Our Coaching Team

Experienced with individuals at the Board of Directors, “C” Chair, Executive and Senior Management levels, Janet assists executives in adopting effective habits of perception and behavior to lead and accelerate corporate strategies. Typical engagements address executive development in the following areas: articulate and inspire through clarity of vision, enable respectful challenge, debate and catalyze synergy for strategic business choices, risk/reward critical thinking about investments and shareholder value, plan leader succession and architect sustainable cultural/strategic change.

With over 30 years of executive experience, both within a corporate setting and as an entrepreneur serving organizations, Janet specializes in times of transition. Executive leaders experience accelerated growth that requires surrender of old habits and beliefs that are limiting in order to adopt an expanded capacity for a long term view of the business and the development of strategies and operating plans that enable sustainable use of both financial and human assets. A systemic approach to change – whether strategically initiated or imbedded to succession and leader development programs – facilitates organizational learning and positive impact on attracting and retaining desired talent. Janet passionately believes in liberating potential in order to maximize organizational performance.

Janet holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with a minor in Finance from San Francisco State University as well as a Masters of Arts degree in Organizational Development and Human Resource Management from University of San Francisco. Janet is an International Coach Federation credentialed Master Certified Coach, with 12,000+ hours of experience primarily in organizational and executive leadership engagements. Coaching competency is supplemented with accreditations in Systemic Coaching and Constellations, Coaching Supervision, Mentor Coaching and a variety of leadership and team development assessment resources, including TILT 365, Birkman Method™, Core Values Index™ and Team Coaching International™.

• Financial Services CEO coached for processes to develop executive team for transition from private equity to IPO and operation as a public company; organizational size tripled in 14 months, 95% retention of executive team, 16% organizational growth sustained for five years after the IPO.

• Manufacturing Site GM, (pharmaceutical) coached for strategic business acumen and team collaboration; architected overhaul of “go to market” strategy and global positioning implemented in less time than BOD mandate and achieved accelerated revenue targets.

• Global Sales Director (advanced medical device manufacturer), coached for relationship building, visioning and collaboration skills assigned to highly risky new product line; achieved record time approval from the FDA and exceeded sales team revenue targets 15 months ahead of schedule.

• Chief Financial Officer (loss management/disaster recovery services) targeted for CEO succession coached for expanded strategic thinking capacity, balancing risk orientation with creativity and innovation, performance through others with diverse styles; outcomes satisfied Board evaluation criteria six months in advance of anticipated promotion timing.

Steve specializes in development of Leaders, seeking leadership excellence for themselves and organizational health for the organizations they lead. Creating a collaborative environment where individual voices are heard, innovation occurs and accountability exists through a coaching approach to leading. Steve stands in his belief, faith and trust in the outcomes of a coach approach to leading because he knows it works. His invitation to others is to experience and experiment with the approach.

As a Certified Professional Coach with over 25 years of Operations Management experience, Steve’s clients include Executives and Senior Managers seeking leadership excellence in a corporate setting, business owners seeking balance in their life and leaders of groups and teams looking for increased collaboration and performance. A transformative approach to coaching results in clients, both individual and group, discovering an inner self and choosing agility, self-responsibility and contribution.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Technology from Central Washington University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Engineering and Technology Management from City University of Seattle.

Steve is an International Coaching Federation, Professional Certified Coach with extensive experience in organizational and executive leadership engagements. Coaching competency is supplemented with accreditations in Human Synergistics Organizational Culture Inventory®/Organizational Effectiveness Inventory™ and Taylor Protocols Core Values Index™.

• Manufacturing Site Program Vice President, coached for team collaboration and innovation at the team level resulting in 40% increase of implemented process improvements in a one year timeframe.

• Director of Manufacturing, coached for visioning and leading through significant change related to increasing production to and unprecedented level; production increase achieved with lower than expected disruption and returned to on schedule delivery 3 months sooner than expected.

• Divisional Sales Director, coached for relationship building, visioning and collaboration skills to prepare for promotion in 1-2 years; promotion achieved 6 months ahead of expected time.

