Coaching for Leaders
Growing the best leadership tool you have to offer – you!
Value Add Podcast
Conversations and reflections that add value to your life.
Videos
Improving Leaders video resources for helping you take the next step on your leadership journey.
Media Literacy Blog Post
Awareness of how different forms of media shape us and resources to help gain control
Who We Are
The Improving Leaders and Value Add Conversations Story
There’s a whole family history that includes Nike, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Church ministry, teaching, Bushnell University, and a passion to help others grow. Improving Leaders was born in 2020 when Lars moved back from SoCal to work alongside Larry’s consulting business. Now they both teach in the Master of Arts in Leadership program at Bushnell. This provides a space for Lars & Larry to share some of what they teach. Lars is pursuing his PhD in Communication at Regent University and is renewing his podcast and blog Value Add Conversations. Lars started Value Add Conversations during his masters degree in theology at Fuller Seminary. The podcast culminated in the writing of his book Follow the Way and a daily video devotional series in April 2020. Since then Lars has been focused on being husband to Janel and dad to Ashlynn and Sloane. Larry and Paula have a small hobby farm where they grow grapes, apples, and lavender, but their favorite pasttime is being grandparents to four awesome grandkids.
Lars Coburn
Communication Scholar
Following Jesus. Faithful to Janel. Father of Ashlynn & Sloane. Doing life w/God in the neighborhood. PhD student at Regent University. Director of Church Relations and Planned Giving at Bushnell University. Author, leader, adjunct professor, speaker, and pastor.
Janel Coburn
Volleyball Coach
Head coach at Willamette High School, assistant Beach Volleyball coach at Bushnell University. Middle School humanities teacher at Eugene Christian School. Masters student.
Larry Coburn
Lean Consultant
Larry has a BS in Accounting from the University of Oregon, and an MS in Ministry from Pepperdine University. He worked 27 years for Nike before retiring in 2008. Along with consulting he teaches and coordinates the Master of Arts in Leadership program at Bushnell University. He lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife Paula where they enjoy being grandparents, traveling together, and trying to learn golf.
Paula Coburn
Lavender Artisan
Paula has a BA in history from the University of Oregon, and an MS in Ministry from Pepperdine University. She worked in education, telecommunications, and churches. She homeschooled her two sons and now loves playing with her four grandchildren. On her childhood home she grows lavender.