Michelle’s work in various industries has been featured in numerous articles. Here are two of her favorite articles highlighting her work in green building.

Green Building at the Lumberyard

In most parts of the country, it’s difficult to find a lumberyard that doesn’t sneer when you ask for green products. Yards that do stock one or two token green products have a poor selection, and there’s rarely a knowledgeable person at the counter available to answer your questions. Until now, the only other option has been “green boutiques” specializing in products that are good for the earth but cost an arm and a leg. more

Seeing The Forest For The Trees

In 1994, Hayward first had the idea of creating a green division to his family legacy by doing research into how to help eliminate the use of old growth wood while preserving and finding ways to recycle wood already harvested. In an earnest quest to develop and promote alternative wood products, he hired Michelle Randall in 1997 and dubbed her “Director of Sustainability” to immerse herself in that task. more

Coaching in the Political Arena

These two articles were written by our team for

Negotiating on the Same Side of the Table

Imagine a basketball team, split over passionate differences in strategy, refusing to work together, even taunting each other during a big game. This team would be stealing the ball from its own players who would be blocking shots made by their own teammates, fouling and pushing each other out-of-bounds. In short, it would be a game of perplexing alliances or, even worse, a game of one-on-one-on-one-on-one. Would a team like this have a chance of winning a game? Most likely not. In fact in a game with fractured teams scoring on their own teammates, how would you even determine the winner? Would fans (if there were any) buy tickets? Would they show up for the game? With this as a political reality would voters actually show up at the polls? more

Politicians: Coaching’s Next Frontier
by Michelle Randall, CPCC

“We believe in co-active relationships, partnerships and community, knowing that our impact will be much greater than if we acted alone.”

Imagine that Co-Active principles replaced partisanship in government.
“We operate from a foundation of respect and trust that each individual has inherent value to add. We listen with deep curiosity and intent to discover and build on each other’s ideas and intentions.” more