Business & Executive/Leadership

I spent 20 years in IT, primarily as a project manager and changed careers midway through my career journey. I have experience helping clients with career changes, resume writing, career assessments to understand skills, interests, and values, handling career stress, interview preparation, knowledge of networking and the job market, and helping people make the best of their current job. I also have experience with business coaching. If a task is career-related, I likely have training, knowledge, and expertise. I am a Certified Career Services Specialist through the National Career Development Association (NCDA). I have made a major career change and could not be happier to be working as a career coach.

MY PERSONAL STATEMENT
►FIRST, I stand up for what I believe and can be a powerful advocate for change. Bravery requires me to be authentic and vulnerable. I express my true thoughts and opinions in a way that is honest, direct and respectful.

►SECOND, I love learning. It is how I grow and the process never ends. I engage in critical thinking and questioning the status quo.

►THIRD, I believe in helping others, which allows me to see the world from distinct perspectives. Each person is unique and my work in understanding and empathizing with others is one of my strengths.

►FOURTH, I love to set the example of servant-leadership and show that I am here to help. My style is to break down barriers and connect with an individual’s strengths. I listen intently and earn the trust of others.

I help new entrepreneurs get the clarity and confidence to launch and grow their businesses and make a bigger impact on the world. I combine my coach training (Whole Person Certified Coach®, ICF ACC) with over 15 years of corporate marketing experience to help guide my clients in building intentional businesses that not only thrive, but are aligned to their personality and values from day one.

I can support you in creating an initial vision and plan, help you brainstorm your business and marketing strategy, guide you through any obstacles that come up, and help you stay accountable to reach the goals you set for your business.

I also help clients work through any mindset issues that come up in the process of starting a business––fear of failure, procrastination, self-doubt, imposter syndrome, fear of being visible, etc. Because I believe that mindset is just as important as strategy and is what blocks most entrepreneurs from succeeding.

My coaching style is transformational: I believe that my clients are smart, capable women who can come up with their own solutions, so I act as a guide to help them find their own answers (instead of telling them what I think they should do). This keeps them in the driver's seat of their business and helps them make better decisions going forward. I also help them break through any old beliefs or patterns that are holding them back. This means that when we finish working together, they continue to thrive on their own.

If you're interested in working together, please schedule a free 30-minute consultation here: https://agathabrewer.com/private-coaching

You can view details of my 1:1 coaching programs here: https://agathabrewer.com/coaching-services/

Change is not easy and we all have times we need support to help us navigate through it . As former career Naval Officer who then spent 15 plus years helping large organizations transform, I have seen and experienced a variety of changes both big and small . At the end of the day all change is personal, I realize my passion is helping individuals find their inner resources and personal path. If a surprise change has come knocking or you want to plan you next transformation let me help navigate.

Welcome to the pasture, where the grass is greener because we water it. (Unless you live in California and are in the middle of a sever drought. In that case, brown is the new green baby!)

My name is Anna Acuña and I'm the Fulfillment Coach for you—the Ambitious Professional in your 20s/30s seeking work and a life that sets your soul on fire.

I'm passionate about inspiring and supporting you in the pursuit of your passions.

Let me guess, you're bored out of your mind and wish you were doing something more fulfilling with your life. Am I right? Chances are you're good at what you do and make a decent living doing it, but find yourself drained, unfulfilled and uninspired. Do you feel like you're just going through the motions? Do you have all this potential brewing inside you waiting to be tapped (like a delicious craft beer), but either don't know what to do with it or find yourself hesitant to take action? Perhaps you already know your passion and need help figuring out how to pursue it. Or maybe you have no clue what your passion is and want to discover it. If you're anything like me, then you have multiple passions and no idea which one you should pick and commit to.

Sound familiar? I know what it's like to feel lost, confused and paralyzed by options.

I also know how to clear the fog, find clarity, direction and focus around what I want to pursue in my life and take deliberate action.

When I graduated college with a B.S. in Kinesiology and minor in Theatre, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life in terms of a career. All I really cared about or felt fulfilled doing was lifting the spirits of others and encouraging them to pursue the things they were passionate about. There wasn't exactly a career out there I knew of designed for such an abstract "skill set" though. Besides that, all I knew was I was passionate about many different things and wanted a career that would allow me to do a variety of things. So, despite the very real and looming burden of student loan debt, family expectation, social expectation and the pressure to settle down and find a "real job", I held off in search of a career that set my soul on fire. A career that not only allowed me to connect with and support others in the pursuit of their passions, but also provided the creative fulfillment, sense of purpose and freedom I desired, especially in terms of my time and money.

