Coach Jim Parker has been partnering with coaches, individuals, aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as young, fast-growing businesses and well-established organizations of various sizes for more than a decade, championing their on-going success and guiding them through the challenges they face as they grow.

Jim has been contracted by the United States Forest Service’s National Advanced Fire & Rescue Institute since 2006. He has provided assessments and team building services for an advanced leadership class of 48 firefighters from across the United States. He helps solidify the team’s strength and effectiveness by tackling the wildfires that threaten our national forests, homes, and businesses of thousands.

Jim has aided in team building with Illinois Power, Sun Tran Bus, A-Z Bus Sales, Connections to Success, as well as many small businesses and organizations.

Jim Parker has been an entrepreneur all his life. He started his first business mowing lawns at the age 11, and owned his first corporation at the age 22. Since then, he has created more than a half dozen businesses, including a manufacturing company, a commercial business brokerage, and several highly successful franchise operations. Jim’s broad and diverse background, coupled with his professional training as a coach, helps him provide a rich and resourceful experience for his clients. In 1988, Jim embarked on a five-year intensive personal journey to dig deeper in his spiritual process. This exploration and self-reflection led him to various spiritual practices, therapists and therapies, 12-step programs, and other contemplative processes throughout the United States, as well as India, Mexico, Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Spain. Since then, his passion in life has been to share his experiences and insight guiding others in attaining and fulfilling their own purpose, growth, and success.