Kim is a professional with over 20 years of experience in various roles and industries. She started her career as a design engineer in an engineering consulting firm, moving to project manager, program controls analyst, contracts coordinator, and business manager. She participated in project development, integration of strategic plans, business development, marketing and sales, facilitation and training and engineering design.
These corporate experiences afforded her the understanding of business as well as what leaders needed to be successful in leading themselves and their teams. Kim held roles such as project manager, corporate account manager, technical recruiter, project engineer, and program controls analyst in industries including engineering, telecommunications, and aerospace. Being in a variety of industries and roles gives Kim an edge in deeply understanding what her clients experience so she can support them in navigating challenges to success and fulfillment.
Clients develop strategies and experience “ah-ha” moments in almost every call. The way in which a client implements the awareness and/or strategy varies, and results are dependent upon the client.
Coaching with Kim is an investment in yourself for achieving success and fulfillment. The level of financial and time investment is determined by the desired coaching goals and outcomes, as well as level of commitment of the client. Each coaching engagement is tailored to include coaching sessions, assessments, in-person observation and feedback and other tools and resources to help clients achieve their goals.
Yes. All coaching sessions are completely confidential as required of all coaches certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF).
Three client lead meetings are part of every corporate sponsored coaching engagement. Each meeting includes both the manager and the coach with the intent of the client sharing coaching progress and requesting necessary support of the manager and the manager providing feedback to the client. Three-way meetings occur at the beginning, mid-way through, and at the end of the coaching engagement. For coaching engagements in which the client is paying out of their own pocket, three-way coaching sessions are optional.
The clients who receive the most benefit from coaching have the following characteristics:
The coaching relationship is one of trust and transparency. You must trust your coach enough to be fully transparent about what you are thinking, feeling and experiencing. To work with Kim, a complimentary Discover Session is required to ensure coaching fit.
Professionally trained coaches are trained in process development and growth management. A coach customizes support and strategy to help you navigate through your specific challenges in your given field.
No. A coach’s role is to not only be a “cheerleader” but to be a strategic partner and support the development of skills, resources, and creativity to maximize growth and success.
Coaching requires you be ready, willing, and able to participate in the following:
| Coaching | Therapy |
|---|---|
| Assumes the clients is highly-functional | Assumes the client needs healing |
| Roots in business and personal growth venues | Roots in medicine, psychiatry |
| Works to motivate people to a higher level of functioning | Works with people to achieve self-understanding and emotional healing |
| Focuses on actions and the future; goal-orientation | Focuses on feelings and past events, past-orientation |
| Focuses on solving problems | Explores the root of problems |
| Works with the conscious mind | Works to bring the unconscious into consciousness |
| Works for solutions to overcome barriers, learn new skills and implement effective choices | Works for internal resolution of pain and to let go of old patterns |
Source: Hayden, C. J., and Whitworth, L. "Distinctions Between Coaching and
Your values not only indicate what is most important to you, but also drive your behaviors and decision making to ultimately steer you in a specific direction. When your values aren’t aligned with the organization you are in or the specific work you do, you find yourself off course. There is a sense of feeling lost or exhausted from navigating incredibly strong headwinds. Kim has been helping leaders and teams with values alignment since she opened her practice in 2007. She understands and has experienced for herself how much better job performance and fulfillment is with aligned values. Kim’s top values are empowerment and freedom (financial and time freedom) which is why she coaches people to find their empowerment, so they are free to create a life and career they love.
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The ICF defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential”. Kim coaches individuals, leaders, and teams to reaching their full potential via executive coaching, career coaching and team development programs.
Teams naturally move through several of the Five Stages of Team Development (Forming, Norming, Storming, Performing, and Adjourning). Teams hire a coach to help them move through those stages more quickly and easily so they can reach their goals and fulfill promises to their stakeholders.
Executives need someone in their corner who is objective enough to bring clarity to their thinking, courageous enough to speak the hard truths, and supportive enough to help them be the absolute best leader they can be. When you work with Kim, you experience a true thought partnership to successfully navigate the executive life of external leadership and internal mindset challenges.
Clients ready to take their career to the next level, work with Kim to identify the next step on their career journey, be it moving up in ranks or moving out to a new role, a new company, or new career venture all together.
I started my career in electrical engineering knowing design engineering was not my true calling. I spent the next 13 years in the engineering field taking on a variety of roles including cost controls analyst, project manager, contracts coordinator, business manager and engineering recruiter. In every role there was a small sense of satisfaction, but I was still searching for something more. In 2006, while searching a job board, I found professional coaching. While working my full-time engineering job, I completed my 18-month coach training program and opened my coaching practice in 2007. I had finally found a career that brought true fulfillment and joy which is why I am so passionate about helping others find theirs.
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