Sarah passionately and practically pursues the development of leaders through intentional, organic growth. She emboldens leaders to create an environment where management is expansive, willing to move with agility beyond comfort zones, and to champion the individual and collective genius within the organization. With teams in transition she inspires connection, realignment and forward progress within the awkward movements of the changing landscape. Her belief is that coaching is as essential an element for an organization as the product or service the company produces. “An employee who grows personally, grows professionally” and coaching seeds growth.

Sarah coached teams from opening restaurants to launching new products to expanding and implementing market teams and programs. Her experience in recruitment, training, preparation, strategy, has demonstrated consistently excellent results.

Sarah holds an Associate of Arts degree in Psychology from Trinity Western University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Portland State University.

Sarah is an ICF Credentialed Coach with over 500 hours. She has over 30 years of experience in the wine and food industries. She is a Certified Specialist of Wine & a Certified Specialist of Spirits.

She received Young’s Market Company’s 2013 “Best in the West” Inspirational Beyond Limits Award.

Sarah serves on the Board of Directors for the International Coach Federation Oregon State Chapter as the President. She is in her 10th year serving on the Procurement Committee for Classic Wines Auction, one of the nation’s Top 10 wine fundraisers for children’s charities.

• Wine Company Vice-President of the Indie/Luxury Division coached actualizing intentional goals by manager. This development tool increased sales by double digits during a downturn in the economy. The specialty management team went on to create programs which impacted every division in the company statewide.

• A performance gap was identified in the sales department. Team Coaching for collaboration and contribution activated the community of local winery owners and restaurants. The increased sales of Oregon wines and public educational events created a new level of success and satisfaction. The team exceeded the goals and set the stage for sustainable growth and expansion in the market.

• Certification for Wine & Spirits was an initiative from the executive team. Coaching used individual and team vision and purpose, heightened with inspirational presentations by fellow team members breaking through deficit thinking to pass the test and exceed the average group pass rate by 20%.

Sharmin specializes in coaching leaders and seasoned professionals develop their emotional intelligence (EQ) and leadership skills and helping them in career growth and transitions. She believes, the key to sustainable excellence is self-awareness and the ability to “search within ourselves” and align with our core values. Without this foundation, all other “how-to” training bears very little long-term value. Sharmin helps people tap into their intrinsic motivation, leading to the deeper levels of engagement essential for thriving in today’s world.

Sharmin has 20 years of diverse experience as an executive coach and as a technology leader. Sharmin’s clients include Executives and Senior Managers seeking leadership excellence in a corporate setting for increased collaboration and individual and team performance. Through generative coaching approach Sharmin helps her clients to create awareness, build new habits/skills resulting in greater leadership presence and more sustainable impact to the bottom line.

Sharmin holds a BS and MS in Computer Science. She is a proud Hokie from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

Sharmin is an International Coach Federation (ICF), Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with extensive experience in executive and career coaching. Her coaching competency is supplemented with accreditations in EQ in Action, Organization & Relationship Systems at Work (ORSC), Leadership Models Essential for Organizational Coaches and Tilt 365.

• Vice President, coached for personal branding resulting in a new role and a promotion within three months, ahead of expected time, later coached to transition to the new role resulting in a smoother than anticipated hurdles in transition and a renewed commitment from the existing team.

• Engineering Manager, coached for higher team performance resulting in recognition among the leadership and peer groups, higher workplace health index, and improved work-life balance for herself.

• Technical Sales Executive, coached for next career move in 1-2 years; within 6 months successfully transitioned to a new role with a bigger scope and more alignment with his passion.

“Humor, personal development, synergy, adventure…contribution, making a difference, collaboration, giving back…family, community, unity…energy, ease, sweetness, inner peace…joy lightness abundance…synchronicity, conscious choice. My life lives bigger, my days are brighter and my impact is greater…who I am and how I walk in the world has changed forever. Transformative coaching is too powerful to keep to myself!”

Since 2000, Jan has coached with individuals, business owners and work groups who are looking for more effectiveness, balance, motivation, contribution, satisfaction, fulfillment, personal power and joy. She's a compassionate, gentle, challenging and illuminating partner and advocate, supporting the graceful navigation of change.

