About Our Team

Dan E. Elkins, Ed.D. - President, C.O.O.

Dr. Elkins has directed counseling, executive career development, management consulting and career transition for more than 25 years. Throughout his professional career, he has worked with individuals and groups to empower them to achieve their full potential. Helping people reach their personal and professional goals begins with understanding and enhancing who they are and how that relates to what they do. Dr. Elkins' skills and background uniquely position him to address the organizational and human development needs of the corporate marketplace.

Dr. Elkins is President/CEO of the Nashville, TN based Strategic Advantages, providing Organizational and Human Capital Solutions. He leads a consulting team focused on organizational, individual and team assessments, executive coaching and small team effectiveness. Strategic Advantages provides nationally recognized consultants for both short and long term engagements throughout a multi-state area.

Prior to Strategic Advantages, he was an area Managing Director for Spherion Human Capital Consulting Group, based in Nashville. In this capacity, he provided leadership to the Nashville office and a five-state area covering Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi. As an additional part of his responsibility, Dr. Elkins coordinated and delivered major consulting engagements in many industries including automotive, accounting, banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, printing, telecommunications and utilities.

Earlier in his career, he served as a private practitioner/counselor, a seminar leader and also as a motivational speaker for over 15 years. In these roles, Dr. Elkins provided career development and personal counseling to individuals and groups from virtually every walk of life. As a part of his extensive experience in individual and organizational consulting, Dr. Elkins is a noted expert in executive assessment and development and a widely sought executive coach at the corporate officer level. In addition, he guides and delivers processes in strategic planning, team building, leadership and career transition for numerous Fortune Top 200 Companies.

Additional interests for Dr. Elkins include community involvement. He has served as a key coordinator in funding campaigns for the YMCA. Also, for the past five years, he has served on the Board of Directors for Miriam's Promise, a crisis pregnancy and adoption agency. His professional affiliations include membership in the International Association of Career Management Professionals, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership fraternity and the Tennessee/Kentucky Organizational Development Network.

Dr. Elkins earned his Ed.D. in Human Development Counseling and Consulting from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. He, his wife Meryll and their two children reside in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Joe Morrell, M.Ed. - Vice-President, Consulting Services

Joe Morrell, Senior Consultant for Leadership and Management Development, has over 20 years experience in business, career counseling and leadership coaching. His expertise with Organizational Behavioral issues includes Leadership Development, Team Building, Change/Transition Management, Workplace Harassment/Fair Employment Issues, Conflict Management, Relationship Selling and Mediation.

As a coach and a consultant, he has worked with numerous organizations for the past eight years, delivering major change management, senior career transition, team facilitations and executive coaching. Joe is certified in a full range of psychological and business performance assessments. Mr. Morrell brings a highly personable, energetic style to the consulting engagement. He is a consultant who is always asked back for more.

Major consulting/counseling clients have included Coca-Cola, Rand McNally, Sara Lee, CompUSA, Alltel Information Services, Deloitte & Touche, GTE Wireless, International Paper Company and MagneTek.

Mr. Morrell earned his Masters in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University, and a Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Affiliations include the National Board of Certified Counselors, International Association of Career Management Professionals, Mediation, and The American Counseling Association.