My journey to you.

Dr. Clowes has spent the last few years building a coaching and consulting practice focused on human performance and leadership. His clients range across the globe, from Hollywood to the tech industry and back to education, and he still keeps one foot in the adolescent world. Before launching Re-Tri and Mighty Parents, Lester spent 16 years working in the educational industry in various capacities. He played key roles in starting dozens of schools from scratch while leading efforts in operations, marketing, hiring and training, and leadership development. And during these years he found himself constantly serving as mentor or coach to hundreds of professionals, which would lead to his decision to create his own practice. He earned his Bachelor’s in History from the University of Memphis, Master’s in Teaching from Christian Brothers University, and his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California. His dissertation focused on the integration of technology and its interplay with culture and leadership, and his work was nominated for USC’s dissertation of the year in 2015.

The title he’s most proud of, though, is “Dad” to the two most awesome souls on the planet. He’ll debate anyone on the idea that anime is the highest form of screen-based media, that Batman needs a therapist or he’ll usher in the apocalypse, and that One Piece is the greatest story ever told in human history. He loves the gym, collectible card games, and Halo. He’s also served on the board of an esports league and still competes in different games.

How did I become a coach?

I’ve been obsessed – knowingly or unknowingly – since I was a child. I was first hooked on the idea in middle school, when a former science teacher of mine saw potential in me and brought me back to teach and mentor a new group of students. From there, I began my own tutoring/mentoring business in high school,was a peer/mentor in college, mentored at-risk youth throughout my 20s, and then committed myself for 8 years to growing an educational organization that was focused on the power of 1:1 coaching. While there I still worked with teens, but I also began tapping into my gift for pushing new leaders to realize the greatest versions of themselves. I’ve since coached hundreds of leaders in both their professional and personal lives. Peak performance is not a isolated effort of one part of yourself, after all, but a negotation between the many aspects of your whole person.