I'm
CC Lawhon
M.Ed.
Educator, Inspirer, Speaker, Life & Graphics Designer, Strengths Advocate, and Change Agent
THROUGH THE LATEST DISCOVERIES IN ACADEMIC AND CORPORATE PSYCHOLOGY AND OVER 20 YEARS OF PRAGMATIC & PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH, I LIVE MY STRENGTHS AND PASSIONS EVERY DAY BY DISCOVERING STUDENTS' UNIQUE BLENDS OF INTELLIGENCES & LEARNING STYLES, THEN SHOWING EACH OF THEM HOW TO UTILIZE THESE IN ACADEMICS, AT HOME, IN COLLEGE PREP, AND IN LIFE. I EMPOWER THEM TO GO BEYOND AVERAGE...TO BECOME EXCEPTIONAL.
100% strengths-based
EXPERIENTIAL PHILOSOPHIES
NEUROLINGUISTICS
75%
VALUE-ADDED
98%
PRINCIPLE OF REFLECTION
95%
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
85%
SELF-RELIANCE
80%
LEARNING STYLES
90%
EMPOWERMENT
80%
FACILITATION
75%
0% BORING
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Who I am in 1 word. Not possible. I love words.
25+ Experience
2017 to Today
THE BUSINESS OF SELLING
Selling Retail International
J. Franklin Publishers, Inc.
In 2017, I became passionately motivated to revitalize my parents' companies...their legacy is vital to so many, and continues to change lives. I took on the role of CEO of both companies. From my father's books on Retail Selling (Selling Retail & The Selling Bible have sold well over a million copies) to my parents' labor of love: Furniture Facts (a gorgeous reference book founded in the late 1800s and updated ever since--for those who work in the home furnishings and design industries), I have tirelessly updated, edited, researched, fact-checked, and re-designed everything from the logo to the texts to the website.
I have created interactive Digital Multitouch books (ebooks) and designed Apps to supplement the original texts. I have also re-vamped John F. Lawhon's sales education systems and am beginning to implement that training in retail companies across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Seminars begin later this year, and I am coding the Apps and finishing up the Anniversary Edition of Furniture Facts now! For more on this, and how I have re-designed these companies so that today's retailers have the technology they need to implement the simplest and most effective sales training plan ever developed head over to www.sellingretailinc.com!
The Last 10 Years
PARADIGM SHIFTING
Taking People Beyond "Normal"
I have been working with people who are beyond exceptional. They may be autistic, a child star athlete, or an adult learning math. They may have Aspergers, an extremely high IQ, or an extraordinary gift. They may have been brutally cyber-bullied and pulled out of school, or be below average in everything--exhausted and shut down from being bombarded with their "weaknesses." All of those students who've "graduated" with me have gone on to places like Baylor, SMU, & Stanford, and are thriving. The adults go on to be highly successful professionals in the business of selling.
2010-2016
FREESTYLIN'
Leading Independent Education
In late 2009, I took the road less traveled and branched out into the world of independent education. "Homeschool" (aka 100% individualized curriculum when traditional school is too much or too little), empowering students in college preparatory excellence, and demystifying the ACT became my focus.
2008-2016
GURU-YOU!
Author & Life Coach
I developed a plan to help people discover, embrace, and become all of who they are. I wrote a book on it, spoke about it, and facilitated individuals' growth. It took me too far away from my students, however, so now I am a life-teacher-coach-educator on how to remove your doubts, and find your passion, purpose, & power. Yes, I still work with adults too!
2009
MIRA ACADEMY OF HIGHER LEARNING
Founded
My first school was founded in late 2009 thanks to the Walton Family. This school was founded on the basis that every student should learn in his or her own way and about his or her own passions. Mira Academy developed a way to meet State Standards for Educational Objectives (a LOT of stuff to know) and still create fascinating, expansive curriculum.
2003-2008
CORPORATE CC
Boeing & Armorworks
Yes. Peace loving me didn't realize Boeing wasn't all commercial aircraft. I was the Integrated Defense Systems Supplier Management & Procurement corporate trainer for NASA & Rotorcraft. I transitioned into Lean Manufacturing, Team-Based Business, & Employee Engagement(Productivity). Here, I tripled my teacher's salary in one day, and learned the goal of all education is to prepare students to design, create, engineer, manage, establish businesses, lead, excel in their strengths, and to value teams & diversity (as these are the key to raising productivity), because the corporate world can only succeed to the extent that it is driven by exceptional individuals.
1999-2003
THE CLASSROOM DAYS
Pepperdine Masters
Westmark School (LA)
Thoreau Demonstration Academy (Tulsa)
Finally I was brave enough to follow my forever dream of being an educator, got my Masters in one year (brain based learning emphasis, with CLAD Credential K-9), and taught at the top school in the nation for language-based learning differences, then 2001's "Best of the Best" US School based on Integrated Thematic Instruction. Of course I also student taught the Rainbow unit to first graders, Creative Writing unit to 8th graders, Tessellations unit to 5th Graders, and chaperoned the 5th Grade Yosemite week long camping field trip. What I learned: I don't do well with first graders because my BA in English is inexplicably insignificant to them.
Born 1972
Incidentally, I did do a lot of stuff before all this, and in the middle of it, you know, like developing Assessments to quantify students' learning styles, selling retail, writing Hemingway spoofs like "A Way it Would Be Pretty Not to Be" for the Bad Hemingway Contest, editing epic novels, leveling up my World of Warcraft Tauren Druid [healing spec of course] to 95, animal rescue, having my poetry published, horse whispering, swim coaching, learning guitar, Graphic Design & Animation, I am known to frequent Renaissance Faires as Gabrielle from Xena Warrior Princess (yes I made my own costumes), TV News Production and writing, learning to code in html etc, website design, published 2 children's ebooks, OH and I joined the Knitwits and learned to knit. Yes, my square potholder was more in the shape of a stingray, so I just learned to knit a cord, made it a tail, and sewed in googly eyes!
TELL ME SOMETHING...
goooooood.
And if you don't have something good, that's actually my specialty! I'd really love to hear from you either way. If I can't help you make it better, I bet I know someone who can!
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Tel: 1-628-400-EDUC (3382)