Bob Bates

President

Bob's Background

Bob Bates is the founder of Resolve Today LLC, an innovative provider of strengths based health and wellness programs.  Bob developed a long-standing appreciation for wellness and human performance during his 18 year tenure as a marketing and information technology professional with several well-known hi-tech firms, including:  Hewlett Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation, Clarify Inc. and Nortel Networks.  He also has experienced first hand, the power of coaching for life changing goal achievement with his work in business development for the worlds largest educator of coaching skills training, The Coaches Training Institute (CTI).  Bob has a B.S. in Marketing, and an MBA in Telecommunications Management.  He also holds personal training and nutrition counseling certifications from the Health and Fitness Institute and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).  Bob completed coach training programs with CTI and is a licensed Wellness Coach through the leading wellness coach training company, Wellcoaches Inc.  He also is a certified consultant for Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence (SEI) Leadership Development.

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Melissa Randall Founding Partner

Melissa's Background

Melissa is a professional coach in private practice and based in California.  She has worked with individual adults, couples and teams, and led workshops internationally since 2002.  Melissa's coach training includes Certified Professional Co-Active Coach certification from The Coaches Training Institute and advanced training in Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching and Co-Active Leadership. She combines this training with her own experiences of personal transformation and a variety of somatic, meditation and shamanic skills that creates a unique style and approach to coaching.

Primarily interested in total wellness (where mind, body and spirit align) she supports people as they deeply inquire into the areas of their lives where limiting beliefs and behaviors block the pathway to living wellness. It is her life's work to partner with people who are ready to experience the richness and beauty of who they truly are, access their unlimited potential, and express new possibilities in all areas of their lives.

Bob Andrews

Founding Partner

Bob's Background

Bob's background includes over twenty years of experience in operations and human resources leadership roles with the segment leading brands of Gap and The Limited. Before starting his own consulting and coaching business in 2003, Bob spent seven years as the Director of Human Resources at Jamba Juice Company where he led the HR team through their aggressive growth from 25 locations in California to 500 nationwide.  Bob has “gone back inside” as they say in the consulting world, and is currently a Human Resources Director for the Gap’s Information Systems Group.

In addition to his work with The Gap, Bob is a certified Emotional Intelligence trainer and coach. His passion is to apply the principles of Emotional Intelligence with emerging leaders, teams, and organizations with the ultimate goal of enhancing their work relationships.  Bob has completed coach training at The Coaches Training Institute and New Ventures West. He is also a lay ordained student of Zen Buddhism and enthusiast for applying the insights of EQ (Emotional Intelligence) to spiritual practice, work and our daily lives.

Bob advices Resolve Today on how to develop new strategies to help our clients better manage their emotional response to situations that can lead them away from their wellness goals and objectives.

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Consulting Team

Adrienne Bachleda

Certified Wellness Coach and Healthy Lifestyle Instructor

Nancy's Background

Nancy Pollard is a graduate of the University of Utah and she brings over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical psychotherapist. Through her successful private practice, she has treated thousands of people working on their weaknesses, helping them overcome their fears, conquering depression and learning how to make relationships richer. Her training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and her own personal belief system make her a prime advocate and teacher of life empowerment. Nancy received her Certified Empowerment Coaching credential in 2002 and she is also a Kolbe Certified Consultant™. 

Nancy has authored three books, is an experienced workshop leader and currently coaches senior management and executives in both personal and professional challenges. 

Nancy brings to Resolve her significant professional experience and passion for helping individuals and teams achieve fulfillment.

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Katie Jay

MFA, Certified Yoga Instructor

Katie's Background

Katie was introduced to yoga twenty years ago as a young actress. Years later, after earning her MFA in acting from Case Western Reserve University, Katie moved to New York City to pursue a career in the theater. It was there that she developed a committed yoga practice that inspired her to become a teacher. She was personally trained and certified by Cyndi Lee, founder and director of the prestigious OM Yoga Center in New York City.

During her time in New York, Katie became known for her direct, yet playful and relaxed style of teaching. Her distinct approach began to attract many students who were new to yoga or from corporate backgrounds. Her ability to communicate in a straightforward, yet easy manner appealed to those who might otherwise have felt uncomfortable “oming” in a room full of strangers.

Katie has since relocated back home to the Bay Area where she works privately with individuals and groups whose high-level corporate jobs demanded that they be at their best in stressful situations. Her understanding and appreciation for the pressures inherent in this work environment enables her to connect and work effectively with these.  Katie is also a member of the teaching staff with the prestigious YogaStudio in Larkspur, California.

In her personal practice and her teaching, Katie is inspired by and dedicated to the process of waking up to the experience of life.   She is a valued member of the Resolve Today consulting team helping us bring yoga into the corporate world.

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