About Us

 Bryan G. Stephens is an executive on a mission to ransform the workplace and customer experience. He is the founder and CEO of TalkForward, a consulting and training company, utilizing Bryan’s clinical and management expertise to develop managers and teams in a corporate environment. As a licensed therapist with strong  understanding of developing human potential, he is dedicated to the development of Human Capital to  meet the needs of leaders, managers, and employees in the 21st Century workplace.
 

Bryan has practiced in behavioral health for the past 30 years, 22 of those as a Licensed Professional Counselor. Bryan has been in private practice through TalkForward for the past two years. 

With 20 years of Executive Management, Bryan served as a Chief Executive Officer in a public behavioral health agency, with over 450 employees and an annual budget of $27 million. There he established and executed major goals and objectives, providing leadership, direction, and guidance for agency activities.

Bryan is a Certified Gallup Strengths Coach, and Certified Managerial Coach. He has been coaching teams and individuals since 2006 both in and out of his work in community mental health.

A specialist in clinical supervision, Bryan began training therapists in small and large groups, while Ethics Chair on the Board of the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCA). Bryan currently serves as the President of LPCA which has over 8000 members. 

Bryan has an Executive MBA from Kennesaw State University and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. 

Bryan and his family attend worship at the First United Methodist Church of Marietta, where he is the Charter Organization Representative for the Scouting units. This includes the same Troop, 277, in which Bryan earned the rank of Eagle Scout at age 15, and where his son also earned his Eagle Scout. 

Bryan is married to his college sweetheart and best friend, Linda, and has two wonderful young adult children, Gil and Ann Marie.