Executive Coaches in Michigan

Business owners and high-potential professionals come to me when they need help to significantly increase their productivity, profitability, and life balance. Organizations come to me when their people need to master leadership, management, communication, and coaching skills.

As Michigan's first ICF (International Coach Federation) Master Certified Coach (MCC), I have coached more than 1,000 individuals over the last 25 years, and am active on the speaking circuit, presenting to groups in Southeast Michigan on topics such as coaching, leadership, management, mastering relationships, sales effectiveness, and life-balance issues.... See More

Lisa Pasbjerg, is the founder and CEO of Focused Coaching, LLC and The Leadership Focus, both based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her own professional experience spans over 20 years and includes leadership roles in both the for-profit and the not-for-profit sectors, including those both domestic and international in scope.

An accomplished and credentialed coach, she and her associates provide senior leaders, managers and "high potentials" with the executive coaching and leadership development services they need, as individuals and as organizations, to develop extraordinary performance through positive and powerful change.

Lisa did her graduate work at the University of Michigan and her coaching training through Mentor Coach. A credentialed PCC through the International Coach Federation for many years , she is also an active member of many professional organizations, on the Advisory Board for the American Red Cross, and has been nominated for WBE Role Model/Mentor of the Year for her exceptional encouragement, support and leadership with other women leaders.... See More

Embrace cross-cultural communication by shifting mindsets, thinking beyond borders, appreciating similarities in differences, and simplifying complexity. Discover aspirations, create awareness, and create your authentic self in any role and environment

TeamEssenz Coaching & Consulting: Coaching – Training – Facilitation the cross-cultured way

Approach and Method
I follow a holistic approach and co-active form of coaching which I also implement in training. I aim to create a deep connection to engage in the exploration of aspirations, values, and motivation, and facilitate the discovery of competencies and thought processes. I strive to create a space of awareness for the self and for what is beyond the self, allowing that awareness to open up for shifts in mindset, enhancing communication and crossing cultural divides.
In the space of learning, I engage in self-reflection and discovery with powerful questions, co-creating actions and being the accountability partner needed to maintain motivation and commitments essential to reaching goals set. I empower my clients to grow, develop and build their own toolbox to deepen their learning and create real and lasting change
My role as a coach is to be a place of trust, deep listening, non-judgement, and encouragement. It is to be the fearless coach that inspires clients to be fearless, passionate, bold, and authentic as they explore and create their new path.

Areas of Expertise:
• Executive, Leadership, and Transition Coaching
• Cross-cultural coaching, management and agility training
• Leadership and team development, training and off-sites
• Leading diverse teams
• Communication skills
• Career development
• Self-management & work-life balance
• Expatriate & partner coaching
• Life Coaching

Cultural in-depth knowledge: Germany, Taiwan, USA
Coaching and Training Languages: German & English

Who I am
I was born in Germany and grew up in Taiwan where I went to an international school that hosted 52 nations at that time. Speaking German, English, Chinese, and later Spanish daily formed the core of my multicultural comfort zone very early on. After enjoying a 15 yr. global sales & marketing career in an international setting headquartered in Germany, I grasped the opportunity of completely recreating my own path upon moving to Michigan in 2010. I find joy in diversity, perspectives, building connections, and simplifying complexity, and I use my various cross-cultural experiences to support clients in their growth, creating their authentic self, forever learning, and courage to become the person they strive to be.

Excerpt of Qualifications
• Model of Freedom® Certified Associate for cross-cultural agility training
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace Certification - University of South Florida, Muma School of Business
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
• Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through ICF
• Certified in Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ)
• Myers-Briggs Certified Practitioner
• NLP Master Practitioner

"You cannot change what is going on around you until you change what is going on within you."
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Evoke Potential specializes in transforming your smartest technical experts into highly influential leaders. We provide one-on-one leadership coaching for transformational change, conduct training workshops, working group sessions, and group coaching to develop outstanding leaders at all levels and build cohesive, high-performing teams, and offer powerful leadership assessments for greater self-awareness and insight into strengths, areas for development, preferences, and natural wiring.... See More

I began my executive coaching career in 2007 with a strong belief in the power of choice to transform lives, and consequently, the world. Whether we recognize it or not, we all make choices about how we see, value and interact with others. I work with leaders who strive for continuous improvement and are ready to own their choices and take the next steps in their high performance journey.

Recent coachees have improved in practical skills like team development, expanding influence, delegation, coaching others, dealing with conflict and running effective meetings. A recent coachee said, “I can't begin to tell you how much the coaching helped me. It was very easy to open up and recognize the reasons I was struggling.”

My methods combine both structure and flexibility to adjust to each person’s unique needs and goals. I’ve experienced the power of involving others, like the coachee’s boss, in some of the coaching process for enhanced accountability, and I also recognize that there are times when the coaching partnership is completely confidential experience. Regardless of the structure of the experience, the coachee is in the driver’s seat, and I’ll work with him/her to create a process that works.

I am a former social worker and family counselor and supported personal growth and development for fifteen years before entering the professional coaching and training field. This has enhanced my ability to understand individual and group dynamics and how best to help people develop and capitalize on their strengths.... See More

Diane brings three decades of experience and a unique perspective to her work, having served in many different leadership roles in corporations, boards and associations. Diane is a coach and advisor to leaders and consultants regarding strategic issues and leadership style. She has done extensive coaching and consulting in the United States and globally on leadership development, strategic planning and implementation, process improvement, team building, change and transition, union management relations and managing the people and systems side of mergers and reorganizations. Diane’s strong process design and facilitation skills enable her to effectively and efficiently move leaders and groups toward accomplishing their purpose. Her clients include a variety of public and private sector organizations from manufacturing to government agencies. In addition to her consulting practice, Diane is a leadership coach and instructor for the Saline Leadership Institute (SLI).