She believes her unique experience of the details of our personal and professional lives influences everything else. Our patterns, unexamined, become our prisons. Her clients are focused on what they want, despite challenging relationships, aging parents, rebound children, demanding careers, overfilled schedules and previously untended spirituality. She brings personal experience, perspective, playfulness and hope to the process of living full-spectrum lives.

Jan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from the University of Puget Sound and a Masters of Arts in Psychology from Antioch University.

Jan is an International Coach Federation, Master Certified Coach, an inviteCHANGE Certified Mentor Coach, a Certified Facilitator of Voice Dialogue and the ICF Washington State 2012 Personal Coach of the Year.

• Action in service to dreams and passions: launching a business, more effective team and client relating, promotion, writing a play, completing a masters degree, earning a teaching credential, doing work that is self-fulfilling and personally rewarding, regularly creating art, retiring to a sailboat.

• Development of effective relationships and increased productivity in executive teams.

• Freedom from the tyranny of “should”, reliable connection to inner wisdom as a guide for decision-making and life design.

• Success through transitions with aging parents, difficult children, strained relationships.

• Relief from habits and beliefs that have previously resulted in depression, migraines and despair.

Laura specializes in development of emerging and new leaders, seeking leadership excellence for themselves and for the organization. Creating a partnership with her clients, Laura unlocks leadership potential, whether they manage people directly or influence cross functionally. Clients gain awareness, clarity and grow into the true leader they are capable of being by taking constructive action. Laura believes in her clients and fully trusts the outcomes they will achieve via a coach approach.

Laura had a rich and diverse 30+ years of corporate experience in various positions of influence. Laura’s unique background provides a basis to identify with clients who are; high performance or high potential professionals seeking excellence in a corporate setting, new business owners transitioning from corporate positions and leaders looking for increases visibility, professional presence, confidence and performance. By using a generative approach to coaching, her clients discover an inner self and choose agility, self-responsibility and contribution by developing their character.

Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from William Paterson, part of the NJ University system.

Laura is an International Coach Federation, Professional Certified Coach. She received her Certified Professional Coach training with inviteCHANGE. Her coaching competency is supplemented with Tilt 365.

• Vice President in IT for a global organization left to start her own venture. Feeling she had hit the “glass ceiling”, she left to get away from the corporate world. Working with her to face her fears, she created four different companies including a non-profit to help professionals “step-up”. She now realizes she created her own glass ceiling. Her coaching journey has empowered her to believe in her ability to achieve anything she desires. She recently began strategic consulting business leveraging both her past and new experiences.

• CFO for a non-profit organization and overextended mother, felt totally overwhelmed and unable to show-up fully to get the recognition she desired. After coaching, she took control of her life and began making her own choices. She is now making more money than ever and has a balanced life.

• Software marketing manager felt he needed to leave his company to be able to do the work he truly desired. He now works for the same organization and created a new position doing what enlivens his full potential with the support of the c-suite.

Carl’s innovative, entrepreneurial spirit drives his passion for collaborative coachingpartnerships that engage both the personal and professional narratives of those who desire to stretch themselves towards deeper levels of growth and development. Our individual and collaborative potential is boundless when freed from limiting beliefs and energized by a deep understanding and awareness of who we are and what matters to us most. Carl’s intuitive coaching holds space for vulnerability, creativity, and clarity around the strengths each client is bringing and the challenges that have become obstacles to progress. Each coaching session is an invitation to what is possible and an opportunity to make conscious, deliberate choices toward our preferred futures.

With 21 years of experience leading 3 nonprofit organizations, starting 2 small businesses and 16 years as a professional coach and consultant, Carl brings expertise in organizational development and strategic innovation. Working with leaders across the spectrum from corporate and C Suite executives, nonprofit directors and small business entrepreneurs, Carl facilitates coaching experiences that engage the client in the entirety of their being and in the full scope of their responsibilities. Carl also has extensive experience with multiple team coaching and team development modalities.

Carl holds degrees in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati and Philosophy from Rhema College and has advanced training in organizational solutions. Carl’s unique mix of education and training allows him to engage with a wide diversity of experiences and perspectives. Carl began coaching in 2008 and has since accumulated over 5000 hours of coaching with leaders, teams, and individuals. Carl is an International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach and Certified Team Coach, as well as a Certified Mentor Coach and Tilt 365 Master Practitioner and Team Consultant.

