The Potential Center® offers coaching and courses that teach managers and teams
to harness the power of
creative problem-solving.

The greatest challenge I see for new leaders and managers is the ability to innovate, ideate and solve problems outside the box. 

The reason mid-level managers often stay at mid-level is because we all tend to fall into habitual thinking, coming up with the same ideas over and over.

Many managers and organizations focus only on leadership skills alone, getting themselves and their teams stuck in a pattern of stagnated thinking.

But here’s the good news.

As a manager, changing how you think about a problem changes your options for solving the problem.

It unlocks new neurological pathways that open up different ways to look at challenges and uncover solutions not seen before.

The Potential Center offers coaching, courses and tools to get you there.

Here’s how we can help you.

Manager Coaching with Ellia


Develop as a high-performing team manager with Light Bulb Thinking™ Coaching

  • Combined coaching in leadership and creative problem-solving

  • Find it easier to solve problems creatively - and quickly see solutions no one else has found

  •  Foster creative problem-solving and a growth mindset in your team

  • Increase confidence in your management abilities and competency as a leader

Lightbulb Moments Leadership Course


In this self-paced audio training, you’ll learn how to go from team manager to valued leader. 

  • Prepare for future challenges by being creative and innovative right now

  • Solve big hairy problems with imaginative solutions

  • Have more fun at work

  • Win over stakeholders

  • Be a more effective manager and valued leader of a high-performing team

Ellia Harris Innovation Coach

Ellia Harris, Innovation Coach
CEO, The Potential Center®


Hi, I’m Ellia.

For over 11 years, I’ve pioneered combining leadership skills, creative problem-solving, and an innovation mindset.  I show new managers how to use the power of combining these to break out of habitual thinking and solve challenges with creative solutions no one else has thought of.

  • My passion is for new managers who reach for more, and see the limitless potential in themselves and others.

    Uniquely, I merge developing leadership skills and creative problem-solving in my coaching and training.

    My years of experience as an organizational trainer and coach, and my own experience as a manager, have led me to one key truth:

    Combining leadership development and making creative problem-solving happen is the fastest route to being a highly valued leader.

    I’m hired by managers who are curious, open to new methods, optimistic about the future, and want to have fun while learning.

    I’ve helped many managers find their true value through creative problem-solving for the challenges they faced.

    I’m confident I can help you break out of habitual patterns of thinking so you, too, can help your team uncover creative solutions no one else has thought of before.

Not sure what you need?
Book a free strategy session and let’s talk about it!

Contact me at Ellia@ThePotentialCenter.com to arrange a time.

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