There are two aspects of my coaching – business coaching and life coaching - and I draw upon my career and life experience in the service of my coaching clients.

Business ownership

Through my ownership of several businesses I have had to focus on the time management challenge of working “at” the business versus working “on” the business. I also have managed my finances through periods of start-up, growth, short-term reversals of fortune and success. I have strategized the expansion of my business as well as narrowed the scope of my work and defined what I do best, what I have a passion to do, and when I need to call in other topical experts.

Executive and management issues

From a mental health therapist to vice president of marketing and marketing services for a $600 million health plan, I have led or managed small organizations and large teams of diverse professionals. I have been involved with change management, process improvement, operations, team building, supervision and staff development, strategic planning, marketing, board relations, product development, training, brand management, and experienced the challenges associated with rapid growth, diminished revenues and staff reductions, geographic expansion and corporate mergers.

Consulting

My client list continues to be varied and what I learn in working with clients from consumer goods, health care, education, professional services and manufacturing broadens the knowledge I can share with my clients.

Does all this mean I understand everything about your business? No. But it does suggest that I have a broad range of business experience and insight upon which to draw in our work together.

Life Experience

I have evolved from doing everything I thought I was “supposed to do” to creating a life where my unique talents are unleashed in the service of people who want to reach their fullest potential and feel passion for their life – be it work, family, or community. I do know that by being clear about what you really want from your life, crafting a plan to achieve your goals, committing to change and working with an insightful coach who both challenges and congratulates, you can achieve success that you may have thought was out of your grasp.

What am I like as a person? My clients have used many terms - energetic, passionate, optimistic but not naïve, creative, intuitive, funny, intelligent, resilient, multidimensional and an unusual mix of a corporate executive and an earth mother. One comment stands out, “You saw in me things I didn’t see in myself.”