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Twin Cities native Adam Ehlert knows teambuilding—even in a business where 30% success at the plate is a career! He spent the previous two decades owning and operating an award-winning minor league baseball team, the Kansas City T-Bones.
Upon the time of pandemic isolation, Ehlert was able to consider his lessons and practices from those years of building excellent front office teams (multiple league Organization of the Year awards), and meshing them with competitive teams on the baseball side (two Championships). In concert, the administrative, sales and baseball operations created a popular fan experience, garnering industry and local business accolades.
Ehlert chronicled some of the lighthearted, business-case anecdotes in a recent book: TEAMBUILDING: Easier in Business than in Baseball, which is available on Amazon. The book, in which Ehlert describes “(those experiences) have made me wiser, more proactive and evangelistic about teambuilding!” was the springboard for In-Tune Teambuilding.
Instead of athletic endeavors—which physically exclude a significant part of any business team—we developed a proprietary curriculum that uses music as the program’s pinion. This easy learning curve teaches teams to function together as a band. The curriculum is advised by a team of training, human resources and industry experts to ensure efficacy, uniformity and fun!
Ehlert previously wrote Atrial Frustration: A Cardiac Arrhythmia Saga¸ which debuted as Amazon’s #1 New Release in both Cardiac Disease and Cardiology. That story documented his many-years struggle with congenital heart problems that struck him at age 39. His musical inspiration is Sam Baker, who as a young man was critically injured in a terrorist bombing; in recovery, Baker then re-taught himself to listen, to hear, to play and to cherish each day.
Adam Ehlert has an extensive civic resume, including service as Rotary International District Governor 2017-18. He has a particular affinity for the Adult Congenital Heart Association, where he serves on their Patient and Family Advisory Board. He and his wife Heather live with Mina, their rescue Doberman, who has big shoes to fill; the couple’s previous dog, Moxie, was the Doberman Pinscher Club of America’s Rescue Dog of the Year for 2019. Ehlert holds a degree in Political Science from American University, in Washington, DC.
Our Team
Curriculum Advisory Board
John Charles Meyer, Los Angeles, CA
John Charles Meyer split his 20s between political campaigns and a touring rock band. As both front man and manager for the Washington DC band Strawman, he played 300+ shows in 39 states, released four albums, and opened for the likes of Everclear, Anthrax, Collective Soul, Seether, Fuel, and the Kottonmouth Kings. After moving to Los Angeles in his early 30s, he landed acting roles in dozens of films and TV series. He went on to produce the hit indie comedy feature Dave Made A Maze, which is now distributed in more than 50 countries. He lives in Glendale California with his wife and two kids.
Jed Carlson, Durham, NC
Jed is a serial entrepreneur. He has founded and led three companies over a 24 year career.
Under his leadership, Adwerx has become a leading provider of automated digital advertising in multiple industries, and earned a place on the Inc 5000 list 4 years in a row.
Jed holds a B.A. in economics from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Duke University.
Chuck Udell, Leawood, KS
Chuck Udell has over 30 years of training and development experience. Prior to his recent retirement, Chuck Udell served as a senior partner with the Essential Action Design Group focusing on improving performance and profitability for clients thru improved sales, marketing, & leadership development solutions. As a part of Chuck’s consulting practices, he partnered with Kirkpatrick Partners as a Kirkpatrick Certified Facilitator.
Previously, Chuck was employed by the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association, Marion Merrill Dow, Mobil Chemical Company and served as a U.S. Air Force officer in England and Thailand as well as an adjunct faculty member for Webster University.
He received his MBA from the University of Rochester, in finance and marketing and his BS at the University of Virginia. Chuck is Kirkpatrick Four Levels Gold Evaluation Certified. He served on his industry trade association, Auto Care AssociationTraining and Education Committee for over 15 years.
Chuck has been a member of the Leawood, Kansas Rotary Club since 2009 serving as its president during 2018-2019. He has served Rotary Northeastern Kansas District 5710 as its District Trainer. He currently serves as an assistant district governor and Chair of the World Peace Programs Committee. He has also been serving as his Rotary Zone Institute House of Friendship Chair. Like so many Rotarians, Chuck sees Rotary as a means of giving something back to his community and making the world a better place through Rotary’s many avenues of service. As Chuck says, “Rotary changed me and my life forever.”