Strategically combining Gallup Strengths and personal brand advantages (via HowToFascinate.com) with Life Purpose and Legacy data to create physical maps. Each map has a personalized legend that suggests a clear path for full self actualization and expression. These maps are for high performing leaders and individuals who are future game changers. We will help you discover and understand your true potential with our personalized, cutting-edge recommendations and strategies. Maps and legends can be framed and displayed.

Clients with global responsibilities face many challenges related to leadership style, team communications, and successor development. Internationally, leaders are faced with managing outside perceptions and professional scrutiny within their international audience. When supported to strategize their approach, they can accelerate changes to their influence and impact on their teams with confidence and intentionality.

I know how to help you think BIG; go BIG, and create BIG RESULTS in record time. This is my passion to work with leaders who are stretching themselves and have un-tested approaches. Do you want a sounding board/a work partner who has the know-how to help you overcome your personal and professional roadblocks? Let’s discuss how we might work together on a budget and with a deadline. In just a few hours, I can help you become instantly strategic; or learn to speak like a leader; or deconstruct your conflicts and people problems. Do you struggle with keeping your team aligned and focused? I know what will focus and energize your people.I will help you through the setup of the simple structures you may be missing. Or maybe you want to become all that your boss wants you to be, but you don't understand what she or he wants? Maybe you aren't clear about your organizational value? It’s time to move through that and on to “demonstrating your expertise”. I take the results I promise seriously, while being Kind, Insightful, and Fun-To-Work-With. My top five Gallup strengths: Achiever (being productive), Maximizer (tweaking success), Individualization (customizing and capturing the "essence" of a situation), Connectedness (seeing inter-relationships, emphasis on collaboration), and Strategic (moving fast and magically). Client examples: senior leaders in diverse, global corporations, outside sales, vice presidents in marketing, finance, sciences, inside and outside sales, operations, and call centers.

Leadership Coach with specialty areas in strategic planning and systems thinking; 360 assessment debriefs; assisting with leadership development plans. Independent contractor.

Certified global team member of Judith Glaser's Conversational Intelligence method. Through C-IQ, we are creating results and building trust "one conversation at a time". My specialty area is in helping high performing leaders who are struggling with their people skills, or who have teams that are undermining each others' success. I guide leaders and their teams to become productive, aligned, collaborative team mates using my caring, resourceful coach-approach.

SUMMARY: Supported functional leaders to drive strategic initiatives. Provided leadership development and group coaching for teams including strategy and brainstorming sessions. Other collaborations included: 1:1 executive presence coaching and driving change management initiatives with project managers and teams. Provided strategic planning, partnered with Human Resources and Training leaders, and debriefed Succession Planning and various assessments: Birkman, 360's, EQ assessments and Strengthsfinder/Gallup leadership tools.Introduced strategic and systems thinking into the Human Resources Department & I.T. and Operations. Promoted leadership language and strategic thinking at all levels. Using the Cox Success Factors as a guide, helped improve daily and strategic performance while driving cross-functional communication and advancing business acumen: CLIENT BASE: Leaders in Operations, Sales Channels, Western Region Call Center, Marketing Department, Outside-Plant Operations, Finance/Credit Services, Channel 4/Padres TV Station, External and Government Affairs, Cox Business Sales, Cox Media Sales and the HR Business Partners.UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS: • During a rapidly changing market place, facilitated successful ‘raise-the-bar interventions’ to help long time employees and managers meet increasing demands on their performance expectations and business acumen.• 1:1 professional mentoring for high potential managers & HR Business Partners with emphasis on developing critical thinking skills • Provided one-on-one leadership development and post-training implementation guidance.• Led annual sessions in change and transition, strategic planning, and systems thinking for teams

Busy contractor to HR-Solutions Clients during dot.com era. Provided HR recruiting, mentoring, leadership, and executive coaching in diverse industries: specialising in I.T. and Call Center services.

• Served as the internal HR consultant for McGladrey financial clients resulting in full-service CPA benefits • In-house advisor on recruiting, management coaching, and strategic planning for CPA coworkers • Virtual HR Director for a start-up call center during venture capitalization period

• During a major organizational transition, collaborated with the Mexican owners to move 400 employees to a new geographical location• Through HR, spearheaded new building security with Project Engineers; set up leadership training for managers • Provided strategic HR support while Delimex holding company (Fenway Partners) recruited a new CFO, CEO and General Manager of Operations and negotiated purchase of company by Heinz Foods.• Worked bilingually to gather data and write fifty Standard Operating Procedures in English for Operations• Worked cross-functionally with other department heads, served on senior team, and managed seven (7) direct reports in Human Resources (managers and generalists), Payroll, Recruiting, Training and Risk Management.

• Directed corporate HR, policy-making and interventions for four (4) HR Managers with 1000 employees in three unique counties: San Diego, Riverside and Orange County • Worked closely with hotel General Managers, their safety departments and the owners to institute a drug-free workplace free of safety violations and Cal OSHA vulnerabilities• Reviewed and upgraded policies, procedures, job descriptions, compensation programs, recruiting/hiring standards, employment applications, selection standards/criteria, employee counseling, training and employee handbooks

• Transitioned company from small privately held daily newspaper to a Fortune 200 member of Tribune Company • During a 7-year growth period: new subscribers doubled in circulation during that time; physical plant quadrupled• Directed 11 key leadership areas, including strategic planning, risk management, employee relations, legal and compensation decisions in addition to events, organizational development, employee relations and training• Implemented new (and enforced) drug-free workplace, budding sexual harassment issues; old school management in the newsroom, revamped wage and hour policies, reversed 400% growth in workers compensation• Added two(2) twice-weekly newspapers in 1988 and managed three (3) fast-growing newspapers in two (2) counties• Interviewed, hired, managed and trained leaders; managed remote locations during doubling of EE population and facilities expansion.