• VP of Revenue Cycle and their team at a 4 billion dollar hospital system coached following a reorganization for agility, synergy and efficiency enabling effective management with a 20% reduction in staff.

• Restaurant and Hospitality Group Entrepreneur/CEO coached for systems implementation and creating and recruiting new director positions, enabling the organization to significantly increase revenue and profitability and grow from 3 concepts to 8.

• Non-Profit executive director engaged coaching for reorganization around next generation delivery of services and was empowered to successfully morph the organization to embody a new vision, new branding and launch of a whole array of new services.

• Fortune 100 Corporate Executive at a director level position coached to explore the holistic impact of a vocational transition which led to new employment as a SVP in Fortune 100 corporation

Christine is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Director of Executive Coaching with Cornerstone International Group in China. A bi-lingual (Mandarin/English) Executive, Leadership & Team Coach, Christine is recognized for her in-depth knowledge and extensive experience of supporting senior leaders, leadership teams on enhancing leadership effectiveness, deep collaboration, embracing change and wellbeing of individuals and organizations as a whole. Christine is committed to providing executives and teams with the highest value, world-class Executive Coaching and team coaching services.

Bringing over 20+ years of international business and corporate experiences, a deep appreciation of business practices and cultural differences between East and West, an insightful global perspective, Christine brings a unique perspective to her coaching with a business result-oriented coaching approach. She empowers and supports executives and leaders at all levels of an organization to reflect on their experiences and explore new strategies to make their endeavors an effective and positive experience.

Christine has a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from Peking University in China. She holds a Master of Global Affairs degree from the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Received her ICF PCC in 2006, she has 2000+ hours of executive and team coaching practices. Christine is also a Certified Team Coach with TCI, certified Stakeholder Centered Coach, certified Mentor Coach with InviteChange , and certified practitioner with assessment tools including Harrison, MBTI, Lumina and True Progress 360 assessments.

• CEO of Joint Venture in China (MNC 500 Manufacturer from US): Coached this female CEO of one of the key JVs of this American MNC in China, on building a higher level of leadership capacity to vulnerability and authentic leadership. Expanding on her already excellent performance, coaching supported the CEO to gain awareness of her own leadership style, her purpose and goal with the organization. She moved to a higher global role after 6 months from completion of coaching.•

• Leadership Team of JV in China (Medical appliances MNC from Germany): The 8-month leadership team coaching group focused on building deep level of trust, constructive conflict and building a more cohesive team. Five Dysfunctions of Team model was introduced throughout the team coaching process to build not only a cohesive team, but also focusing on a short-term performance goal which was achieved beyond expectations upon completion of the team coaching program.

• Senior Leadership Team of a World leading provider of compressors, vacuum solutions, air treatment systems: The two-day team coaching and workshop supported the senior leadership team of JV and operations in China to explore strategies and reach agreement to deal more effectively with the “New Norm” faced by the organization with the dramatic change of commercial environment. Initiatives were identified to execute the plan.

• Senior Leadership Team of a Tobacco JV between UK and China: The two-day team coaching and workshop focused on facilitating deep level of trust between China and UK colleagues, shared understanding of a vision and mission, and ways to work effectively and collaboratively. Appreciating cultural differences and similarities is essential to a cohesive team.

Katherine believes in the power of possibility. Drawing on her consulting background, Katherine focuses on improving business performance through harnessing individuals’ potential. She believes that increasing self-awareness, removing barriers and providing targeted support helps people be – and achieve – their best. She helps her clients find their own leadership voice and increase their positive influence. Inspired by her clients’ journeys, Katherine draws upon her experience and presence to bring a playful and honest challenge to shake up the status quo.

Katherine started her career with Accenture (then Andersen Consulting) first as a computer programmer and then as a Change Management consultant; she continued her Change Management consulting with The Structure Group. In these roles, she worked for a variety of clients in several industries, integrating strategic and technology-driven change. She left management consulting to join a family-owned wholesale wine distributor to establish their HR department. In that role, she oversaw all traditional HR roles and established employee engagement and executive communication processes. After seeking business coach training, she joined Tilt 365 to certify practitioners in Tilt 365 tools, conduct Tilt 365 workshops, and coach using the Tilt 365 suite of tools. Her coaching clients have been primarily in the technology and non-profilt sectors.

