About
I worked as a change agent at Fortune 500 General Motors and RJR Nabisco. I coached at the C-suite level and below, strategized large-scale change initiatives, and led efforts in creating culture change and leadership development at DTE Energy. I am a certified transformational change coach. In 2001 I left the corporate career and spent the next 14 years discovering and exploring what transformational change is not only for us as individuals but as a society.
Spending 3-years working and practicing a meditative yoga in India added to the transformational change experience and knowledge base. Studied the science behind music/vibrations and mantras. Led meditation sessions which combined both mantra and meditation.
In 2019 I became a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide through the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy (ANFT) Guides and Programs.
I discovered and developed tools and techniques to de-stress and learn new ways to overcome limitations.
Expertise Includes
* Certified Forest & Nature Therapy Guide in Practicum
* Executive Coaching (Communications, Change & Image)
* Transformational Change Coaching (C-suite and below)
* Workshop Development & Facilitation
* Leadership Development
* Liaison for Society for Organizational Learning and DTE Energy.
* Personal Transition Coaching
* Course at the Gestalt Institute in Cleveland OH
* Three-years residential practice of Yoga in India (2009-2013)
Consulting & Facilitation Experiences
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Professional Certified Transformational Change Coach (one-on-one)
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Blog Writer / Boundaries
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DTE Energy / Deregulation of the Electric Industry
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RJR Nabisco / Redesign of a bakery
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General Motors, Inc. / Multiple projects in engineering and training union and management employees
Certificates
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Forest & Nature Therapy Guide
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Professional Transformational Change Coach / Fred Kofman ((VP LinkedIN, Conscious Business Center International)
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On Presence: The use of self as instrument / Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
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Reiki Master Certification / R. Berry / From the lineage of Master Mikao Usui (Japan)
Masters Degree
Organization Development & Analysis (Case Western Reserve University/Weatherhead School of Managemenet)
Corporate Roles Include:
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Special Projects (Engineering)
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Continuous Improvement Manager
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Change Management Professional, Transformational Change Coach, Leadership Development Program Lead. Large Scale Change Strategy and Implementation
CURIOSITIES AND HOBBIES
Oil Painting - All things of nature and abstracts. I am currently fascinated by the bark on trees.
The Energetics of Change - How sound changes the cells in our bodies. The power of mantra.
The role creativity plays in our growth and development.
Playing music - Ukulele, guitar, djembe drum, flute, and the harmonium.
Sailing & Boating - can't leave out my love of the water!
