Each facilitator with The Alternative Board® (TAB) is an experienced business person who has successfully completed an extensive TAB facilitator training program and participates in ongoing training sessions. Most facilitators run or have run their own businesses giving them a unique perspective to share with the board members.
The TAB facilitator guides the group discussions without dominating the meetings and encourages all members to express their views while keeping the discussion on track. They also ensure problem solving ideas are generated and the meeting does not become a gripe session.
Don Lodge is a TAB-Certified Facilitator and Coach with The Alternative Board – Pittsburgh. Working in concert with colleagues Steve Swanson and Jay Duquette, he motivates and inspires business owners, presidents and CEOs to achieve greater success through peer advice and coaching.
In 2006, Don started his own company as a business advisor and became an accredited Executive Associate with the Institute for Independent Business (IIB). Through TAB and IIB, he provides guidance, practical advice and access to solutions for business owners throughout our region.
Don is also affiliated with the International Clearing House, a local organization that creates safe access to the global marketplace for any company, from any location, in any market, worldwide.During the last nine years, Don has been a business owner, consultant and advisor. By working with Don, business leaders have improved profitability, managed operations better, increased labor productivity, hired and retained better employees, increased sales, entered new lines of business, expanded operations and successfully sold their businesses.Prior to that, Don held senior positions in human resources at large organizations including Equibank, Westinghouse, Mercy Hospital, UPMC and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart. He created numerous innovative, cost-saving programs and organized and directed a high-performing professional staff.Since 1987, Don has taught courses on leadership, management principles, compensation and employee benefits management at Carnegie Mellon University, Community College of Allegheny County, Duquesne University and La Roche College.Don serves on the board of the Regional Chamber Alliance and is a member of Youghiogheny Country Club and Business Networks International (BNI). He has been a volunteer for the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, PowerLink and the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s EnterPrize Business Plan Competition.Don earned a BA from Boston University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native, Don lives in Elizabeth Township. His son is completing a master’s degree in counseling at Duquesne University. Don is a ski instructor at Seven Springs, plays golf regularly and loves to dance with his wife.