Dr. Parker Houston
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A lasting leadership legacy begins and ends with personal leadership.
The Leadyoufirst blog was created by Dr. Parker Houston to provide people with simple, science-based tools for personal, family, and workplace leadership.
Parker’s personal mission is to improve the way we live and work through the application of psychology and spiritual principles.
As a board-certified organizational and business consulting psychologist, a licensed clinical psychologist, and a certified personal and executive coach—Parker has a unique blend of training and real-world leadership experience. Parker is also a trained Love & Logic parenting solutions facilitator.
There is a tragic shortage of great leadership in the world, and the world needs leaders who lead themselves and their families well—then bring that strong foundation into their organizations.
Over the last decade—Parker has led numerous teams to high performance and held senior executive positions for some of the largest and most challenging mental health programs in California, overseeing departments of more than 200 team members.
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You can also get to know Parker as co-host of The Next Peak Podcast.
Recent Posts
Master Your Inner Saboteurs
In working with my own coach, today’s topic has helped me personally more than almost any other mechanism—exposing the inner saboteur. Furthermore, the people I have coached in the past few years have universally identified this to be the most useful part of the...
10 Best Practices for Hiring (and Keeping) a Top Team
Ever since I became a manager 12 years ago, I’ve been curious about best practices for hiring. I’ve been part of organizations that struggled to keep vacancy rates of over half their employees—and teams that have hardly any turnover. I’ve been interested in questions...
Leadership Lessons From Winston Churchill—The Roaring Lion
It’s hard to imagine a more difficult leadership assignment in the history of the world than what Winston Churchill faced. There is a reason his most iconic portrait by Yousef Karsh was dubbed—The Roaring Lion—due to his penetrating scowl and fierce resolve. It can be...
About
Who is Parker and what does he do?
Dr. Parker Houston is a Leadership Performance Coach and Organizational Psychologist.
His personal mission is to improve the way people live and work through science-based strategies and biblical principles for personal, family, and business leadership—in that order.
In short—Better habits. Thriving family. Business results.
Parker is certified in Personal and Executive Leadership Coaching by the largest coach training program in the world, the Co-active Training Institute (www.coactive.com). He is also a licensed psychologist and board-certified in Organizational and Business-Consulting Psychology. Less than 1% of all psychologists in the US are board-certified in this specialty.
Parker has spent the last 10 years leading complex teams, and has held multiple senior executive positions for some of the largest mental health programs in California.
He leverages his real-world experience as a leader and unique knowledge of human behavior change to help leaders get better results in work—while never losing sight of the things that matter most—our closest relationships, our health, and a vibrant spiritual life.
Parker holds a masters and doctorate in Clinical Family Psychology from Azusa Pacific University.
He lives in El Dorado Hills, California with his beloved wife and two daughters. He has a deep love for adventure and is active in his local church.
