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Coach Bios

Bio

Professional Coaching Summary

Rebekah applies lessons from self-regulatory research, positive psychology, and uses a coaching philosophy, to improve professionals’ lives and help them reach their goals. Rebekah is passionate about coaching individuals to find fulfillment in their careers. She firmly believes that exciting career options await each person, and helps individuals to identify and capitalize on their strengths to prepare for expanding their effectiveness and satisfaction in current roles or exploring upskilling and career advancement opportunities to support them throughout their respective career pathway.

 

Coaching Philosophy & Background

Rebekah’s coaching is built on the bedrock of both theory and practice, using experiential leadership with a coaching framework, to help individuals access their potential to move toward goals they envision for themselves to facilitate becoming their best self, an engaging team member, and an impactful and effective leader.

 

Rebekah’s coaching philosophy is informed by her disciplinary research on self-control, goal-setting, and decision-making centers on how individuals commit to and achieve goals, which combines with her research in graduate education centering around graduate training and career development. A leader with practical experience, she is a former military officer and paratrooper who has also served as a mentor, trainer, educator, and coach in higher education.

 

Expertise

  • Leadership development informed by customized strengths-based assessments and positive psychology (VIA Character Strengths, Reflected Best Selves, 360 Evaluation)

  • Active researcher nationally examining best practices in higher education and biomedical workforce development and training

  • Author of peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on graduate career and professional development & regular contributor for graduate career advice columns for Inside Higher Ed’s Carpe Careers

 

Credentials

  • International Coach Certification (ICF) affiliated

  • Credentialled Professional Coach Certification (PCC)

  • Certified Mentor Coach (CMC), MentorCoach Program

  • Social and Personality Psychologist (PhD)

  • Co-founder of Higher Education Coaching group

Get a Custom Quote

Coaching packages range from weekly, biweekly, or monthly meeting options to fit your goals.

Individual personal packages generally include 3-month and 6-month options.

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Organizational and leadership coaching include recommended 6-months+ options

to maximize leadership growth and organizational change.

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All packages are customized for you, and can be individually driven

or coordinated with management and organizational strategy goals. 

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