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About Karen

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Hi!  I'm Karen, a Certified Professional Coach.  I knew I wanted to tell you something about me but wasn't sure what to say until a  dear friend of mine, another coach, said, "tell your story".  I like that idea; it resonates with me.  Probably because I like to read other people's stories. Who am I?  In addition to being a wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, animal lover and wire sculptor, I am a professional life coach. 
After 32 years in a professional career that started in Social Work and turned into 25 plus years as a  manager and leader in Fortune 100 company's such as Microsoft and Digital Equipment Corporation, I found my passion, coaching.  I LOVE being a coach!   I had a wonderful time serving, supporting and coaching teams in corporations but I knew I wanted something more.  Many times I thought about going back to school to study the field of counseling.  Something always held me back.  I discovered what I was really meant to do when I was invited to attend a Fundamentals of Coaching course at Microsoft in 2003.  I couldn't get enough of all that was offered in that course.  It was two and half days and I wanted it for life!  It was then I made the decision to take the sequence of courses offered by CTI (the Coaches Training Institute) and formally become a coach.  I'd always acted as a coach in my roles as a Corporate Leader/Manager but I wanted to do more.  I  began coaching people outside my organization at Microsoft as well as people outside the company.  I grew hungrier and hungrier to learn more of what coaching and coaches have to offer.  I decided to take my training, knowledge and experience to the next level.  I signed up for CTI's CoActive Professional Coach Certification Program in 2008 and completed it in April, 2009.  I successfully completed the program, the written and oral exams and was awarded my CPCC certification in August, 2009.

In May, 2009 my job was eliminated at Microsoft.  I chose to think of this as "winning the lottery!"  (see my post about CHOICE)  I'd been given the time to focus on making my vision a reality and become a  fulltime coach. Today I use my training, skill and life experience to coach individual clients and teams.  In November 2009 a peer coach and I launched the workshop we developed  called, Vision, Courage, Action (click on workshops and coaching for Business to read more about this) for a group of Admissions Directors at Bowling Green State University (BGSU).

I'm a life long learner with a yearning to guide others toward turning their visions into reality.

If you want to know more about coaching please read "Is Coaching for You" and contact me for a sample session of coaching.  The only fee for a sample session is your time and from it you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.  Call or email to set up a complimentary consultation and find out if Coaching's for you:
770.313.5740/karen@PoweredbyChoiceCoaching.com
 


Thanks for reading my story....
Karen

"Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study.  Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life"- Henry L. Doherty (1870-1939);businessman




Harry! My dog angel!
Me and my girlfriends!
My mom, sisters, brother and I. I'm the one in the green sweater!
Sally and Olive enjoying a dog day nap!
A white Christmas in Georgia! 2010
Our Son and Daughter-in-law!
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