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Our Team

Byrd Baggett
Certified Speaking Professional

Byrd Baggett – Byrd Baggett, CSP, Founder and President of True Growth™ Associates, is a best-selling author and popular motivational speaker. He has been helping companies develop authentic leaders and passionately engaged teams since 1990. His corporate experience includes sales and management careers with two Fortune 500 companies. Byrd is the author of 13 best-selling business books that have sold in excess of one million copies. He is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), the highest earned designation presented by the National Speakers Association and was a collegiate All American in Track at the University of Texas.
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Larry Cole

Larry Cole – Larry Cole, Ph.D. Director of Organizational Consulting for True Growth™ Associates, created methodology to measure behavior change in "real-time." His methodologies drive behavior change and can answer the question, "does classroom training result in a behavior change." His consulting success over the past two decades is based on the philosophy that "systems drive behavior change." He authored the 7-Step Personal Change Process© to systematically improve individual performance and organizational change. He has published four books and over fifty articles. As a member of the National Speakers Association he champions the concept that frustration is your best friend™.
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Lawson Magruder

Lawson Magruder, LTG, US Army (Retired) – Lawson Magruder, Director of the True Growth™ Academy, has been coaching professionals, mentoring leaders and building highly effective teams for more than four decades. He led soldiers in combat in Vietnam and Somalia and as a general officer he commanded three large Army organizations to include the historic 10th Mountain Division. Retiring as a Lieutenant General after 32 years of service, Lawson transitioned into the corporate and academic cultures building enduring research partnerships in the homeland security arena, publicly sharing his leadership journey at seminars and conferences, and serving as an executive coach for leaders in the construction industry and a senior mentor for Army leaders and units. Among his numerous awards, he is a member of the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
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