I accept clients who want to take action to make their lives better for themselves.

Formal training as a Coach from the International Coach Academy an International Coach Federation-accredited coach training program, and have coached people for over 20 years, both formally and informally. I have extensive experience working with leaders and organizations in the corporate and nonprofit sector and consider myself a facilitative coach and organizational development consultant. I am an energetic, results-oriented, compassionate, and authentic person, with a belief that everyone has the ability to identify and reach their potential, living life more purposefully and abundantly.

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coach Federation

• Master of Arts in Psychology from Washington University (St. Louis, MO)

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)

• 25+ years working with higher education, healthcare, private, and nonprofit organizations

Over the course of my career, I have founded and owned 2 successful consulting practices, managed individuals and teams, served as Director of Human Resources for an academic healthcare institution, directed Leadership Development programs, conducted Management Training, provided counseling and consulting services for an international Employee Assistance Program, facilitated strategic planning for numerous organizations, lead community engagement efforts, and built capability in business leaders, peers, and communities across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

• A co-active partnership between the coach and client that inspires self-discovery, awareness, choice, and change - enabling you to create the life/career you want.

• Learning and behavior change for higher effectiveness, new competencies, and better balance - all with more ease, joy, and abundance.

• Working with an accountability partner who’s there to support, challenge, and celebrate your successes

• Having a candid, skillful, and objective partner, focused on you and your development

• Coaching focuses on YOU and where you want to be. From coaching sessions, you will discover your vision for yourself, your life, what’s holding you back, how you meet the challenges and take action toward your desired future! A coach will help you stay on track and provide encouragement and support so that you feel empowered.

Coaching is not therapy, counseling, or mentoring.

Therapy focuses on analyzing and resolving past issues or attempting to gain closure on past events. Counseling and mentoring involve seeking or getting advice from a knowledgeable person, or one with more experience than you. Mentors are typically seasoned professionals willing to share their experiences. Coaching is a partnership that focuses on helping your notice, and become more aware of what is impeding your potential and what you want to do about it.

As your Coach, I make a commitment to…

• Maintain the highest levels of integrity, transparency, and confidentiality

• Utilize an approach that supports wholeness and balance, where you are assumed to have the answers and be accountable for your choices

• Offer clear, honest, and direct feedback

• Raise self-awareness, challenging you to help recognize where you may. holding yourself back

• Help you work out, set, clarify and maintain focus on your goals

• Support you in establishing your own solutions and strategies

• Accountability and structure for following through

• Encourage and support and believe in you - even when you do not!

• Provide a safe and non - judgemental environment

• Respond to your agenda

• Offer appropriate assessments and other developmental resources for you tor review /consider

As the Coachee, you make a commitment to…

• Honesty - say what works and what doesn’t in having someone support you

• Accountability for your life, decisions and actions

• Learn and be ope to behavior changes

• A belief that you are worth the time, energy and money you commit to coaching

• Show a willingness to take action and move forward

• Acknowledge that you are responsible for your results (success is directly related to your commitment and effort)

• Being prepared for each of your sessions

• Involve your manager in your development by including them in the process, as appropriate share select assessment results and other key learnings as the process unfolds.

• Focus on the two or three areas that will have the greatest impact on your success

• Drake Consulting & Coaching offers a variety of coaching packages. You can choose the coaching that best fits your needs.

• Between coaching sessions, you may complete an action/reflection exercise, that you’ve committed to. We’ll typically begin each session with YOU deciding what you’d like to coach on.

• Fees vary according to the desired package. A complimentary assessment is included in the coaching package. If any additional assessments are indicated, pricing would be communicated with the Client prior to administration.

Trust is essential in building a strong partnership. I will hold what we discuss confidential. in the case that I would like to share anything about our sessions with others, I would seek permission from you. I do reserve the right to act if I feel that your safety or those around you is in jeopardy or as required by law

I love referrals. With the personal nature of this partnership, being referred is one of the greater compliments I could receive from you. If you refer someone and they enter a coaching agreement, you will receive a bonus session for free!