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About the Effective Leader

Our “Why” is to develop inspiring and influential leaders who grow great companies.
We believe a great deal of what you will need to become an inspiring and influential leader of a great company can be found here. And we are always adding more.
We offer everything we have for free so you can do it all yourself. We also provide personal training for a fee for those who want more guidance, accountability or just want it to go faster.

Our system is designed to go fast and make a big impact from the first step you take. You will not be waiting for months to see it working whether you choose to do it yourself or if you choose our help.

Meet Our Staff

Steve Meisenheimer

Steve Meisenheimer is a serial entrepreneur and has owned nine companies.
He started a commercial tree service when he was just old enough to drive. His early success gave him a passion for business and an appetite for more and faster growth. This led him to start or acquire multiple companies that grew rapidly. It was also a season for him to learn the value and responsibilities of effective leadership as some of his companies grew increasingly larger and more successful and some companies faltered and nearly failed.

In 2004, and after growing wise in the ways of business, Meisenheimer began selling his companies and started a consulting firm called The Effective Leader – an innovative consulting and training program that offers the sort of help he longed for the most when he was growing his companies but never found.

Meisenheimer has a great passion for business and for his clients. Having helped countless business owners through a similar process has given him the ability to help business owners get to the next step, know how long it should take to get there and what they should expect as they grow the company of their dreams.

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Patrick Harter

Patrick Harter is a seasoned business coach and mentor with over three decades of experience in executive leadership, consulting, and organizational development. He has a passion for helping entrepreneurs and business leaders unlock their full potential by providing practical strategies to enhance growth, performance, and innovation.

With a proven track record across diverse industries, Patrick specializes in developing tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of his clients. His collaborative and results-oriented approach empowers individuals to take decisive actions that align with their long-term goals. Whether working with startup founders or established leaders, Patrick’s focus remains on helping clients build high-performance teams and execute strategies that lead to sustainable success.

Patrick’s commitment to continuous learning and personal development is evident in his coaching, where he works closely with clients to develop the leadership skills and vision required for lasting impact in their businesses.

Brett Andrews

Brett Andrews is a Certified Wealth Strategist® who began his career in 1998 and advanced to Senior Private Investment Manager. In 2011, he founded Fortress Financial Strategies, a firm specializing in an advanced level of comprehensive integrated planning known as Private Wealth Management.

His mission is to help business owners reach their goals through risk management, expense reduction, eliminating unnecessary tax losses, key man retention, employee benefits and planning for business continuity.

Brett also helps clients plan their exit. As a Certified Exit Planner™, he facilitates the transition to management, family, or sale to third parties and ensure the exit is on their terms and that the clients’ future is secure as they enter the next phase of their life.

Securities are offered through First Allied Securities, Inc. A Registered Broker/Dealer. Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are offered through First Allied Advisory Services, Inc. A Registered Investment Adviser.

Kyla Bonnstetter

Kyla Bonnstetter, president of TTC, has helped hiring leaders build teams with exceptional talent in hundreds of companies for over 20 years. Her proprietary Hiring System leverages her extensive background in psychometric assessments and consulting. Her customizable Top Talent Hiring System has been implemented across many industries and across all job levels from the C suite to factory floor. Bonnstetter’s reputation for results keeps her clients coming back whenever they want to expand their teams.

Prior to founding TTC, Bonnstetter excelled in corporate roles at Campbell Soup Company and Hewlett-Packard Company working across the sales, marketing, and technology sectors.

Outside of professional endeavors, she values quality time with family, friends, and their distinctly different DISC-for-Dogs English bulldog and Belgian Malinois. Personal interests include skiing, hiking, yoga, and occasionally playing golf.

Mark Miller

Mark Miller is a professional faith-based facilitator, business coach and founder of Cooperative Capitalists, an Arizona based organization with a mission to bring synergy to business owners who cooperate versus compete.

Before this calling, Miller spent 27 years in the software/technology arena with Pearson and Unisys where he held positions ranging from Sales Executive to Programmer to Vice President of Services. His experience with these companies honed his skills in managing, coaching, consulting, facilitating and selling.

Miller joined Truth at Work in 2011 given his calling to facilitate CEO roundtables and his passion to develop Jesus following and Spirit lead redemptive leaders and businesses. Miller has now joined forces with The Effective Leader to further pursue this calling.

Miller’s relationship with Truth at Work has impacted countless lives as isolated and overwhelmed CEOs began to make increasingly positive impacts on their employees, their families and many others as these leaders learned to be led by the Spirit in meaningful and practical ways.

His peer-to-peer roundtables have created safe and honest environments through the transforming power of inviting the Holy Spirit to teach them to speak light and life into their everyday challenges.

Miller also serves Next Gen Leader Roundtables (NGLR) by helping our next generations’ leaders fuel their faith by connecting their hearts to biblically based, safe and honest communities.

He has now been married to Glenda Miller for 45 years. God has blessed them with 3 birth children, 3 foster children and 5 grandchildren. His primary interests are knowing God more, loving well and more recently prayer and golf.

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