Meet the Team

Juliet Hawley MS | Founder

Kelly Byrnes, MBA

Julie Edge, Ph.D.

Candy Hawks, B.S

Nancy Spangler, Ph.D.

  • Leadership and Company Culture Expert, Author & Speaker

    Kelly founded Voyage Consulting Group in 2016 to help leaders anticipate, assess, and address people-related issues that jeopardize revenue, retention and reputation.

    Rockhurst University’s business school named Kelly its Graduate Adjunct Faculty of the Year in 2019. She is honored to serve Rockhurst as an adjunct professor for their MBA program and executive coach for their Executive MBA program. A regional magazine named Kelly a Most Influential Woman of Kansas City and to the Kansas City Business Hall of Fame. She is also an award-winning speaker and author, writer on leadership and culture for Forbes.com, and contributor to four Amazon bestselling 1 Habit books.

    Kelly earned an undergraduate degree from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, an MBA from Rockhurst University and the Certificate in Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School. She is a certified executive coach and holds the HR-related SHRM-SCP and SPHR certifications.

  • Julie is a seasoned strategy coach and team development expert with nearly 30 years of experience working with, leading, owning, and advising startups and small-to-midsize businesses. Leveraging her expertise as a Working Genius Facilitator and an International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach, Julie specializes in helping business owners and their teams overcome growth limitations caused by human factors so they can execute at the next level of success.

    Julie’s approach focuses on transforming business owners into the CEOs their companies need for future growth while elevating the performance of their leadership teams. She employs a unique blend of strategic planning, role evolution, and team development to create scalable and repeatable growth systems. By integrating the Working Genius Assessment and the Entrepreneurial Operating System, she optimizes team dynamics and individual contributions, ensuring that each team member is positioned for maximum impact and fulfillment in their role.

    Julie addresses the common challenges faced by growing businesses—bottlenecks in leadership, misalignment of roles and responsibilities, and difficulty in holding team members accountable for performance. She helps her clients identify how roles need to evolve and align team members with their areas of genius, fostering a culture of engagement and collaboration. Her ability to blend strategic thinking with leadership and team development makes her an invaluable asset for businesses looking to thrive in today’s competitive landscape.

  • Consultant, Trainer & Coach

    An expert trainer, facilitator and coach, Nancy has worked with employers, health care organizations, benefits consultants. professional organizations, and digital learning providers around the country. She has enjoyed presenting at national conferences, as well as leading expert panels on the topic of mental health.

    Nancy’s forte is facilitating interviews and roundtable discussions, mental health awareness trainings for managers, and individual and organizational resilience building. Nancy has a PhD in therapeutic science and was the co-facilitator of an employer-based initiative in Kansas City on depression in the workplace.

    A well-known presence in the Kansas City community, Nancy brings years of experience in creating safe spaces to talk about mental health and influencing conversation with openness and compassion.

  • Public Relations, Marketing & Certified Health Coach

    As a wellness and engagement professional and coach, Candy has over ten years of experience creating cultures that build healthy employees and teams. Her extensive experience in organizational wellness includes hands-on program design, operations, communications, and data management.

    Candy is an expert at developing holistic, comprehensive programs inclusive of, but not limited to, stress management, fitness, financial wellness, nutrition, diabetes management, heart health and smoking cessation. Her most recent experience has spilled into client relationship support for 'Workplace Healing', which offers a revolutionary Human Recovery Plan ™ Software Platform, which provides corporate leaders with the empathic muscle necessary for employees affected by life disruptions.

    She is well versed at communication strategies to assist employers in promoting optimum wellness program engagement and has an impressive track record with supportive data in reducing employee health risks.

  • An exercise physiologist and community educator, Juliet has spent all of her career in developing programs, benefit plan designs, and innovative tools and strategies to improve employee health, maximize employee engagement and develop leaders and teams..

    Juliet’s forte is diving deeper into conversations and thinking outside the box to provide creative, viable solutions. She is well versed in working with HR and benefit teams as well as providers, brokers and vendors to evaluate current systems and provide viable  strategies to achieve desired outcomes.

    Juliet has worked for and with health care systems, Insurance companies and brokerage firms which puts her in a unique position as an employer focused consultant. Her passion is supporting leaders through skill development, coaching and mentoring and has developed a coaching practice to help employees align their sense of purpose with their individual contributions to the organization they work for. Facilitating a culture that values purpose and meaning creates successful work environments and engaged and satisfied employees.