A Team Building Coach for Leaders
With more than 20 years of experience building effective teams, Celia King is the lead consultant at Arrants McSwain, a Canton, Ohio-based consultancy that teaches leaders relational competencies (soft skills) to build effective teams and increase employee engagement through Myers Briggs and Equine Assisted Learning.
Her team workshops and one-on-one leadership coaching programs build strong interpersonal skills and relational/emotional intelligence that companies and individuals need for stability, as well as growth in the midst of a rapidly changing business environment.
Celia earned her master’s degree in communication at the University of Akron, focusing on how strong, successful teams communicate. To that she’s added:
Leadership coaching through Arrants McSwain is a combination of Celia’s academic ideas, practical experience, and common sense. Together with a team of associates, Celia has worked with diverse groups, including college students studying abroad, professional ministers leading congregations, and executives working for Fortune 500 companies throughout Ohio.
Her team workshops and one-on-one leadership coaching programs build strong interpersonal skills and relational/emotional intelligence that companies and individuals need for stability, as well as growth in the midst of a rapidly changing business environment.
Celia earned her master’s degree in communication at the University of Akron, focusing on how strong, successful teams communicate. To that she’s added:
- MBTI Master Practitioner Certification because understanding personalities strengthens teams.
- CQ Certification from the Cultural Intelligence Center because cultural differences shape teams.
- Studies in emotional intelligence and strengths-based approaches.
- Experiential education and the neuroscience of how stress affects teams.
- Her own team-building experiences.
Leadership coaching through Arrants McSwain is a combination of Celia’s academic ideas, practical experience, and common sense. Together with a team of associates, Celia has worked with diverse groups, including college students studying abroad, professional ministers leading congregations, and executives working for Fortune 500 companies throughout Ohio.
Among Personal Development Coaches, Our Values Stand Out
These are the beliefs that shape every moment of our work at Arrants McSwain. We believe:
- Every person has intrinsic value and should be treated that way.
- Problems within a team are a solvable reality.
- Strong leaders take responsibility for their inner life.
- The leader's responsibility is to set up each member of their team for success.
How Arrants McSwain Got Started
Executive coach Celia King founded Arrants McSwain in 2012. Her consulting work is heavily influenced by an 18-year career in higher education as a university administrator and adjunct faculty member and by two strong, smart, and resourceful women.
While working at Malone University, a theme emerged in Celia’s work. No matter what roles or responsibilities she held, she built teams. She saw the world as groups of teams going about their life and work together. A group of students traveling to Hong Kong became a team. A group of faculty on a committee became a team. A departmental meeting became a team. She even saw the classroom as a team of students learning together for a semester. Sometimes Celia was the leader of the team, sometimes not. But she always held that team mindset.
In her university office, Celia displayed pictures of her grandmothers. The women had little-to-no formal education but plenty of common sense. Their influence in Celia’s life helped her remain grounded in gratitude for the opportunity to work in higher education and served as a reminder that ideas only matter if they apply to real life. Their maiden names were Arrants and McSwain.
While working at Malone University, a theme emerged in Celia’s work. No matter what roles or responsibilities she held, she built teams. She saw the world as groups of teams going about their life and work together. A group of students traveling to Hong Kong became a team. A group of faculty on a committee became a team. A departmental meeting became a team. She even saw the classroom as a team of students learning together for a semester. Sometimes Celia was the leader of the team, sometimes not. But she always held that team mindset.
In her university office, Celia displayed pictures of her grandmothers. The women had little-to-no formal education but plenty of common sense. Their influence in Celia’s life helped her remain grounded in gratitude for the opportunity to work in higher education and served as a reminder that ideas only matter if they apply to real life. Their maiden names were Arrants and McSwain.
Why Myers Briggs and Horses for Personal Leadership Coaching
Using the in-depth, nuanced Myers Briggs inventory and innovative equine-assisted learning approach, Celia helps executives and managers:
- Increase self awareness, manage intuitive energy, and respond with empathy.
- Understand the root cause of interpersonal problems and work toward a solution.
- Get real clarity on what to do with their teams and their careers.
- Map out a custom pathway to improve resilience, communication, conflict management, team dynamics and performance, and employee satisfaction and retention.