
Presently Larry serves as the Executive Director of the Intentional Growth Center (IGC) at Lake Junaluska, NC. Before coming to IGC thirteen years ago, Larry served as senior pastor of three large churches with over 1000 members and on the conference staff in the Holston Conference of the UMC. Larry is married to Darlene Saunders Ousley who also is a certified life coach working as the “wellness coach” for a large corporation. Both Larry and Darlene received their initial coach training and certification through the Coaches Training Institute. At the Intentional Growth Center, Dr. Ousley plans and leads approximately 60 seminars per year involving about 2,500 participants. Also, he works with approximately 50 clients per year coaching them as individuals, groups, relationships, teams, or organizations. Larry has coached managers and leaders at various levels including an operations manager for a Honda dealership, middle managers of large organizations, several teams of persons leading large institutions, clergy, six church staffs, seven church leadership teams, several entrepreneurial leaders, and an attorney. Also, as a specialist in group coaching, in the last several years he has led eight groups with District Superintendents and four major group coaching projects with about 10 pastors in each. One of the latter was the basis for a chapter in a book that Larry co-authored—Ministry 3.0.
Larry is wise, creative, and intelligent having studied mathematics, physics, computer science, group dynamics, and systems theory before training through seminary education (Emory University) to become a United Methodist minister. He later completed a Doctorate of Ministry (Vanderbilt University) focusing on organizational development and leadership as applied to the church. Further, Dr. Ousley has taught several seminars training persons to employ coaching skills in their life and work.
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