Will Ellis, Ph.D.   Will Ellis is the President and founder of Common Ground Consulting. He supports the development of teams, leadership, business strategy and service to customers. Will offers consulting and workshops to assist his clients in creating innovative cultures and lasting results.   Will created the concept of Leader Forums, a long-term process that helps organizations maintain strategic alignment and disciplined development of people, and also to connect people growth with results.  Will’s clients create measurable success, both in their cultures as well as the bottom line.   Will has focused primarily on long-standing consultative relationships with a few clients. He has worked with various organizations from start-ups and small family businesses to Fortune 50 companies. Will’s customers come from diverse industries and have recently included Allured Publishing, Art Van Furniture, Crain Communications, Daimler Trucks, Digitas, D&M Holdings, HCR ManorCare, IPC Print Services, Modine Manufacturing, Tower Automotive, and Visteon.   Will received a masters degree in Psychology from Western Michigan University and then his doctorate from West Virginia University. He began his career in 1974 as a trainer in the Executive Education program at the University of Michigan.   Will also works with his clients to give back in a variety of community service settings including Habitat for Humanity, Focus:HOPE, The Coalition for Temporary Shelters (COTS), Lula Belle Stewart Center and the University of Michigan’s Summer Science Academy.   Will recently published his first book, Finding Personal Balance: A path to inner peace in a life of doing more, written to serve as a guide to stress reduction for busy people or anyone coping with a challenging life transition. To learn more about Finding Personal Balance go to www.findingpersonalbalance.com   Our Team < Bio