ABOUT
DR. LINDA F. WILLIAMS
Dr. Williams is the founder of Whose Apple Dynamic Coaching and Consulting Services and an Award-Winning Change Agent who builds disruption-resistant organizations through coaching, consulting, and speaking. She retired from the federal government after 37 years in public administration. During her seven years as a labor-management leader, she received the prestigious FNCS C.A.R.E.S. Award for Excellence in Cultural Transformation. The award was conferred for demonstrated leadership in facilitating and promoting partnership and the goals of cultural transformation at the regional and national levels.
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QUALIFICATIONS
Dr. Williams is a certified executive coach, trained psychotherapist (advanced clinical), management consultant, and keynote motivational speaker.Other remarkable accomplishments include:
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Within a 3-years, turned a historically adversarial and contentious labor-management culture into a thriving partnership of mutual respect, honest communication, and alliance.
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Negotiated the largest reorganization in agency history, affecting over 100 employees and involving national field office closures. Won full-time telework option for employees, reduced disruption to work-life, and maintained standard performance requirements for teleworkers.
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At the national level, reengineered processes and procedures for compliance with federal labor laws and negotiated multiple national collective bargaining agreements.
Education
2019
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
School of Public Service Leadership
Magna Cum Laude
​Dissertation
2000
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
School of Social Work
Summa Cum Laude
Masters of Social Work - Advanced Clinical Practice
Thesis
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(Concurrent with)
Masters of Social Work
Graduate Certification
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling (SPADA)
1997
CALVIN UNIVERSITY
School of Business
Summa Cum Laude
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Bachelors of Organizational Leadership
Thesis
Too Preach Liberty to the Captives: Prison Outreach, a Spiritual Responsibility
More About Dr. Linda
​​Dr. Williams is a nationally recognized expert contributor to national news outlets and publications. She was been profiled in or contributed to articles in:
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O-Magazine
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Madame Noire
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Glamour Magazine
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American Express Open Forum
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Brides​
AUTHOR
She is the author of Burnout: The New Mental Health Crisis, Whose Apple is it, Anyway: Empowering Purpose to Achieve Your God-Ordained Destiny and Too True to Tell (Why What We Don’t Say is Leading Us Down the Path of Stolen Vision).​​​
Dr. Williams is also the author of Burnout: The New Mental Health Crisis and Finding Peace in the Middle of Chaos: Secrets from the Movie "Inception."
​​MUSICIAN
One day I was invited, by a studio musician I knew, to attend a recording session. I had no idea how accepting that invitation would result in one of my proudest accomplishments. I walked into a Universal Recording Studio session where Tyrone Davis was recording "How Sweet it is to be Loved by You!" I was hooked! Having full access to this major and historical recording studio, I could drop in any time, and so I did.​​
During one of those visits, I stepped into Studio A while the Chilites were recording their "Hot on a Thing" project. I met the producer (Eugene B. Record), and there I was for the next 3 years. I was the co-writer and protégé of Grammy-Winning Songwriter and Arranger Eugene Record. Mr. Record was the lead singer for the Chilites and wrote the international hits: "Oh Girl," "Have You Seen Her," "Soulfil Strut," and "For God’s Sake We’ve Got to Get More Power to the People.​"
Writing under the name of L. F. Butler and L. Frances Butler, I had three releases by the Chilites:
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You Take the Cake
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Do What You Want
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Hard Act to Follow​​