I've never been one to do things for money. Instead of choosing a job to just pay the bills, I pursued my passions to see which one would be a fulfilling career option. I trusted my instincts, let my passions guide me and tapped into the abundance of potential I possessed. I pursued and enriching collection of work experiences and took advantage of opportunities I never thought possible before.

Some of those opportunities included working in the entertainment industry, teaching and education, becoming a certified Yoga Instructor, learning web design and working for an e-commerce scuba company.

In the pursuit of my passions, I discovered what matters most to me and started crafting an intentional vision of my life. Along the way, I came across Life Coaching and began to contemplate the idea of starting my own business as an entrepreneur. To be completely honest, the idea of starting my own business scared the shit out of me and the thought of turning into a "salesy, bottom-line crazed douchebag" was a huge turn off—you know what I'm talking about. So, I spent another 3 years mulling the idea over while working for other people hoping to find my dream job. Eventually, it became undoubtedly clear that the life I sought was one of my own making and on my own terms.

Pursuing my passions led me directly to the work I had been looking for all along; life as a Wild & Free entrepreneur!

So let me ask you...what are you passionate about? Would you like to pursue it?
Pursuing your passions is the key to creating a life that sets your soul on fire. When you do the things you love, work becomes a fulfilling, energizing and worthwhile use of your time that allows you to create, innovate, make a profound difference in the world, and live your life to the fullest. It boosts your health and all aspects of your being—mind, body, and spirit.

If your instincts tell you to pursue your passions, then trust your gut and tap into your boundless potential. As your coach, I will guide you through the process of discovering and pursuing your passions, so you can create a life that sets your soul on fire.

Follow me and soon you will be Wild & Free!

Anne is the Founder and Principal of Lean-to Collaborations, LLC, a team effectiveness and collaboration consultancy launched in 2020 at the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic. She brings 20 years of experience supporting researchers, academics, and other knowledge workers crossing disciplinary and other boundaries. Trained in individual and team coaching, Anne supports her clients as they work to address complex social, environmental, and technical challenges. As a team coach, Anne is certified to administer and debrief the Team Diagnostic Survey- the world’s most rigorous assessment of team effectiveness.

I'm honored to have witnessed the tender, courageous journeys of many as a certified career and life coach and a former people manager at renowned companies. I'm passionate about helping life-long learners identify and pursue a career aligned with their purpose, needs, and strengths.

I define career as something one spends the majority of their time and energy on, and it doesn’t have to be one thing. Career is an important, integral part of life; it should be aligned with who you truly are and support the life you value. Together, we’ll find possibilities and pathways towards a career and life that’s authentic, dynamic, and uniquely meaningful to you.

I hold two Masters degrees - one in Design and the other in Finance. For the past decade, I had the privilege to lead and coach interdisciplinary teams at various companies around the globe, working on innovative initiatives with emerging technologies. In 2023, I left my outwardly shiny career managing a research team on Virtual Reality products at Meta (formerly Facebook) and dedicated myself to unleashing the potential of others’ through coaching. I invite you to check out my coaching website linked above - https://www.creativepotentialcoaching.com and my credentials via my LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyruili. Please feel free to schedule a call via my coaching website or directly reach out to me. I look forward to getting to know you.

I am a student coach excited to help others. My clients are people in sales and sales leadership who want to do sales differently, from a place of Authenticity and Awareness. They want to thrive – not just financially, but emotionally, mentally, and relationally. They're tired of simply grinding through the day.

Sales is a very emotional game. Your MINDSET impacts your performance more than in any other profession. How you wake up in the morning and feel about yourself will make all of the difference in not just your job performance, but also your overall sense of well-being. Let's figure out how to improve your job performance and feel better at the same time!

I have 40 years of Sales and Sales Management experience in the high pressure world of Tech Start-ups. I have had huge highs and deep lows. Managing emotions and maintaining focus, while sustaining personal growth and fulfillment often APPEAR to be at odds. How can we give our best to our profession and THRIVE as humans? Why cant we do both? The fact is, thriving as a human will make you a better and more authentic sales professional. One feeds the other.

I have spent many training hours focused on Mindfulness, Meditation, Impact of Trauma and Addiction Recovery. I am not a therapist, but I am sensitive and aware to these issues. Imagine loving your life again, living in a balanced way and succeeding at all levels.

"Bill is the best and most creative Salesperson and Manager that I have ever worked with! I would follow Bill anywhere". Team Member

"I learned more about myself and how to exceed my goals...my way. I have grown as a human and a professional more in the last two years than at any other time in my life". Team Member

Are you sick and tired of hearing about all of the things you "should" be doing to grow your online business? The "shoulds" seem to change on a daily basis. Who can keep up?

