Coaching & Development Overview
Coaching is a Partnership
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential."
Often times the opportunity to maximize personal or professional potential shows up as:
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work-life spillover
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stress, overwhelm, or burnout
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difficult relationships at home or work
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needs that are not getting met
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an urge to explore and discern what's next in life
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an unmet longing or desire
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a search for meaning or purpose
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hitting a wall with an important project or venture
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​The coaching services I provide support people in safe space to process through such challenges and explore for new awareness. New awareness can drive new thinking, behavior, and new skills that result in development.
Whether you are moving through a personal or professional challenge, aspiring to achieve a goal or fill a need, or aligning with your true values and purpose, you are doing the work of (human) development. A coaching partnership supports this development process. Your process leads you to identify more about who you really are, then to acquire the behaviors and skills to live and work more harmoniously from that emerging identity - at work, in relationships, and in life. My approach as a coach is to partner with you to support this emergence; even when it feels tough.
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I have seen the results from coaching partnerships time and time again for over a decade. Developmental coaching support is powerful. Take a look at some of the qualities and characteristics of clients who work with me, and who my coaching style best supports.
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My coaching clients...
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are ready, willing, and committed to do the work that change requires even when it does not seem easy.
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often feel stressed, stuck, uncertain, afraid, overwhelmed, creatively blocked, are having a hard time deciding on or making a change.
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feel scattered or caught in the hustle and juggle of 21st century life.
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have a cause, burning desire or longing they are committed to working toward.
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they want to feel like they don't have to compromise their integrity.
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know that despite being stuck or unsure, they have a level of responsibility and ownership for their actions and they are ready to invest in showing up differently.
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My coaching supports...
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developing self-awareness first and foremost because self-awareness is foundational to growth in any context.
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a fresh perspective, or shift to a new way of seeing things.
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people who care about their contributions to their own lives, to other people, and the world at large. My clients are committed to their growth, the growth of others, and the collective projects, values, and causes they are dedicating their one life to.
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people who are dedicated to sustainable ways of living even when (or especially when) it might feel hard to follow through with those more sustainable choices.
When we change ourselves so that we align with our own true north, we contribute differently to the collective.
In this way, the world can change when we change.
Are you ready to invest in who you want to be?
Schedule your conversation to explore coaching.
I partner with both individuals and organizations. This is important for several reasons:
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We all need support sometimes. Personal and professional development are inextricably linked and bound to spill into each other because people are multifaceted. Addressing both personal and professional circumstances are essential to our ability to show up at work and the rest of life as our best selves.
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Whether you want to focus on personal or professional development as an individual or in a team or organizational context, we co-create a tailored experience so that you get to focus on developing in ways that are most meaningful to you or your team.
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Organizations are complex adaptive systems that rely on people for productivity, and their inputs and outputs affect people and the planet. The results depend on the people creating them. The more that individuals working within organizations can be personally and professionally supported to deliver their best work using their strengths, and in psychological safety, the more successful we can be in support of each other and our world on the whole.
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Teams are made of individuals and intra and interpersonal skill development like raising emotional intelligence, growth mindset, capacity to lead with trust and safety, and talent development, all connects to human development. It begins foundationally with supporting each person to be at their own peak potential.
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You can learn more about individual and organization coaching opportunities by visiting the Services Overview, Coaching for Individuals, and Coaching for Organizations pages.