Katherine graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill with a double major in English and Psychology.

Katherine is an International Coach Federation, Associate Certified Coach. She received her initial business coaching certification from North Carolina State University and has enhanced her coaching acumen through the Generative Wholeness work of inviteCHANGE. Katherine is a certified Tilt 365 practitioner, coach and facilitator.

• A Senior Director was at a crossroads in his technology career, feeling the need to either be promoted or leave the organization. After discerning he thrived as an individual contributor, he set up a succession plan and is now thrilled to be consulting in a way he feels valued. His previous department is thriving under the new leadership he helped establish – a true Win-Win-Win solution for himself, the company and his successor.

• A New Principal of a public elementary school wanted to build confidence and his personal leadership voice. Coaching continues with a shift in focus to culture change at the school.

• A Senior Manager was perceived as overly aggressive, impeding her ability to have positive influence on others in her organization. After increasing her self-awareness, exploring her limiting beliefs about women leaders in technology, and shifting her behavior, she is now thriving.

Laurie Johnson is the CEO of 4 Elements Coaching and part of the team of coaching industry professionals at inviteCHANGE.

Laurie Johnson is truly dedicated to the profession of coaching. Because coaching was so beneficial in moving her forward, she decided that becoming a coach herself was the next logical step in helping others to move forward as well. As a thriving Coach and Program Advisor for InviteCHANGE, Laurie does just that.

Laurie helps others who want to become a coach by helping them find the right training program at InviteCHANGE, a program that has developed transformational coaches for 20 years! Laurie is also the owner of her own business, 4 Elements Coaching, and coaches individuals and teams in the areas of business development, leadership and improving relationships. She specializes in helping women entrepreneurs and nonprofit executives.

BJ brings passion to both inner and outer adventure, contributing her myriad experience to enhance every encounter. With BJ, clients feel complete safety to explore and advance what is essential to come fully alive, make changes in alignment with who they truly are, and commit to creating fulfilling, meaningful lives, personal and professional. BJ uses a whole brain approach.

BJ has been coaching since 2000, and has facilitated coach training programs for hundreds of coaches since 2002. BJ works with leaders and managers who want to bring personal value, meaningful contribution, real connection and balance to the workplace. BJ has extensive training in and trains others to use Voice Dialogue as an avenue to understand all aspects of oneself. BJ’s prior 27 year career was as a trial lawyer where she was instrumental in changing the law and the conversation about childhood sexual abuse.

BJ holds BA and JD degrees from the University of Texas, Austin and an MA in Psychology from Antioch University, Seattle.

BJ is an International Coach Federation, Professional Certified Coach and Mentor Coach and Coach Assessor, with extensive experience in creative change in law, organizations, and personal development. BJ’s coaching competency is supplemented with over 15 years of training, experience and teaching of Voice Dialogue, a process that brings all aspects of a person to the table.

• CEO of 50+ property management company: I now live from my core and determine how I want to act, be, and live through clarity of communication and expectations. At work, I let go of excessive control, hired staff to support my role as the CEO, delegated responsibility, and learned to hold myself an others accountable. The result has been less stress, more time away from work, and increased clarity on my role and that of my team. Our firm is growing in ways I never thought possible made possible by the combined vision of talented people, all motivated, accountable and working to their potential.

• Manager, High Tech company: I have learned to choose a balance for myself that brings peace, joy, strength, passion, and expands my capacity. The results are everywhere around me; increased satisfaction in work, relationships, and a great sense of fulfillment in my life.

• Author, speaker, group facilitator: BJ coached me to be as strong an advocate for myself as she was for me. She held me in my most powerful iteration as I worked to understand, and then implement, what it would take for me to become my most powerful self.

