Success Stories

CASE STUDY

Individual Coaching

Melissa met Christine at a pivotal moment in her career. A smart, professional, purpose-driven leader, Melissa was now moving into a senior-level leadership position at a university. She felt unprepared and unsure of her own abilities and qualifications and wondered if she could successfully lead, engage, and inspire her stakeholders. Specifically, Melissa’s questions were:

What are my intentions for my career – where I am today, and where do I want to be tomorrow?
How do I grow into a leadership position where outcomes are achieved through influence and relationships?
How can I be a true leader while also being true to myself?

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TEAM COACHING

PLANNING & FACILITATION

The Journey

Christine combined her 25+ years of education leadership experience with a strengths-based approach to customize a six-month individual coaching program for Melissa.

Discover

Melissa completed a 360 assessment to deepen her understanding of her leadership style and her core values and how they impacted her choice of career opportunities.

Dream

Based on the results of the Discovery phase, Melissa was able to draft a vision of what was possible and define additional exploration.

Design

Christine helped Melissa create an action plan to translate this vision into reality.

Execute to Create Destiny

As Melissa gained a deeper and clearer understanding of her core values and experimented with new leadership techniques, she found greater fulfillment and success in her leadership position.

The Transformation

“Christine was direct, supportive, curious, and no-nonsense… She was able to create a safe space for important self-examination and honesty while managing to bring humor and levity to our interactions.”

Melissa Padfield, BA, MA, Interim Vice- Provost & University Registrar, University of Alberta

Through this coaching, Melissa clarified her career trajectory, successfully maneuvered her
interim leadership role and is now exploring senior leadership opportunities. Melissa and the Provost
were delighted at her success!

The Client’s Perspective

“I came to work with Christine during a pivotal moment in my career. I was frankly uncertain about my direction and my goals for the future. Through my one-on-one session with Christine, I was able to come to a solid understanding of my core values, motivations, and intentions for my career. She was instrumental in helping me further expand my leadership skill set to meet the challenges of a higher-level position and be a better mentor and leader for my organization. She did all this by matching her approach to my style and was a sincere partner in my development. She caused me to think more deeply about my strengths and weaknesses, question my assumptions, and tackle issues in a way that stuck with me between sessions and spurred sustained change. Christine was direct, supportive, curious, and no-nonsense. She was able to create a safe space for important self-examination and honesty while managing to bring humor and levity to our interactions. Christine is a gift that has truly impacted the trajectory of my career and life.”