The Team

Lee J. Colan, Ph.D. is President of The L Group, Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based consulting firm. Lee's passion for serving leaders enables him to deliver cut-through-the-clutter tools that elevate leaders and their teams. He is a high-energy leadership advisor, author and leadership expert.

He has built a track record of successfully managing the challenges of rapid organizational change. Lee possesses an in-depth understanding of business, people and organizations. He blends this understanding with his corporate management experience to help leaders and companies grow.

From emerging companies to the Fortune 500, many organizations have experienced the positive impact of Lee’s practical approach, including:

Prior to starting The L Group in 1999, Lee worked in various leadership roles with American Airlines, Sandoz (Novartis) and FoxMeyer (McKesson). He also held consulting positions with two premier firms: Booz, Allen & Hamilton and William Mercer. His last corporate post was as Vice President for Physician Reliance Network, one of the fastest growing NASDAQ companies at the time.

In addition to 25 years of hands-on industry and consulting experience, Lee earned Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from George Washington University after graduating from Florida State University.

Lee has authored 10 rapid-read books including the best seller, Sticking to It: The Art of Adherence. He has also created or co-created over 200 products that elevate leaders at every level.

Lee’s passion and enthusiasm create turbo-charged presentations and workshops that are energizing and engaging. He delivers practical, powerful tools participants can put to work right away.

Lee's e-newsletter, The LETTER, and his popular column, Leadership Insights (check your local City Business Journal), reach tens of thousands of readers weekly. Additionally, Lee's articles and practical advice have appeared in a wide variety of print and electronic outlets.

Julie Davis-Colan is Vice President of The L Group. She is an innovative business consultant who has 20 years of experience in sales and marketing to Fortune 100 companies. Julie has the ability to turn vision and marketplace opportunity into a profitable reality. She has built a track record of effectively creating and selling unique marketing initiatives to business partners including multi-million dollar corporate sponsorships, business-to-business and direct-to-consumer sales. Her clients included companies such as Home Depot, Westinghouse, Dean Foods and Coca-Cola Foods.

Prior to consulting, Julie conceptualized and managed several profitable business units and led successful turn-arounds at the American Heart Association’s National Center. The American Heart Association was recognized by the Harvard Business School as one of the best managed non-profit organizations in the United States.

Julie’s areas of expertise include business planning, revenue enhancement strategies, national sales, strategic partnerships and new product development in emerging markets.

Additionally, Julie is a compelling speaker and engaging trainer. Her passion for leadership and life create an infectious energy for audiences.

Julie earned her Master’s degree in Preventive Medicine from The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, after earning her Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University.

Andrea Sutcliffe focuses on research, analysis and office administration for The L Group. She has a broad range of accounting, technical and analytical skills in addition to having a crystal clear client focus. Andrea also brings valuable insights from her experience working with Healthcare, Real Estate, Marketing and Advertising industries.

Expert Partners

Expert Partners compliment The L Group’s core expertise as appropriate. We provide a single point of contact to manage the various aspects of your project, while leveraging our partners who are:

• “best of breed” experts that are specifically matched to your project needs and
• rigorously selected and respected experts with an average of 25 years experience each.

Below are the profiles of some of our featured Expert Partners.

Donald H. Brush is one of The L Group’s select Expert Partners.  He is co-founder and President of The Renova Corporation, a Dallas-based management consulting firm, founded in 1985, with offices and affiliated partnerships in Canada and Europe.

Dr. Brush was formerly on the tenured faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he taught the management of science and technology, and The University of Texas at Dallas where he was Director of the Under­graduate Management Program.  During his academic career, he had over 50 publications and professional presentations in human resource management.  His research, sponsored by such companies as General Electric, IBM, and Pfizer, in the area of identifying and developing management talent in scientists and engineers has been acclaimed in the Wall Street Journal and Business Week Magazine.

Dr. Brush's areas of specialty include Strategic Vision Planning, Change Management, Teamwork & Empowerment, and Process Improvement.  His clients have included such corporations as Nortel, Universal Studios, GTE, Pier 1 Imports, Lucent Technologies, and Texas Instruments.  In 1991 he received the First Award in Quality Achievement in Brussels for the TQM work he did in Europe.   He consults extensively in the U.S. and on international projects in Canada, South America and Europe. 

Recent projects have included leading the integration of the Elizabeth Arden and Mario Tricoci Salons merger; the reorganization of Commercial Property and Casualty at the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; and facilitating a major culture change at Sabre (Global Infrastructure).

Dr. Brush is on the Board of Directors of Aperian (NASDAQ APRN), is a Director of the Hogan Quality Institute and the Texas Quality Consortium and on the Editorial Board of the Journal for Corporate Education.