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LEADERS FACILITATE THE EXCELLENCE IN OTHERS
Theory and Practice on
Developing Your Organization
Your organization thrives from the relationship between leaders and followers. We apply techniques that develop your people for their roles and build momentum for your business.
Employee Development
Investing in your employees invests in your organization. We build leaders to grow your organization by tailoring leadership training specific to your employees’ and organizational needs.
Employee Relations
The top performing organizations create environments people love to be in. We develop leaders to foster that environment, build momentum with their team, and create a culture with the desired mission and values of the organization.
Training
We leverage psychological and behavioral concepts to guide and facilitate a range of critical competencies such as psychological safety, adaptive leadership, creativity, and more.
Strategic Staffing
We use psychological assessments, to include statistical analysis, to tailor your organization’s hiring process ensuring you hire the right person for the right role.
About The Company
Feeding The Wolf specializes in assessing organizational dynamics unique to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Enterprise. We apply psychological principles of human behavior to intervene and assist leaders in human systems to improve quality of the workplace and productivity.
We are committed to facilitating the excellence in others by revolutionizing leadership tools with psychology and neuroscience.
Statistical analysis
Team development
Strategic hiring
Leadership development
Workshops
Intervention
Facilitation
Change management
Qualitative and quantitative data collection
Application of psychometric assessments
Individual and group coaching
Digital Modernization
We Care About Your Success
As Organizational Psychologists, we are standard-bearers for upholding strong ethical values. These values guide how we engage with our clients and achieve results which give peace of mind to all stakeholders.
━ Responsibility to Self
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A. Act with integrity; be authentic and true to myself.B. Strive continually for self-knowledge and personal growth.C. Recognize my personal needs and desires and, when they conflict with other responsibilities, seek all-win resolutions of those conflicts.D. Assert my own economic and financial interests in ways that are fair and equitable to me as well as to my Clients and their stakeholders.
━ Responsibility for Professional Development and Competence
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A. Accept responsibility for the consequences of my acts and make reasonable efforts to ensure that my services are properly used; terminate my services if they are not properly used and do what I can to see that any abuses are corrected.
B. Strive to achieve and maintain a professional level of competence for both myself and my profession by developing the full range of my own competence and by establishing collegial and cooperative relations with other O. D. professionals.
C. Recognize my own personal needs and desires and deal with them responsibly in the performance of my professional roles.
D. Practice within the limits of my competence, culture, and experience in providing services and using techniques.
E. Practice in cultures different from my own only with consultation from people native to or knowledgeable about those specific cultures.
━ Responsibility to Clients and Significant Others
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A. Serve the long-term well-being, interests, and development of the Client system and all its stakeholders, even when the work being done has a short-term focus.
B. Conduct any professional activity, program or relationship in ways that are honest, responsible, and appropriately open.
C. Establish mutual agreement on a contract covering services and remuneration.
D. Deal with conflicts constructively and avoid conflicts of interest as much as possible.
E. Define and protect the confidentiality of my Client-professional relationships.
F. Make public statements of all kinds accurately, including promotion and advertising, and give service as advertised.
━ Responsibility to the Profession
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A. Contribute to continuing professional development for myself, other practitioners, and the profession.
B. Promote the sharing of O. D. knowledge and skill.
C. Work with other O. D. professionals in ways that exemplary what our profession says we stand for.
D. Work actively for ethical practice by individuals and organizations engaged in O. D. activities and, in case of questionable practice, use appropriate channels for dealing with it.
E. Act in ways that bring credit to the O. D. profession and with due regard for colleagues in other professions.
━ Social Responsibility
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A. Act with sensitivity to the fact that my recommendations and actions may alter the lives and well-being of people within my Client systems and the larger systems of which they are subsystems.
B. Act with awareness of the cultural filters which affect my view of the world, respect cultures different from my own, and be sensitive to cross-cultural and multi-cultural differences and their implications.
C. Promote justice and serve the well-being of all life on Earth.
D. Recognize that accepting this Statement as a Guide for my behavior involves holding myself to a standard that may be more exacting than the laws of any countries in which I practice, the guidelines of any professional associations to which I belong, or the expectations of any of my Clients.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” - Carl Jung
Our team consists of highly motivated and skilled specialists who know how to deal with any issue that you may come across. This creates a basis for lasting relationships with our clients built on trust and mutual understanding.
Dr. Vance Parrish, Psy.D.
“I believe that leadership qualities contribute to creating a space that makes a work environment more productive and more innovative. Build leaders for your organization and your organization will build momentum for its work. Leaders aren’t born, they are forged by passion, education, and the crucible of life.”
● Doctor of Leadership and Organizational Development Psychology● MS in Criminal Justice/Public Administration● BA in Political Science and International Relations● Former US Army Interrogator● Kantor Structural Dynamics Level 1 Certification● Naval Intelligence Officer● Specialty: Quantitative and Qualitative analysis, NGOs and Non-profits, building high-performance competencies, and behaviors found in Special Operations Forces (Growth Mindset, Resilience, Adaptability, Self-Awareness, and Self-Discipline).
Dr. Ashley V. Parrish, Psy.D.
“I am passionate about facilitating the excellence in others by helping people fulfill their call to leadership. My personal consulting style is combining the art and science of leadership by utilizing psychology and
neuroscience to transform intangible problems into tangible solutions.”
● Doctor of Leadership and Organizational Development Psychology● MS in Strategic Intelligence● BA in Marketing● Certified John Maxwell Facilitator● Naval Intelligence Officer● Toastmaster International● Specialty areas: Designing and facilitating workshops, culture change, Department of Defense, intelligence agencies, adult education, and Digital Modernization.
What Our Clients Think
Tammy Gohlstin
“I had the pleasure of having Ashley lead a leadership workshop at the church I belong to. I found Ashley to be relatable, professional and well organized. She approaches leadership in a down to earth way focused on the service component of the role. Ashley made the course interactive and was very open to our ideas and answered any questions we had. I walked away truly feeling that this is her passion and she was genuinely concerned about my development as a leader.”
Dr. Aprille Young, Psy.D.
"As a leadership and organizational psychologist, myself, I have high standards when working with other consultants. There is a level of knowledge and training I expect from them, as well as specific ‘best practices’ I keep an eye out for. Ashley and Vance exceed all my expectations! They are professionals of the highest caliber and provide clients with all the resources they need to excel in any industry. I can say from personal experience that they will add unmatched value to any leader, team, or organization they work with.”
Patton
“If you are looking for a team that understands how to navigate leadership challenges and complexity with the skill of special operators, that can develop your team using proven techniques in organizational psychology, Ashley and Vance are the obvious choice.”
J. Owen
“Feeding The Wolf (FTW) is compiled of two extremely competent individuals who we found to have very complimentary backgrounds to our own. We hired FTW to conduct a process review and help us work through some leadership and management issues. They not only exceeded expectations, but during the organizational review, we discovered new ways to implement changes across the board. I can’t speak highly enough about FTW.”
The Story Behind Our Name
Our company name is inspired by an historic tale from the Cherokee tribe. As psychologists, we want to educate our clients to understand how behavior is influenced by our mindset. We are dedicated to developing our clients’ leadership capacity so they can thrive in their arena.
One evening, an elderly Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, " There is a battle between two 'wolves' inside us all.One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied,"The one that you feed."