“In 2019 I took a three-month sabbatical to reset, re-ground, and otherwise re-start a sense of what the future looked like for me. I had to recover from severe burnout after about thirteen years as a nonprofit provider CEO/Executive Director. I have always been a leadership learning fanatic. I have participated in every leadership program I thought would bring me great value, learning, and internal wisdom. I have continued to seek out ways to be better as a leader and as a human being. In my years of experience, I have been blessed with numerous mentors. On top of that, before Alison, I had one excellent executive coach. Working with Alison was an unexpected and tremendous surprise benefit in my new job. I love that the foundation is committed to the personal and professional development of anyone who works for them. Alison is intuitive in a deeply personal sense. She can sense right from the start if you have come to the coaching agreement with the kind of openness and vulnerability required to become the person and leader you are striving to be. She is not directive or judgmental. She has a knack for asking questions that are not “leading questions” and instead are “curious” and “probing” and sincerely directed at helping you come to your own answers and conclusions. She is not there to give you all the answers and to tell you what to do. She is not there to help you climb any invisible “ladder” or pad your resume or achieve some title. Those things may happen for you after working with her, but they aren’t her focus. Her coaching is simultaneously compassionate and challenging/tough-love. She is authentic at all times and coaches with humility and integrity. She has a broad list of resources and tools that she can refer you to as she works with you and assesses what would be of most significant value to your leadership learning journey. Every book, article, video, etc. that she ever referred me to was spot on for me and the things I have been working on in my leadership journey. I have worked with her for eight months, and it feels like we have been working together a lot longer. In the end, I am more grounded in what I want out of my future as a leader, I am better equipped to manage the challenges that will inevitably surface, and I am simply a better daughter, friend, and community member.”
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Annual retreat presenter and facilitator
Leadership Spokane
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Emotional Intelligence, organizational development and culture change coach and consultant
Multiple non profit and not-for-profit organizations
- Present 22 years 7 months
Coaching and consulting in Emotional Intelligence, organizational development and culture change.
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Advisory Board Member
Sjogren's and Lupus Foundation Hawaii
- Present 6 years 2 months
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