About

The Forward Thinking Group was founded by Life Strategist and leadership Coach, Erika Dudley in September 2009. Our services include one on one coaching, leadership mentoring, team building workshops, and leadership seminars that are designed to improve personal effectiveness as a leader. Our goal is to equip our clients to excel in leadership within their organization or business. Our company offers solutions for leaders who are experiencing challenges in their team. Through proper assessment and goal setting, we will equip you with strategies to empower you to lead successfully. Whether you are leading a team, an organization or you are the boss of your own company, we are here to partner with you for your leadership success. Research shows that people leave their jobs because of their leaders. If you are looking for retention, growth and high employee engagement, The Forward Thinking Group is ready to help you move forward.

Erika Dudley is a Registered Nurse, Life Strategist and leadership Coach. She has a genuine knack for building teams and mentoring leaders to be successful. Erika graduated with her Diploma in Nursing and started her career as an Intensive Care Nurse in 1991. Erika has led teams and mentored leaders for the past 20 years. Erika has a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a dual Master’s degree in Business and Public Administration. Erika is praised as forward-thinking Leader, Influencer, Change Ambassador, Facilitator and Coach. She has her certification in nurse management and leadership.  She is sound voice of transformation and change in the workplace with over 20 years of leading and transforming teams.

Fueled by her passion to empower people to lead with authenticity, Erika uses effective coaching tools to help leaders excel in their leadership. She equips leaders with the tools needed to build healthy teams and productive work environments.

She challenges and disrupts the “because it’s always been this way” team and organizational cultural patterns and helps leaders create a paradigm shift in their teams and organizations that effect sustainable transformation. She is an accomplished author of “The Influencer, A Leader’s Guide to Transformation Through Intention and Reflection.”