Business Partner of a multi-national Toyota-group company. He has also worked as an internal consultant within design and manufacturing plants both within the US and internationally.

Kim has performed a full range of human resources activities with his passion being in organizational culture analysis, including the design and implementation of leadership and management training at the corporate and plant level. Kim has both lived and worked internationally as an internal human resources consultant to international manufacturing plants. He has also had responsibilities for the training and staffing of two manufacturing plant start-ups in China, leading to a significant strengthening of the organizations' leadership capacity. In addition to his strengths and interests around leadership and training, Kim has successfully overseen union avoidance initiatives during active campaigns, ultimately preventing unionization through education and training. Because of his experiences, Kim is extremely competent in his ability to merge theoretical truths and technical knowledge, resulting in actual benefits for his clients. Kim's service to clients is truly authentic because of his commitment to both the organizational needs and each individual's best interest.

Rodger Eich

Rodger is a leading innovator and people cultivator, having spent over 25 years driving transformative change in product development, interactive design and design management for organizations ranging from small, family run businesses to Fortune 100 companies.

As a leader, Rodger is passionate about cultivating talent and inspiring people. He has channeled his ability to capitalize on and celebrate the collective knowledge and diversity of team expertise to drive innovative solutions that married business drivers, technology and end user needs. As a proven global business leader, he is committed to using creativity to develop products and services that lead to revolutionary business opportunities.

In 2017, Rodger founded re/create studio LLC. Using the lenses of creative insight and design thinking, re/create is focused on helping clients make impactful growth shifts in their business to drive better results for their organization.

Rodger has an insatiable curiosity and a passion for wind and water. In his free time, Rodger is an avid kiteboarder. He, with his wife and two children, happily call West Michigan their home.