Liru is an executive and leadership coach with a wealth of experience, including her role as an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC). Since 2015, she has specialized in career transitions, inclusive leadership development, and organizational effectiveness across both public and private sectors. As a bilingual (English and Chinese) professional coach, her mission with every single person she works with is to partner with them to gain a new awareness, embrace a new mindset, and take one action feuded by possibility. Her coaching is about creating the strong leadership the clients want for themselves, both on the inside and the outside, to help them reach even higher levels of success.

With 25 years of organizational experience—ranging from technical expertise to executive leadership as a Managing Director and General Manager across diverse industries, cultures and

countries (Between East and West)—Liru brings deep insight of leadership experiences, and life transition wisdoms to her professional coaching. Her clients come from over 25 countries in the world. She partners with individuals and leaders committed to their continuous growth, self-expression, inspiring them to get clarity in their transitions to new possibilities, embrace change, and evolve into their best selves and create a meaningful, positive impact in the world.

Liru has a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Dalhousie University and did her post-doctoral research at University of Alberta. She is ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Co-Active

Coach (CPCC) with CTI, Certified ICF Mentor Coach with Coaching Changes Lives, Certified Advanced Generative Coach with inviteCHANGE, and Certified Navigating Transition Coach

with Coaching.com and MEA (Modern Elderly Academy). Liru is also a certified practitioner of 360 strength assessment and 360 inclusive leadership assessment. And she published a best-seller in 2023: Becoming the Manager You Were Meant to Be: How to Make Meaningful Career Transitions.

• From Workaholic to Human-Centered Leader

A Deputy Chief with 35+ years of military service believed in a “work or die” ethic, leading to burnout and strained leadership. Coaching helped them uncover their deep attachment to

work, shifting their mindset toward empathetic, well-being-centered leadership. This breakthrough transformed both their leadership style and personal well-being—proving the power of coaching in reshaping deeply ingrained beliefs.

• Career Reinvention in Crisis

When the travel industry collapsed, a Country Head was out of job and faced an uncertain future. Through coaching, she identified her strengths, reframed her mindset, and embraced experimentation. Within six months, she successfully transitioned into a Business Director role in education, later expanding the business across multiple countries. Her story showcases coaching’s role in navigating transitions with clarity, resilience, and strategic growth.

• Redefining Identity Beyond Work

A senior executive, addicted to the "high" of work, struggled with burnout and identity beyond their job. A pivotal coaching question— “Who are you if you’re not working?”—sparked deep reflection, leading to a shift toward a more balanced, purpose- driven leadership style. Coaching enabled greater self-awareness, transforming both personal growth and organizational impact.

• Thriving in a New Culture

A Senior Director relocated from China to the U.S., feeling uncertain about her fit in a new corporate culture. Coaching helped her embrace a growth mindset, expand her network, and strengthen her leadership presence. Instead of leaving, she chose to stay—growing her confidence, leadership impact, and long-term career success.

Stephanie is an award-winning, certified professional coach, certified mentor coach, coach educator, and workshop facilitator who trains and mentors hundreds of coaches. She specializes in empowering her clients to move through major life transitions with greater grace and ease. She helps them to identify their blocks, and gain clarity, direction and focus to effect positive change in both their professional and personal life. She is passionate about working with new and emerging coaches, as well as the more experienced and seasoned coaches who are committed to playing it big, making a meaningful impact, and gaining credibility through their own power and initiative.

She is a master trainer and mentor coach for New England Coaching and the iPEC Coaching Certification since 2006. She is also a certified Transformational Presence Coach (CTPC) through Alan Seale’s, Center for Transformational Presence and a Certified Mentor Coach through Invite Change and an ICF Credential Assessor. She is certified in the Energy Leadership Master Index, Genos Emotional Intelligence and DiSC assessments.

Stephanie was voted 2011-2012 ICF New England Life Coach of the Year, and the recipient of the 2012-2013 ICF New England Director’s Award.

In addition, Stephanie brings more than 15 years of experience in alternative approaches to self-transformation into her work. She has earned certifications in a variety of holistic and metaphysical disciplines that highly inform her coaching style.

Whether working in groups or one-on-one, Stephanie offers her clients many tools for personal transformation to occur.

Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation

Graduate of the iPEC Coaching Certification Program

Certified Transformational Presence Coach with Center for Transformational Presence

Certified Mentor Coach with inviteCHANG Mentor Coach Certification Program.

New England Coaching and iPEC Coaching Certification.

Mentor Coach: inviteCHANGE, iPEC Coaching DiSC, Emotional Intelligence and Energy Leadership Assessments Certified

Executive Coach: Lee Hecht Harrison

Certified Career Strategist, Leadership, Executive and Life Coach Carolyn R. Owens is an internationally recognized, trainer, career strategist, leadership, and executive coach. With 3000+ hours of coaching experience, she is a leading authority on leadership and professional and personal development and has worked with and trained top leaders across the globe. She works with her clients to awaken their self-awareness so they can achieve greater communication, interaction and engagement with their customers, clients, and teams as well as in their personal relationships.

Prior to starting her career at Infinity Coaching, Carolyn served in the United States Navy, for over 24 years, retiring as a Navy Commander. retiring as a Navy Commander. During her military career, she served as Director of Human Capital Management; a position that brought over 4,800 civilians, military, and contract personnel were under her purview. Her favorite assignment was serving as a Professor in the Department of Command Leadership and Management at the United States Army War College. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Carolyn is a big fan of all Philly sports teams. Not very athletic as a child, she found her sport martial arts, later in life earning a 2nd Degree Black Belt.

An International Coach Federation, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Carolyn received her initial coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). An Amazon three-time bestselling author, she is recognized as one of the select few, certified Rapid Employment Master Coaches in the world. She has continued to grow and excel as a coach, earning various other coaching certifications to include Career, Culturally Intelligent, and Mentor Coach.

Jennifer offers her clients her gift of intuitive and creative insight to expand perspective and create new possibilities, inspiring the full expression of their unique genius and highest contribution. She assists in bridging the gaps between known professional success and the often-unknown personal fulfillment. She works with individuals and leaders who are dedicated to evolving their best selves and making a significant and positive impact in the world.

As a Master Certified Coach, Jennifer facilitates individuals, partnerships and teams in achieving inner and outer success through authentic leadership. Her passion is to inspire and encourage life/work congruence and personal sovereignty, i.e. taking a stand for who we are at our personal best. She coaches those who are already effective at making things happen and achieving results, and yet are acutely aware that there is something more.

Jennifer is an entrepreneur and leader with over thirty years of service in a wide range of professional arenas, including world travel and direct sales/marketing. She has started up companies, both brick/mortar and virtual, and has successfully led teams and organizations.

Jennifer holds a BA in Art and Psychology from University of Oregon. She is an International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach with 3000+ hours of experience, a Certified Coach Mentor and Course Leader with inviteCHANGE®. She holds supplementary certifications in Core Values Index®, Expressive Arts Therapy®, Psych-K® (Psychological Kinesiology), SoulCollage®, Voice Dialogue, and other modalities that support holistic living and leadership.

• Staff physician at a VA Hospital and Executive Director of an international non-profit, restructured her position to allow for more life balance and to launch another dream. In clarifying her vision and aligning with her values, she is in the beginning phases of starting up an alternative, creative solution-based, holistic health and wellness center.

• Physician Leader: “Right on my two year schedule, I retired from the operating room, began as a medical co-director for Hospice, and was granted privileges for palliative medicine at Wilcox Hospital. In the years I’ve worked with Jennifer, I’ve made two major career evolutions, two major relationship changes, and two enormous geographic changes. I’m living the best life I’ve ever had — it’s all different, it all works, and is a manifestation of ideas I began to articulate with Jennifer years ago.

• University IT Manager sought more personal fulfillment and motivation. Our work included visioning, planning & implementation, resulting in freedom from debt, improved relationships, creating a flexible, virtual position within his organization, building a stronger team, becoming a certified wellness coach, and traveling and living in places that he’d always dreamed of.

• Freelance writer: “There has been a tectonic-caliber shift in my life since I began working with Jennifer. She helped me see new approaches and inroads for myself in the world. With her help, I’ve felt my self-imposed pressure and expectations dissipate, experiencing confidence that always existed, but was in the shadow of emotions that had hindered me.

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Liru Wang, MCC (王莉茹)

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