"Nella" is "Allen" spelled backward - We Turn Things Around
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How AllennellA Helps Turn Things Around
Coach vs. Consultant: What’s the Difference?
A consultant is like a travel agent: they assess your needs, help you design a plan, and provide a map showing you where to go. You and your team are then responsible for following the route.
A coach is like a tour guide; they walk with you through the journey, helping you navigate detours, stay focused, and overcome obstacles along the way.
Chuck brings both approaches together, combining consulting strategy with coaching support to ensure individuals and organizations don’t just start strong, but finish well. This isn't a one-time service; it’s a guided journey toward lasting transformation.
Chuck's Turning Point
The track meet at UCLA was the moment everything unraveled; it was the first of three devastating injuries. He was depressed and suicidal, then came the turnaround, his penultimate step.
Chuck Allen, Student-Athlete - Kansas State University
This almost broke him. It didn’t bury him. It built him.
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BECAUSE SHE SURVIVED, I LIVE
Chuck's great-great-great-grandfather, John M. Harris, was a White plantation manager.
His great-great-great-grandmother, Charity Phillips, was an enslaved woman from Africa.
He forced her to bear 13 of his children. She never gave up; she survived, and because she did, I live.
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"We don’t get to choose the soil we came from, but we do choose what grows from it."
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FAITH-BASED MESSAGES
Chuck served in ministry for 16 years
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SO, YOU'RE STILL MAD?
(Key Scripture - Ephesians 4:31-32)
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LIFE IS LIKE WHITE WATER RAFTING
(Key Scripture - John 16:33)
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GOD LOVED YOU WHEN YOU WERE A WRECK
(Key Scripture - John 3:16)
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react
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KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS
THE PENULTIMATE STEP (pe·nul·ti·mate)
In sports, the penultimate step is the drop before the leap, the stride that builds power for takeoff. In life, our “drops” are seasons of grief, failure, or doubt. This keynote shows how to reframe those low moments not as setbacks but setups; launchpads for your next breakthrough.
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THE PENULTIMATE STEP SERIES INCLUDES
THE PENULTIMATE STEP - Chuck's Story
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MARCH MADNESS - March 1995 was the month that nearly broke Chuck.
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The death of his father from a cocaine overdose.
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His wife’s miscarriage
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Her diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes at age 22 made her insulin-dependent
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Book the main keynote, Chuck's Story, and have him return to share "March Madness"
TURNAROUND WORKSHOPS
TURN AROUND A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT
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If you lead people, whether as a principal, executive, manager, or coach, you can’t afford to miss this workshop. - Learn More
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Part Two For Staff: Don't Spit In The Brownies - Learn More
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO? (Part 1)
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Look Back – On what you’ve already survived
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Look Up – Lean on the God who sustains you
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Look Out – Connect with people who will support you
Part 2 - WHY MEN DON'T "LOOK OUT"
In this powerful session, Chuck challenges the myth that emotions are a weakness and equips men to rewrite the script: to open up, speak up, and connect with others who will support their growth.
transparancy
Chuck founded The Urban Scholastic Center, an organization that has served thousands of students and families in urban Kansas City, Kansas.
Lead Without Leaving Scars.
Let your leadership be measured by the lives you build, not the ones you break.
TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT
Chuck was an award-winning leader leading an award-winning organization, but the people around him were losing, drowning under the pressure he created.
How To Create a Toxic Work Environment is a candid and redemptive workshop for leaders who want to lead well but may be blind to the harmful culture they’re unintentionally shaping. Chuck shares how he built a culture rooted in Scripture and a Christ-centered mission, but in practice, it left people frustrated, burned out, and undervalued. This workshop is grounded in the hard lessons he lived and offers a better path forward for leaders who truly want their people to flourish.
These roles transformed Chuck's life and prepared him to help reshape yours.
Chuck taught at the juvenile detention center and everything changed!
He taught in the wealthiest district in Kansas. Then, God moved him back to the inner city.
Chuck returned home and founded an organization that has served thousands of students and families.
Chuck spent 16 years in pastoral ministry, serving four years as a youth pastor and 12 years as a lead pastor.
Teaching at Lansing Prison reminded him that no life is too far gone to be turned around.
Chuck returned to public education and was nominated Teacher of The Year. Then God turned things around, again.
