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At Work Heartily, we partner with businesses to enhance their performance and impact through fractional leadership, advisory work, and executive coaching. We work with companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies.
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Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men Colossians 3:23
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Strategic Executives
Jonathan Barnes
Jonathan has over 20 years of leadership, strategy, team management, and successful execution of high growth plans. His experience spans all business functions and stages of business growth. He is the founder of Staffing as a Mission, a 2019 Inc. 500 company focused on Healthcare IT delivery, and in 2020 he launched Work Heartily, an executive leadership firm focused on delivering excellence for growing companies.
Connor Botes
Connor is an integrator at heart, specializing in harmonizing operations, technology, and people to create efficient and sustainable business systems. With a strong background in bringing order to complexity, Connor thrives on turning vision into reality by building scalable processes and aligning teams with organizational goals. His hands-on experience in designing, optimizing, and scaling workflows makes him a crucial asset in ensuring that every piece of the operational puzzle fits perfectly. At Work Heartily, Connor leverages his integrator expertise to drive cohesive strategies that not only support growth but also uphold the values and mission of the organizations he serves.Â
Craig Cook
With over 30 years of accounting experience across several industries, Craig has the operational accounting expertise for any size company. He can take the reins within an organization from setting up accounting departments, policies and procedures, and implementing ERP systems, to the financial strategy leadership within a company to take it to the next level, prepare for and implement an expansion, prepare for an exit plan, or take over the search for any funding needs a company may have.
Jarrod Lawson
Jarrod Lawson is a dynamic marketing executive with a rich background in the medical technology and healthcare technology industries. With a focus on both B2B and B2B2C marketing strategies, Jarrod has a track record of driving growth and innovation, notably facilitating the acquisition of Endochoice, Inc. by Boston Scientific Corporation. His expertise covers a broad range of marketing disciplines from product roadmap and market strategy to value proposition and lead generation.
Stephen Barnes
Stephen is the owner and founder of Barnes+Law, a boutique family business law and consulting firm guiding leader families, entrepreneurs, and business owners through Expansion, Succession & Protection issues for their businesses. With a generational approach to wealth, Barnes+Law strives to solve the difficult problems unique to leaders.
Kari Brown
With over 20 years of marketing experience, Kari Brown helps businesses create clear, effective strategies across both digital and traditional channels. She focuses on building strong brands, launching successful products, and streamlining marketing tools like HubSpot and Salesforce to improve teamwork and drive growth.
Wayne Easterwood
With nearly 30 years of technology leadership, strategy, and successful growth through acquisitions, Wayne’s experience is primarily in healthcare technology, enterprise business systems, and administrative services. Most recently he led administrative services for a Nashville-based healthcare provider system.
Johnny Poole
Johnny is focused on the revenue side of the equation for our clients: Chief Revenue Officer work and overall growth strategy for organizations. He brings immense value through his relationship-first approach as well his diverse background and range of experience with all sizes of companies.
Eddie Birchfield
N. Edward Birchfield, Jr. works with Healthcare Technology, Services and Product companies to develop and implement approach-to-market sales strategies and sales/marketing effectiveness programs that drive profitable growth. His areas of focus include sales and channel strategy, customer segmentation, organizational design, deployment, and performance management.
Paul Cleckner
Over the past 35 years, Paul has successfully led major transformational change across multiple organizations. From Standard & Poor’s where he drove exceptional growth as EVP of Global Money Management Markets, to Deloitte where he served as the Global Managing Director of Technology, to LifePoint Health where he led the integration of over 14 newly acquired health systems.
Sean Farrell
Award-winning healthcare executive with 20 years’ experience developing and leading high-performing sales teams. Results-oriented leader with proven record of exceeding revenue quotas for emerging start-ups, mid-sized firms and the world’s largest laboratory.
Shane Sloan
With over 15 years of experience (tech and services), Shane excels at crafting and communicating visionary strategies, leading teams, and delivering innovative solutions for complex enterprises. His expertise spans various business areas, and he drives enhancements in internal operations and customer experience. His track record of on-time, budget-conscious project delivery with measurable ROI underscores his commitment to excellence and high-performing teams.
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