Leadership Coaching
Coach Profiles
Kendra M Coleman
Kendra is an executive coach, facilitator and organizational consultant who uses a whole systems approach, helping executives gain deeper awareness about their ways of working and thinking, specifically focusing on how their ways of working impact their effectiveness in achieving desired business results. Her areas of expertise include personal development and business coaching, diversity management, organizational and individual needs assessment, stakeholder management, communications strategy development, infrastructure design and development and process design & consultation. She has worked in a variety of industries including food manufacturing, building materials manufacturing, higher education, visual and performance arts, IT, telecommunications, as well as in the non-profit arena.
Prior to becoming a coach, Kendra was Director of Multicultural Affairs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While there, she facilitated faculty, students, staff members, groups and committees in needs assessment and strategic planning to support inclusive practices in staff & human resource-related, curricular, and public-facing programs and policies. She also designed and delivered programs, leadership workshops, training, seminars, and lectures. She was also Sales and Practice Manager for Stride and Associates in Campbell, CA and Program Director for Score@Kaplan in Cupertino, CA.
Kendra earned her B.A. in Sociology from U.C. Berkeley and her M.S. in Organization Development from American University. She resides in Chicago, IL.
Coach Statement:
My approach to coaching centers on achieving genuine, sustainable results that add value to my client's professional and personal life experiences. Using a whole systems approach, I help clients gain deeper awareness about their ways of working & thinking, specifically focusing on how their ways of working impact their effectiveness in achieving desired business and personal results.
Having traveled and worked internationally, I bring a global, holistic, and adaptive style to my coaching practice. I have worked with individuals ranging in personality, experience, and interests - from senior executives, artists, entrepreneurs, professors, managers, line staff, and students.
Described by many as intuitive, personable, creative, insightful, authentic, strategic, and analytical, I have a strong ability to isolate key issues and synthesize information. I work from the belief that elements of the answers people seek lie within themselves. I support clients in achieving manageable and sustainable results by helping them to create space to locate their own answers. As a result, clients are more effective in their work - i.e. they are better managers, less stressed, more confident, have increased clarity, focus, and awareness.
In summary - my coaching strategy makes it easier for executives to visualize and focus on both themselves and the business environment - and how both affect the coach's overall personal and professional coaching goals.