I grew as a leader through individual coaching and through working with my team all being coached in a framework of self-awareness. My coach supported me through a difficult work relationship and helped me begin to break a career-long habit of giving up my power. I gained perspective and several tools to help me understand my unconscious patterns of being reactive or avoidant.

No one tells you how hard and lonely it can be as a new Executive Director of a non-profit. My experience as part of the 2023 Nonprofit Executive Coaching Program with Intentional Coaching Consulting has not only given me tips and tools that I need to be an effective leader but going through the experience with my fellow non-profit leaders has given me a connection with an amazing group of leaders to reach out to when I need advice and support. I am so thankful to have this experience and it has given me the confidence in myself to be the leader I wish to be.

My Third Path experience was timely for our organization, which was in it's infancy stage when the TP experience began and transformative for me personally/professionally as a new non-profit board member/president. Working on the TP project was a great experience and the TP cohort gatherings were really good, but the most beneficial experience for me was the leadership coaching. I hope the TP grant is made available again in the future so that more non-profit leaders in our community can benefit from this experience.

I'm an overall better human being because of my professional experience with my Executive Leadership Coach. My Coach knows me well, challenges me, and also knows when I'm being too hard on myself. She's also great about giving me strategies to practice that I can learn and integrate authentically as give goes on. Coaching is like a shot of Vitamin B12. You don't realize how much you need it until you get it!

I gained a healthier, more positive approach toward group tasks. I felt much more empowered toward group tasks once I learned to consider team mates' individual approaches toward tasks and projects. The DISC profiles provided me with tools that defined what to do and what not to do when working with co-workers. It was a very practical tool that I continually use. My coaching with Ann helped me tremendously as I worked through a very stressful time in my personal life. Ann provided me with a safe, open, trusting space where I could work through my issues. I never felt judged and she was always available to me for advice, encouragement and coping mechanisms. I would say that the most important things that any future clients would need to know is that Intentional Coaching + Consulting personnel are very well trained and very capable of adapting to individual needs as they arise. I was impressed by the depth of knowledge and resources that Ann provided for me. The coaching program is definitely worth the investment for developing leadership opportunities.

I thoroughly enjoyed being a member of this cohort. Ann and Erin both were great coaches for our group. Ann's individual sessions has really helped me build confidence in myself and my team. I feel I am better prepared to lead my organization as well as take advantage of any future opportunities that may be presented to me. I will be a better leader at home and at work because of Ann's coaching. I'm extremely grateful for the time we spent together.

This coaching experience was very beneficial in so many ways. I appreciated the individual time and attention I received with my coach. She was insightful, personable, and helpful. She challenged me to grow both professionally and personally. This experience has helped me grow significantly as a leader and in my personal life. Thank you for this amazing experience with the executive cohort program. I highly recommend it!

This opportunity came up for me at just the right time in my early months as a new CEO. I am so thankful for the time spent working with Ann. She is the perfect combination of encouraging, thought-provoking and firm that I need. The biggest benefit to me has been the ability to talk with a skilled exec outside of my organization to troubleshoot various scenarios that arise that there's no rule book for. Additionally, the time spent learning about my own leadership style and how to be the best I can be has been invaluable. Very appreciative of this opportunity, thank you!

Coaching works; you get out what you put in. Learn more about you and the skills you bring and learn from the coaches how to navigate the challenges, because there will be challenges. You will have actionable resources and tools to help move the mission and work forward. Thank you- thank you- thank you--- we all know leadership is hard, but you all (Intentional Coaching & Consulting) are able to validate, redirect, and level up our abilities to lead.

The coaching program is one of the best investments for our team that we could have made and it aligns beautifully with our organization’s value of Putting People First. The program fosters a culture of sharing gratitude, celebrating the differences and value of our collective skill, and the confidence to solve problems together.

Meeting with my coach has been extremely rewarding. She has challenged me to set boundaries and make time for own health and well-being. Somehow this resulted in me joining a bowling league as a first time bowler, but the scheduled time away weekly is exactly what I needed as a leader, for myself as well as for my team and my family.

Coaching has opened up the possibilities of how I can lead my team to a higher level. It has personally helped me react to situations in a totally different manner that is helpful to me as a leader and to my team.

I absolutely enjoyed my coaching experience! At first I didn’t think I would open up to a stranger but as it turns out, it was the perfect partnership! I learned many things about myself and have made new personal goals that I continue to work on. Thank you for the opportunity!

I initially was connected with Intentional Coaching + Consulting as a part of a Grant County Community Foundation “Third Path” Cohort initiative which pairs non-profit leaders in our community together on a project that benefits our community, and part of the cohort experience involves all of us having a leadership coach. My coach is helping me by providing general leadership coaching questions, insights, and exercises during our monthly Zoom calls, as well as specific discussions about how I can grow as a leader in my first years serving as Board President of a local non-profit. The outcome is that I’m understanding myself better as a person and as a leader, which in turn is helping me lead our non-profit organization better; and the fringe benefit is that I’m also becoming a better husband, father, friend, and colleague. The thing I have really enjoyed is my coach’s ability to ask probing questions that invite me to reflect on my life and leadership, as well as her wisdom in offering practical insights and advice on how I might handle specific situations I’m dealing with in the non-profit organization I serve with. The experience has been one of the most formative leadership development seasons of my professional career. I recommend Intentional Coaching + Consulting to people who want to not just talk about growing as a leader or understand that value of leadership development, but who actually want to do the work of becoming the kind of person and the kind of leader their organization needs.

No one tells you how hard and lonely it can be as a new Executive Director of a non-profit. My experience as part of the 2023 Nonprofit Executive Coaching Program with Intentional Coaching + Consulting has not only given me tips and tools that I need to be an effective leader but going through the experience with my fellow non-profit leaders has given me a connection with an amazing group of leaders to reach out to when I need advice and support. I am so thankful to have this experience and it has given me the confidence in myself to be the leader I wish to be.