I'm here to tell you that you don't need to!

I‘m a co-founder and the lead marketer at Encore Empire. We help seasoned female entrepreneurs cut through the online noise of too many options, too many tactics, and too many shoulds. Through one-on-one laser coaching, we teach you the right steps to take and in what order, so there’s no guesswork, and we teach you how to track your progress so you can clearly see what’s working and what’s not.

We help you develop the processes you can rely on to achieve success and profitability. Without a proven process, growth is not possible. We expose flavor-of-the-day tactics and teach you how to implement processes designed to support your business model so that you can finally understand what works for your business - not the guru of the day’s business.

We’ll work with you to help you develop your unique foundational business success strategy. It’s like a fingerprint - no two are the same.

The truth is, your target market doesn’t care about you. They care about getting their needs met. The person or company who can clearly communicate that they understand what those needs are and that they are able to meet or exceed them will win the business.

This is marketing, and marketing is my specialty. I’ve got decades of experience leading teams in Corporate America to beat the competition and win contracts in excess of 9-figures. Add to this the success our clients achieve, and you can rest assured that you’re in good hands.

Our client, Vicki, expresses in this video (https://encoreempire.com/vicki) the clarity she received within a few short weeks of working with us. Clarity is the key to nailing your marketing. Our process is designed to help you achieve a new level of clarity as soon as possible so you can attract the right prospects and grow your business.

You need more than marketing and strategy - you need to be seen and heard during the ups and downs of running your business. As a Whole Person Certified Coach, I’ve been trained to approach our coaching relationship holistically. Being a business owner is just one facet of who you are. At Encore Empire, we honor your whole being by bringing richness to our work together that you won’t find with other business coaches.

See our process in action! If you’re struggling with marketing overwhelm, sign up for our next Marketing Methodology Workshop: https://encoreempire.com/mmw

Join our free Facebook group for weekly Live Learning and to get the support you need to grow your online business: https://www.facebook.com/groups/empireofunstoppablewomen

I have been teaching, coaching, and training groups and individuals for over 20 years in the healthcare, criminal justice, education, and non-profit sectors. I am passionate about developing emerging and established leaders by creating both formal and everyday opportunities for people to learn, grow and practice. What else? I love to get geeky about neuroscience, like to be a little corny and silly, last year I learned how to play pickle ball and backpacked 40 miles from Graves Creek to the Oregon Coast. If you are looking for someone to support you in creating the life you have been dreaming of, you can find me at www.theleaderfullife.com.

Dr Julia “Chinyere” Oparah is an experienced leader with 30+ years of administrative experience in higher education and the nonprofit sector, including the roles of executive director, dean, provost and vice president for academic affairs. Chinyere’s coaching practice helps leaders identify and overcome internal and external barriers so that they can unleash their innate wisdom and power, and lead from a place of authenticity, purpose and joy. Chinyere is a Certified Executive Coach, Career Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation and Center for Executive Coaching. She is also a certified Trauma Informed Coach, and holds a certification in Hogan Leadership Assessments. Her trauma-informed approach offers tools to manage the impact of historic and contemporary traumas that may be activated by workplace microaggressions and toxic work cultures.

After witnessing first-hand the intense pressures on equity-oriented leaders, Chinyere founded the Center for Liberated Leadership to connect and resource leaders as they navigate challenging politics, complex organizational cultures and relentless workloads. A National Equity Project fellow, Chinyere is trained in liberatory design principles and is committed to cultivating equitable and engaged workplace and campus communities. Chinyere brings extensive experience of leading diversity hiring and retention initiatives, managing change in volatile contexts, building high-performance, high-trust teams, creating engaged and equitable workplace and campus climates, developing actionable strategic plans, and leading during organizational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. She has worked in both public and private institutions of higher education in the U.S and Canada.

Chinyere began her career in the nonprofit sector, where she served as director of a national development agency. Her internationally recognized scholarship reflects a lifelong commitment to antiracism and social justice. She has held tenured faculty positions for 25 years. She holds a doctorate in Sociology with a focus on minority women’s civic engagement (Warwick), a master’s degree in Race and Ethnic Studies (Warwick) and a certificate in Management and Leadership in Education (Harvard). On a personal note, Chinyere practices yoga and mindfulness, loves to hike the Sonoma ocean bluff trail and lives her life to a gospel music soundtrack.

