Phoenix .

When individuals and businesses connect with their core values they access a wisdom which results in significant and recognizable change.  As your committed listener and partner, I provide the tools, concepts and experience which enables this process to occur with ease and grace. I am passionately committed to bringing out the highest potential of each unique individual and/or business through clarity, focus, purpose, truth and integrity. Throw in a little humor, fun and balance and you have a pretty exceptional package.

One of my clients called me a "tweener"....not a counselor, consultant, mentor, psychiatrist, psychic, priest(ess), cheerleader, coach, but rather...a "tweener"...someone with a little of all these qualities whose head is screwed on tight". Easy access to both right- and left-brain processing gives me the flexibility to work with a wide range of client profiles: 

Types: Executives, Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Solo/Professionals, Business Owners, Business Start-up/Growth, Sole Proprietors, Salespeople, Creatives, Quality of Life, High Performance/Career Development, Lawyers, Health Professionals, For Profit, Not for Profit, In Transition (of almost any kind)........Yes, really, all of these! 

Topics: Balance, Productivity/Efficiency, Self-awareness/Knowledge, Communication skills, Decision-making, Self-esteem/Self-confidence, Self-care/Well-being, Personal belief systems, Purpose, Results.

Over 25 years in business, 15 of which were in management, project management, and management training, exposed me to on-going and varied aspects of "real-time coaching". Life crisis. Get me out of here! In early 1993 I started my own problem-solving business (Self Design Strategies) doing what I truly love: facilitating people and businesses in realizing their full potential. Shortly after that I heard of Coach University and officially launched my coaching career. As one of the earliest CoachU graduates (1995), Inside and Out, Coaching was born. I have been coaching individuals and businesses for over 13 years now.

My deep understanding and appreciation of both individuals and business results in part from my 23 years with IBM Corporation, followed by almost 5 years with Lotus Development Corporation (pre-IBM). I managed, trained managers, managed projects and spear-headed ground-breaking programs in the PC and workstations division. My projects exposed me to sales, administration, systems, manufacturing, finance, human resources, finance, product marketing and product development.  Been there, got the T-shirt! In addition, I have been an licensed Avatar Master and 2nd degree Reiki Master.

I launched my professional life right after graduating high school and it hasn't turned out too bad: a highly awarded IBM employee with both a management and senior staff career. Senior Project Manager for "Burning Issues" projects for Lotus Development Corp. All this, followed by starting my own business and sustaining that coaching business now in it's 13th year. Statistics show that approximately 17% (or less) of employees are in jobs related to their graduate degrees. Hmm.......

One-to-one coaching: Most of my coaching is based on four (4) 30 minute phone calls per month (one call per week) with email and fax support. I will discuss other options based on your needs.

Corporate coaching: Determined based on an assessment of needs. Contact me for details.

I am physically located in the Boston, MA, USA area. However, you might already know that a majority of one-to-one coaching occurs on the phone. So, we are only limited as far as our time zones dictate. If you are geographically close, then we may do the exploratory meeting and Getting Started sessions in person (at your convenience and preference). Otherwise, all this occurs on the phone.  Works well. Ask anyone you know who already coaches this way.

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$400 - $750

One to One:  An initial phone interview (approximately 30 minutes) and an in-person (or phone) exploratory discussion (approximately 60-90 minutes). Both are complementary.

Company sponsored: An exploratory discussion (approx 60-90 minutes), followed by a written proposal are provided at no charge.

"I can honestly say that my weekly calls with Phoenix have been the single most important factor in my being able to build a business and life that I love. She's a great listener, a relentless encourager, and a "pulls no punches" observer who frequently holds up a mirror for me to see what is getting in the way of my own success. She is also an experienced businessperson herself which means that she understands where I'm coming from. I have recommended Phoenix to at least a dozen friends and colleagues over the years and I am happy to recommend her to you as well!"

Michael Katz, Chief Penguin, Blue Penguin Development, Inc.

For more benefits of having a business (and personal) coach click here: http//www.bluepenguindevelopment.com/newsletters/2008_02_01.html

"Besides being married to the love of my life, and having two wonderful children, coaching with Phoenix has been the most personally rewarding thing I have ever done!"

Betsy Harper, CEO / Managing Partner, Sales and Marketing Search

"Working with Phoenix has been more remarkable than I could have imagined. She has shown me how to clearly see and work through thought patterns that have stood in the way of sculpting my inner and outer life into what I had wished they could be. I can sincerely say that because of Phoenix's coaching I am able to live my life more fully and I am happily giving myself the gifts of abundance and clarity on a daily basis.

Debbie Breen, Director - Medical Market Development, EBSCO Publishing

"....coaching filled a void I didn't even know I had. I've spent most of my career in positions of leadership where I not only didn't have a supervisor, I didn't have a peer. Getting advice was a "hit or miss" process of asking colleagues or doing my own research. Phoenix's coaching has been my source of "one stop shopping". While she has been an invaluable coach for strategic business decisions, most importantly she has coached me through tough people issues - from dealing with difficult personalities on my board of directors to those on my management team. When I've lost perspective Phoenix helps me regain it, including the balance of work, family and my own well being. Her wealth of knowledge is so broad that almost anything I bring up she can identify an article, book, resource or website for me. She could probably identify a great place for dinner in Kathmandu. I'd cut back on the heat in my office before I'd cut the cost of her coaching from my budget."

Denise K. McGuire, Executive Director, Cambridge Family and Children's Services

For more, see "testimonials" at www.phoenixinsideandout.com