The Leadership Alignment Spa's purpose is to ease the process of change, transition, and transformation for individuals, teams, and organizations by providing short, high-impact, practical tools and coaching services.  Here are the members of our team:

Janet Werner (President)
Janet Werner, President, JWH Training & Consulting Inc. (1988) and Founder, The Leadership Alignment Spa, LLC is a visionary pioneer in the field of accelerated learning applied to executive coaching and organizational transformation initiatives.  Some of the programs she has helped succeed at her fortune 500 clients include the restructure and reestablishment of human resource functions, the elimination of non value added work and the installation of professional development infrastructures and disciplines to streamline work in both market share driven corporate environments and operationally challenged business environments.

A regionally known thought leader in the field of organizational executive coaching for her application of new science methodologies to the process of change, Ms. Werner expands upon traditional methods by offering accelerated learning that emphasizes the importance of inner alignment, personal vision, self-management and dialogue as a way to thrive in a changing environment. She has successfully introduced dialogue in Training and Organizational Development interventions at organizations such as: Hoffmann LaRoche, Ortho McNeil, McNeil Consumer Products, Novartis and AT&T.

JWH Training and Consulting, Inc. has for more than a decade been noted for organizational consulting and training others to use cutting edge techniques. Tools and processes such as Dialogue, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Alignment, Breakthrough Thinking, Triple Trac Model are taught, applied and integrated with more traditional tools to help individuals and organizations bridge from their current reality into a desired future state.

Ms. Werner graduated cum laude from The College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Science, Health and Physical Education. She obtained her Masters degree from Trenton State College in Student Personnel Services and Counseling Psychology. She has received numerous awards including the Hammond Leadership Award, the Ionian Signa Outstanding Service Award and the Marianne Packer Community Service Award.

Joe DeBartolo (CFO)
Joseph DeBartolo is a highly successful senior executive with in-depth general management expertise. With over 20 years of experience in building and leading integrated operations for domestic and international corporations, he has held a variety of senior executive positions with in-depth general management expertise including P&L, international/domestic finance, operations, strategic planning, business development, M&A, startups/turnarounds and venture capital.

While he was the International Director at Atari, a leading software and home entertainment company, he boosted international sales from $3 million to $500 million in 1 year via $150 million multi-site acquisitions and internal growth initiatives.  As a Regional Controller for Coopercare, he led the European and South American Subsidiaries to an increased international market share from 20% to 80% in fewer than 12 months. Other accomplishments include taking International Development Group, an information technology development firm, from startup to lucrative contracts with industry leaders such as Nintendo Corporation, helping many small businesses raise capital and increase market share as well as improve corporate cash flow as companies such as Clairol and Grolier.

Mr. DeBartolo earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Fairfield University, pursued his MBA in Accounting at Pace University, completed the renown FMP (Financial Management Program) program at General Electric, maintains a Real Estate broker license in Connecticut and New York and is a second degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Kung Fu.

Joe Pipitone (Lifecoach Director)
For over 20 years, Joe Pipitone has been a successful business entrepreneur having started his career by growing a failing retail venture to over 4.5 million in sales in under 5 years.  His willingness to consistently think outside the box to obtain success in his business operations has led him to become a lifecoach.  He specializes in an approach that understands, supports and integrates the 4-body system regarding an individuals mental, emotional, spiritual and physical being having been certified as a lifecoach with Absolute Health (Olympia Washington), a leading pioneer in the emergent coaching certification field.

Mr. Pipitone has coached many other business owners, individuals, industry consultants and community leaders on how to achieve both personal and professional successes while developing a clearer focus on priorities.  Having lived the past 11 years utilizing holistic modalities and alternative medicine, he has built a strong foundation for his approach to lifecoaching.   In addition to a being an astute businessman, he is very knowledgeable in the use of supplementation and alternative medicine, including homeopathy, diet and nutrition, Kineseology and detoxification. Mr. Pipitone is an excellent motivator, executor, facilitator and mediator.

Mike Hayden (Operations Director)
Mike Hayden is an Organizational Management Consultant with a broad background from the Information Technology sector in Business Operations, Sales, Client Services and Support.  He has held positions in Human Resources, Project Management, Sales and Service, Technical Support and Systems Engineering in small through large companies.

While serving as an internal consultant for one of the worlds largest independent testing and measurement organizations he lead several initiatives in quality improvement and process excellence which accelerated product delivery time by at least 21% and reduced processing errors by over 33%.   Mr. Hayden also managed the development of an innovative learning center that was designed to integrate diverse cross-functional departments into high performance work teams.  He accomplished these projects by working along side the senior leadership team and the Executive Vice President. 

Mr. Hayden is recognized as a leader in creating and sustaining business and operational Process Improvements through targeted analyses of an organizations systems dynamics and the proper application of client focused relationship management practices.  He is certified in Change Management for Systems Thinking by the Center for Strategic Management (CA), worked along side internationally recognized consulting firms such as The Highland Group and MGTaylor Associates.  Mr. Hayden holds a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from St. Joseph’s University.

Richard Reale (Co-Founder and Faculty)
Richard Reale, President, Positive Impact Associates, joined in support as a founder of the Leadership Alignment Spa in December 2000.  Prior, he established Positive Impact Associates in 1993 launching his practice from a Senior Executive position at Osteonics/Howmedica.  Continuing a 30 year career as an operations director and an engineer he has for the past decade been bringing his unique approach toward business reengineering and process improvement to both national and international clients.  Mr. Reale is a recognized and sought after expert in Lean Manufacturing and Systems Wide TQM practices with a focus on high tech companies that require high touch relationships with their clients and supply chains.

Positive Impact Associates, Inc. since 1993 has been working with organizations to improve operational performance and competitiveness. Helping organizations identify and develop strategic initiatives and working through their successful implementation, Positive Impact has applied leading edge management and manufacturing philosophies to a variety of organizational transformations.

Mr. Reale possesses a Bachelor of Engineering and Masters of Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology.  In addition, he has been an adjunct professor at Ramapo College of NJ.