I help my clients to understand more deeply who they are, by exploring how they created their world realities and patterns in their life. Then we focus on the motivations, values and strengths that will enable them to be successful or on the behaviours or mindsets that may hold them back. I prefer to use a psychometric tool to help with the process and provide insights and information that helps the client to decide what actions to take.

I have held executive roles across a range of industries and countries, helping organisations with the development of leaders to establish high performance cultures. I am a passionate leadership development and diversity & inclusion consultant, people manager, facilitator and executive coach. I am unique in that I have consulting expertise and the operational experience of working in multi-national organisations and a fast growing start up environment.

Please note, I am still in training to receive my ICF accreditation, working my way through the learning experience with the CTW team.

People are most productive when they enjoy their work and find success in what they do. I coach leaders and individual contributors to do just that; find fulfillment, joy and success in their careers. I bring more than 20 years of employee and leader development experience to my coaching practice, including creating and delivering leader learning programs, resolving conflict with staff, and inspiring individuals to identify and reach career goals. In addition to education and experience, my intrinsic strengths in empathy, communication, and relationship inspire my passion for promoting others.

Let me help you tie your values, interests, skills and goals to your work and reach the career success you desire.

Call or text 503.516.3517, or email darlenemillercoach@gmail.com, to schedule your free 30 minute introduction call. After we speak you can decide if I’m the coach you’re looking for.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the journey!

Dat Nguyen is a leadership and life coach who specializes in motivational speaking and leadership coaching. He has over ten years of experience in working with teams and individuals to identify areas of weaknesses and learning to be more deliberate in their pursuit of goals. Dat has worked with companies, nonprofits, and schools helping people build their confidence, become better communicators, and improving their own leadership through accountability and goal-setting.

His coaching career started with his collegiate organizational experiences, which included many hours of volunteering and developing student leadership. He implemented senior mentorship programs that allowed experienced college students to assist incoming students to become more involved as a leader. This program included a variety of physical and mental team-building exercises that provided valuable interpersonal skills. These skills enhanced students overall college experience by allowing them to take on more leadership roles throughout their academic career.

Dat’s training materials are drawn from real-life experiences with student leadership groups across the nation to increase competitive team growth. As a result, these student leaders improved their public speaking, set purposeful goals, and maintained a rhythm of accountability.

Over the years, the passion to perform motivational speeches ignited Dat to share his experiences about transitioning into a career and maintaining success as a leader. His speeches and trainings focus on developing interpersonal skills through networking and communicating effectively in a work environment. He understands the everyday stress of meeting project goals and the toll it takes on the mind and body. In addition to corporate training, Dat leverages his experiences in meditation retreats and daily mental reset practices to help hard-working professionals to develop mindfulness and reset their stress levels within a busy workday.

Dat relates to his audience powerfully by sharing his own first-hand experiences. The inspirational stories he shares enabled others to start living more confidently by recognizing any negative thoughts and “not allowing them to freeload in his mind” (as heard in his motivational speeches). Accomplishing such mental discipline and self-care is not an overnight process; rather, it takes a strong coach and player to build consistent muscle memory. Dat thrives in an environment that empowers growth in his clients. “It is all about moving one yard at a time to the endzone.”

www.datnguyenllc.com
datnguyenllc@gmail.com

A certified coach and a people operations leader with 13 years of experience in leadership/ talent development, performance management, team building, and operational efficiency to deliver high-performing teams.

Create & drive systems and processes to measure workplace engagement and culture, identifying areas for improvement and implementing action plans that ultimately increase profitability by increased retention and employee engagement.

Passionate about performance & workforce wellness, Dominic provides organizations with the knowledge and tools to transform their workplace culture into one of continuous improvement that aligns with and embraces the business's missions and values.

Emily Barry-Murphy, PhD, is serving as Program Specialist in the Department of Homeland Security; she is pursuing her Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential. She enjoys both one-on-one and team coaching and taking a holistic approach in career engagement and career advancement coaching. Uniquely, she offers a three session career engagement boot camp to jump start career growth.

Her day-to-day work involves management of 14 asylum pre-screening portfolios on the East Coast of the United States, to include liaising with external agency partners and utilizing data analysis to guide teams in operational improvements. She previously supervised over 150 first and second line reports in Supervisory Management and Program Analyst and Supervisory Program Manager roles. Prior to these roles, she served as an Asylum Officer and also spent time in academia; she taught students, conducted research, presented her research at Oxford and published in international journals. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on how displaced persons could be empowered to use their skills and resources to navigate governance systems and access protections. She enjoys using some of that same empowerment perspective, combined with her supervisory experience and coaching skillset, to coach individuals in maximizing their growth.