COACHING
Which Coach is Right for You?
Looking for a coach but not sure whether a Life Coach or Career Coach will give
you the results you’re looking for? Are you confused by the benefits they
offer? Check out the points below to help you decide the type of coach that’s
right for you?
About Career Coaching
Career Coaches offer advice and counsel specific to a career change or job
market search. They assist individuals in planning and implementing a
transition to a new job or career alternative. Also referred to as Career
Counselors or Consultants, their expertise and experience is valuable if you are
searching for a new job or career and need the following services:
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Seeking
expertise in understanding the job market
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Learning
how to effectively utilize all sources of job leads
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Offering
assessment to match interests, skills and talents with new career options
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Re-packaging your skills & experience for today’s job market
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Developing a resume
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Preparing for the job interview
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Negotiating the job offer
About Life Coaching
Life coaches
inspire you to take action towards what you want. They help you identify that
longing for something more when you don’t yet know what that is or where to
start. They are your partners in creating a plan for how to accomplish your
dreams. A life coach can motive you to make dramatic changes in your life that
result in feelings of fulfillment and happiness. Life coaching can assist you
in the areas of:
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Asking
what’s next
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Making
choices, changes & transitions
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Creating
a vision of your future path
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Leaving
a legacy
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Desiring
more meaningful work or community involvement
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Developing goals and action steps
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Longing
for a new endeavor but not sure what it is
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Pursuing
entrepreneurial dreams
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Wanting
better work/life balance
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Discovering your passions
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Identifying your skills and talents
Career Coaches ($95 an hour)
Brad Taft
has extensive experience in supporting individuals in career transition and
specializes in assisting mature workers in achieving continued career success
with a strategic planning approach. He is co-author of Boom or Bust!: New
Career Strategies in a New America (Cambridge Media, LLC, 2006), a Career
Management Guide for Baby Boomers and older workers. He is President of Taft
Resource Group in Scottsdale and provides outplacement and career management
consulting services to people interested in continuing their successful
careers. His early career was in executive recruiting with firms including Korn/Ferry
International. Brad then moved to the outplacement industry, where in addition
to founding two of his own companies he held senior level consulting, management
and marketing positions with three national firms. He received a B.A. in
communications and a M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. He holds
the Career Management Fellow certification, the highest designation for career
management consultants, and is licensed by the Industrial Commission of Arizona
to provide career consulting services to individuals. An accomplished public
speaker and writer on career and organizational issues, he has written numerous
articles and has been quoted in various publications including the Wall
Street Journal, Money, Los Angeles Times and the Employment Law
Letter.
George Fleming has built his career transition coaching practice
on a simple concept: "Manage your job search like any other project: define
your objective, create to tools to used, identify the strategies to be reach
it, and execute your plan with an eye on focus, productivity, and results."
His list of coaching clients includes business leaders from
companies of all
sizes and all industries and from all parts of the country. A recent client
comments, "George was my career coach after I recently moved. He listened to
my thoughts and helped me arrive at the critical considerations. He asks
stimulating questions. He has wonderful resources, from interviewing
questions to salary negotiations, to professionals willing to share ideas.
George made a significant difference in my job search. I will continue to
tap George through out my career." George and Momentum Coaching Resources
have excelled in this market, and have been published, interviewed, and
quoted numerous times in the Arizona Republic, the Wall St. Journal, Jobing.com, and the Mesa Tribune.
George has over 20 years experience in
business management, working with people in both corporate and field office
environments. With over six years as a management consultant, he has worked
with companies at every stage of growth. He received his BA from
Amherst College and his MBA from Columbia University.
Life Coaches ($375 for a four 50-minute session program)
Catherine
Ross, CPCC. Whether it’s life planning, work-life balance,
career transition, building
a small business or leadership development,
Catherine Ross helps business and professional women discover and realize their
dreams. She brings a background of over 16 years in management and leadership
development experience to her coaching, and received her coach training and
certification from the premier Coach Training Institute (CTI). Catherine’s
client list includes executives from Fortune 500 companies living across the
country, women re-entering the workforce, published authors, entrepreneurs and
small business owners. Her workshops have been presented nationally and include
topics from leadership to work/life balance. She is co-founder, past president
and board member of the Phoenix Chapter of the International Coaching
Federation.
Loretta Love Huff is the President and
Principal Consultant of Emerald Harvest Consulting, LLC, your Performance
Improvement Partner™. She is a seasoned corporate executive with over 30
years of experience in human resources, information systems, commercial lending,
and market research management. She
has coached leaders and teams within Hewlett-Packard, APS, Visa, Sprint,
Allstate, Wells Fargo Bank,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arizona State University,
the State of Arizona and the Mayo Clinic.
Loretta is a
Director on the Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee for the Grand
Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council and was recently awarded the
Class I MBE Supplier of the Year. She teaches Career Management, Organizational
Leadership and Change Management, Systems Thinking, Organizational Behavior and
Conflict Management for the graduate divisions of the University of Phoenix and
Ottawa University and has made TV appearances on the Fox10 Morning News
show with Rick D’Amico in Phoenix. Loretta is a member of the National
Speakers Association and a certified member of the International Coach
Federation. She holds a B.S. in Psychology from Howard University and an M.B.A
in Finance from the University of Chicago.
Francesca Lyons, ACC,
Life Design Coach at Coaching for Discovery, invites you to join her in the
coaching arena to look at and clarify your visions, values and goals in tandem
with
discerning the obstacles that stand in your way. Engaging Francesca as a
Coach will facilitate clearing a path to:
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Opening
and freeing the channels of energy to Time, Money, Physical Vitality,
Relationship, Creativity and Enjoyment
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Handle
and release stress from your life
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Experience balance and abundance in your life
Francesca’s
career is highlighted with over 25 years in corporate advertising as a
successful producer of television and radio commercials as well as
an account executive for NET, a subsidiary of PBS Television. Following
her North Star, Francesca trained and graduated from The Academy for Coaching
Excellence to become a certified Coach and member of the ICF. Francesca is also
certified as a HeartMath Provider, DISC behavioral assessment instrument and
Enneagram typology tool provider.
One-on-one life &
career planning services are available through Boomerz. For more
information or to make an appointment, call 480 990-1450
or go directly to the registration form:
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