• 25 years experience in helping individuals to achieve their personal and professional goals.
  
• Certified career and executive coach through The College of Executive Coaching.
  
• Author of the book: The Smart New Way to Get Hired: Use Your Emotional Intelligence to Land the Right Job.
  
• Founder and president of EQ Coaching Solutions since 2005.
  
• Speaker on emotional intelligence and career transition and has reached thousands of individuals. 
  
• Coaches executives and managers from varied functional areas and industries in the areas of career development, career transition, talent management and emotional intelligence.
  
• Worked with professionals and executives during management transitions and organizational restructuring from companies such as: Proctor and Gamble, Fifth Third Bank Corp., Coca Cola Enterprises, Kroger Company, Macy's, and The University of Cincinnati's, amongst others.
  
• Specializes in helping individuals from technical and scientific backgrounds make successful transitions into management and in grooming emerging leaders.
  
• Facilitated career transition seminars and consulted for Right Management, the leading global provider of career transition services, and served as the organization’s Subject Matter Expert in the area of Emotional Intelligence.
  
• Consulted with the Norwood City School staffs for 5 years, developing programs and providing services to enhance the performance and success of students and teachers.
  
• Developed emotional intelligence programs for schools and colleges such as Miami University and Xavier University, as well as for businesses and organizations.
  
• Certified on the EQ–i (emotional intelligence assessment) and has expertise in the use of other assessments such as the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the Strong Interest Inventory, Hogan and 360° assessments.  
  
• M.A. in Psychological Counseling from the University of Notre Dame and  B.A. inPsychology from Miami University of Ohio.  
  

Founder’s Philosophy:

My passion throughout my professional career has been on empowering individuals, groups, and organizations to successfully achieve their goals.  I have become convinced how important a strong emotional intelligence foundation is in achieving career success. Developing these key life skills can make us personally and socially more competent and successful. 

As a licensed social worker for 20 years, I counseled individuals in overcoming obstacles and initiating changes that led to an improved quality of life, inner satisfaction and overall happiness.  Any change had to begin with an awareness of one’s behavior in context of the world around them, which is the first step and most important part of emotional intelligence or EQ. 

As a career coach and consultant for a leading global provider of career transition services, I witnessed how awareness and effective use of EQ competencies led one to be more successful in their job search. These individuals found a position, not only in a timely manner, but one that was in line with their own values, skills and interests.

As a facilitator for college student leadership groups, it was apparent that those students who used the opportunity to learn about their emotional intelligence skills and were motivated to take action steps to further develop their skills, stood out in the hiring process when interviewing for job positions.

The unique strengths that I bring to my coaching clients are:

• Strong interpersonal skills of listening, understanding, facilitating and collaborating
• My results focused orientation
• Genuine passion of helping others succeed.