Who needs a Coach?
I view a Coach as a partner, someone invested in me and my outcomes, someone who will cheerlead me along if I need it and wake me up if I am asleep. A Coach holds my accountability and accompanies me on whatever journey I undertake.
In the past few years Coaching has appeared as a new trend. We read articles in the Harvard Review, in Money, in Forbes, virtually everywhere...articles talking about the value of Coaching and who has a Coach - e-Bay's Meg Whitman, for one.
But the concept of partnership and the synergy that it creates goes way back. We have known throughout history that two is better than one, that ideas come alive when rubbed against other ideas. They are refined and made more complete.
People are tending to want and expect more of themselves. They recognize that Coaching can help them take charge of their lives and get to wherever they want to go.
It's so easy to get caught up in daily living that we forget who we are or what we want. Coaches create a safe thinking space for their clients. They use silence, questions and challenges to help clients get back on track and come up with their own solutions.
In Coaching we believe that the client holds all the answers and always have. We simply facilitate the process. The client makes choices for themselves and then they decide what they want to happen rather than looking at why it's not happening. The process is more about no more excuses, time to get out of your own way and see if you can create the life you say you want.
Who hires Coaches? People who want more out of themselves and others. Clients who want to maximize their potential. People who want to grow personally and professionally. Clients who want to achieve goals quickly and effectively and who want to increase their personal fulfillment, happiness and sense of well-being.
Paulette Terry
Paulette Terry has a pervasive business background having worked in Human Resources in legacy companies as well as start-ups. She is considered an HR Architect and has been HR Director at Knowledge Learning Corp (Children's Discovery Centers), Intellinomics and CNA (Continental Insurance Company).
While at Intellinomics Paulette was a member of the strategic team, defining the future course of a cutting edge software start-up. She founded, designed and executed the Human Resources function. At Knowledge Learning Corp (Children's Discovery Centers) she established a Human Resources department for the largest corporate, publicly traded childcare company with 5000 employees in 26 states at 250 locations. Paulette wrote policies and procedures, group benefit plans and management handbooks. As a member of the Acquisition Team she conducted training sessions nationwide and proactively closed areas of potential legal exposure.
Prior to founding pauletteterry.com, Coaching Services she initiated an independent consultancy career focusing on Talent Acquisition and HR Strategies and has partnered with Applied Materials, Lam Research, Providian Financial, Siebel Systems and Oracle.
Paulette received her Coaching Certification through the Coach Training Alliance and is a member of the International Coach Federation.
As a Coach, Paulette works with individuals who want to get unstuck from positions that are not serving them. She provides her clients a safe-harbor listening opportunity, accountability and the assurance of confidences kept.
She has trekked Kilimanjaro, safaried in East Africa, visited China and hiked Copper Canyon in Mexico. Paulette was part of the Jimmy Carter Blitz Build for Habitat for Humanity helping build a home in South Africa. She has traveled to several countries in Europe and particularly enjoys Italy.
In her spare time Paulette enjoys fencing, playing golf, sculpture welding, hiking and traveling.
