
Certified Executive Coach, Speaker, Author of Cultivating Initiative in Your Staff and My Perspective In Action
Kitchener, Canada Area

Certified Executive Coach, Speaker, Author of Cultivating Initiative in Your Staff and My Perspective In Action
Kitchener, Canada Area
As a Certified Executive Coach in my coaching practice Perspective In Action, I work primarily with senior executives, one-on-one to as they get traction on their own performance as leaders.
I have worked as a thinking partner, performance strategist and action catalyst with executives at the Ministry of the Environment, Navantis, Research in Motion, Microsoft Canada and Manulife Financial.
Executive Coaching
Professional Development
Leadership Development
Multi-rater assessments (360's)
Conference keynote presentations
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
I have worked with people as they boost their performance in the workplace for almost 25 years. I have managed and coordinated corporate learning projects and established an outstanding track record of success as a sought after executive coach, speaker, training consultant and learning design specialist.
Certified through the Royal Roads University at the graduate level, I have a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1993 — 2009 (16 years)
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
May 1989 — June 2008 (19 years 2 months)
I was a founding partner of ShaughnessyHowell, an award winning training organization which earned an unprecedented 6 national gold awards for excellence given by the Canadian Society for Training and Development during my 19 years with the organization.
Boasting such large and long-term clients as Canada Post Corporation, The Bay, the Shared Services Bureau for the province of Ontario and many other private and public sector organizations, ShaughnessyHowell continues to stand out as a leader in the training and development field.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
January 1990 — January 1993 (3 years 1 month)
I designed and delivered Cultivating Initiative in Your Staff, an audiotape and videotape program distributed globally and currently in circulation in public and university libraries worldwide
I delivered full day workshops across Canada and the United States for groups of up to 750 participants per session on topics including Leadership Skills for Women, Dealing with Difficult People, Conducting Effective Performance Appraisals, Stress Management, Successfully Containing Unacceptable Bad Attitudes, The Manager as Coach
I am very proud to have consistently maintained average program evaluation scores of at least 4.6 on a 5-point scale
CEC , Executive Coaching , 2007 — 2008
BA , Psychology , 1979 — 1982
Winner of three Canadian Society for Training and Development awards for Best Training Program. Partner in ShaughnessyHowell, winners of six national gold awards for training excellence.