Diane has a Master’s of Art in Industrial Relations from Wayne State University and a Bachelor’s of General Studies from the University of Michigan. She completed the Graduate Advance Program in Organization Development at Columbia University in New York. Diane is certified in Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder Centered Coaching for Leaders and Teams. Diane also completed the Orion Leadership Intensive Coaching Process, Personal Decisions Inc. MSP Developing Managers Coaching Process, GM’s Professional Training Instructor, Certification in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Cambridge Planned Change Agent Program, W. Edwards Deming Seminars on productivity and quality and a variety of workshops related to organization and leadership development. Diane is a member of the International Coaching Federation and Inforum.... See More

I have been a leadership coach for more than 20 years. Working with manufacturers, credit unions, municipalities, foundations and law enforcement, I strive to ask the right questions – ones that meet the client where they are, build critical thinking and expand the potential for high performance.

I am co-founder and principal at Humanergy, a boutique leadership development organization that believes the world needs a new kind of leader. My resume includes a stint as a Scotland Yard Police Officer, a Master’s Degree and a role of Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland.

Among my work successes are supporting turn around/culture change at a $900m manufacturing facility, coaching CEOs through a successful credit union merger, and creating and delivering the first in-depth training program for the presidentially-appointed U.S Marshals.

My wife, Launda, and I recently empty-nested and took a sabbatical to sail across the Atlantic as two of the three crew on a 39-foot boat. We live in the woods north of Kalamazoo, MI.... See More

I am a founding principal at Humanergy, a leadership development company that has been providing coaching, training and facilitation since 2000.

The bottom line of coaching is results. The aim of our coaching is not for the coachee to simply “feel better;” the expectation is also improved performance. To achieve trajectory‐changing results, coaching is structured around the coachee’s reality. Throughout the coaching process, what the coachee is learning is integrated with what he or she is doing on the job. This experiential learning results in progress that is both fast and responsive to the organization’s current and emerging needs.

Significant outcomes that our coaching clients report include:

Insight and depth of understanding about what needs to be achieved and what contributes to or limits success
Breakthroughs on tough issues that have been difficult to overcome in the past
Greater confidence and ability to both achieve success and thrive in adversity
New leadership habits that are ingrained and natural
Greater support from stakeholders, including manager, peers, direct reports, customers and others
Step-change in job performance, leadership capability and career trajectory... See More

Imagine having consistent, laser-focused time with a trusted partner whose only agenda is to help you succeed. Imagine the opportunity to step back and reflect – regularly – with someone who’s got your back and is focused on your future; who’s trained to help you, your team, and your organization bring about deep learning, targeted results, and meaningful engagement. Someone to help you manage your energy, attention, and time so you can thrive… at work and at home.

As a leader, your success largely depends on how you show up every day. It’s the core energy you bring to everything you do. Are you the kind of leader who people want to follow or have to follow? How well do you follow yourself (your own goals and intentions)? As a leader, you can create the kind of energy that leads to positive results by starting with yourself. What you bring to work – or anywhere, for that matter – is what you cultivate in others. You can create a work environment where engagement, accountability, and well-being are high. Success and satisfaction – who doesn’t want that?

I can help you:

• Focus on what’s most important – to your organization and you
• Increase your ability to inspire, motivate and influence others
• Align daily decisions and actions with your goals
• Develop small habits to create big change
• Close the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it
• Get and respond to high-quality feedback from others
• Address your blind spots and change behaviors that get in the way of success
• Build an aligned team so that performance and satisfaction skyrocket
• Take care of yourself (get off the burnout track)
• ...and help your emerging leaders to do the same!... See More

Executive, leadership and business coaching

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM COACHING?

Humanergy"s coaching builds on leaders" strengths in order to produce crucial business results.

Learn more about yourself

The thinking and behavior that achieve outcomes and the areas that need improvement.

Create a personalized development plan

Begin with small steps and tackle tougher issues as you build momentum.

Build your network

Grow a network of people who will give you feedback and support now and in the future.

Develop new habits

New competencies will become ingrained ways of thinking and behaving, producing the results you need.

Your coach will be a sounding board, giving you space to be curious and explore new possibilities. Humanergy"s coaches also provide field-tested, proven tools that you can apply to improve decision-making, problem-solving and performance.

You"ll apply what you learn right away. At every step, Humanergy bridges the gap from knowing to actually doing, by guiding application of learning to real challenges you face every day. In this way, you"ll not only grow as a leader; you"ll tackle the demands of your role with renewed energy, focus and skill.

WHY DO LEADERS NEED COACHING?

Humanergy"s coaching focuses primarily on leadership and culture. Some specific reasons to seek coaching include:

Two organizations have merged and top leaders need to improve the culture
A leader is technically brilliant and lacks some of the skills necessary to lead others
Struggling with a tense work environment, a leader wants to learn mindfulness techniques to achieve balance and reduce stress
A mid-level leader struggles to hold her team accountable
A high potential leader wants to refine skills and clarify career path
A challenging business climate means the top leaders must make a step-change in performance
A company founder seeks to invigorate an established but low-performing organization
WHO DO WE COACH?

We coach leaders at all levels of organizations - CEOs, business owners, mid-level and upper-level managers, leaders in transition, high potentials, aspiring leaders and teams.... See More