Iron & Fire Leadership Institute

IFLI Faculty

Inspiring Quote

"The sense of things being beyond our control and out of our control are but signals of our failure to understand a deeper reality of organizational life, and of life in general. "

Jonathan Miller

Fortune 50 Executive and International Facilitator

An international facilitator and former executive, Jonathan has an extensive background in building and equipping teams for success. During his journey into leadership, Jonathan had to face his own short comings as a leader and do the difficult inner work necessary to overcome them. His relationship to what leadership is – and is not, helped him redefine and reframe what it means to authentically inspire others, transforms culture and expand results.

As his teams flourished, Jonathan witnessed the essential role that bringing heart and soul into our vocational lives plays in supporting team wellness, maximizing our levels of joy and satisfaction, as well as, driving best in class results for our organizations.

His passion and belief in the power of transformational work to maximize human potential soared, and after a decade of designing and facilitating transformational retreats for individuals and organizations, he founded the Iron & Fire Leadership Institute to expand this work and support the courageous individuals who seek to undertake the work necessary to become agents and guides for better workplaces and better world.

He holds a degree with concentrations in Depth Psychology and the Masculine Soul and a certificate in Applied Somatics and Jungian Psychology.

Inspiring Quote

" What is most personal is most universal. "

Doug Wheeler

DPhil, Men's Theraputic Coach, Author and Facilitator

An accomplished facilitator and advisor to organizations, Doug has worked with high functioning business leaders for over 30 years. He holds a master’s degree in counseling as well as a doctorate in the integration of religion and society. He has advised service organizations

His debut book Reimagining Jonah: A Flight to Freedom is now available on Amazon and Spotify. His podcast From the Belly is available on Spotify

Inspiring Quote

“ The true leader is always led. ”

Jeffrey Batstone

EdD, LMHC

Jeffrey guides individuals, couples, groups, and organizations from the relational patterns that contribute to our western culture’s dis-ease, towards the rooted integrity of our inherent belonging. He is a psychotherapist in private practice for the past two decades and leads and partners in non-profit, religious, educational and public sectors.