Mission

Creation and facilitation of positive change in the world.

Values

1. Physical & Emotional Safety

Physical & emotional safety is the bedrock of our work. Before participants  "Do. Risk. Grow," we provide a physically and emotionally safe environment for them take risks and step out of their comfort zones. 
 

2. Unyielding Commitment to Excellence

We assume personal responsibility for achieving ambitious goals and holding ourselves and each other accountable to a high standard of excellence. We walk our talk and live in integrity with what we teach.
 

3. Authentic Connection

We intentionally unite our humanity with each individual we encounter. We stand ready to acknowledge and support their greatness.
 

4. Seeing the Greatness in Others

We focus on the unique gift of each individual. We support them in confronting challenges as a way to realize their full potential.
 

5. Service as a Way of Life

We hold service to be a high calling. We live in service to every client, to every participant, and to each other.

Leslie Bourne
President / Founder

Leslie received her degree in Outdoor Education and Wilderness Skills from Ohio University and was the Training Director of Los Angeles Conservation Corps for eight years.  She is a masterful facilitator, program designer and presenter.  She founded Fulcrum Learning Systems In 1991 as a means of making the powerful life-changing Fulcrum experience available to more people.

Leo Van Warmerdam
Chief Innovations Officer

Leo is from Sacramento, CA and graduated with a B.A. in Organizational Communication from San Diego State University.  He is certified by the Association for Challenge Course Technology and is a graduate of Landmark Education.  Leo brings contagious energy as a facilitator and is known by his peers as the “Game Master.”  He is an avid traveler and resides in Venice, California.

Amira Motheshum
Director of Operations

Born and raised in Woodland Hills, CA, Amira has a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management from California State University Northridge (CSUN.) As an undergraduate, she worked for CSUN’s Outdoor Adventures service - guiding backpacking, climbing and canoeing trips for students and faculty while co-developing CSUN’s in-house team building program. Winner of the Tal Morash Award for excellence in outdoor education, Amira always says yes to good coffee, hot springs, pinball, and travel. She has lived one year in Australia, and has 13 countries on her passport so far. She is proud to be part of the Fulcrum team.

James Linwood Paul
Executive Coach & Facilitator

Mr. Paul is committed to the art and neuroscience of "experience-based" learning. As a Certified International Coach Federation Integral Life Coach, and over 37 years of experience and success with dozens of change models, Linwood is masterful at delivering "grounded distinctions with power" to his clients. Spontaneous highly interactive group initiative experiences press the team into immediate and authentic demonstrations. They reveal core competencies that both serve and are lacking in its operating tactics and personal styles. Subsequent on the spot conversations known as "debriefs" lead to powerful declarations of unprecedented clarity. This "felt sense" approach results in real time commitments compelling direct transference to current organizational successes and challenges.

Zen Michael Dyer
Facilitator

Fulcrum’s most-requested facilitator, Michael’s presence is magnetic. With experience and exceptional skill, he has worked with the whole spectrum of Fulcrum’s clients, ranging from inner-city youth programs, private schools, universities, and corporate accounts, to foster home programs, drug & alcohol rehabilitation centers, juvenile delinquent groups, staff development workshops and after-school curricula. Regardless of the client, Michael’s message and peerless facilitation of ‘self-mastery’ has a profound effect on all of our participants.