Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
My professional focus is on effective relationship building, establishing trust, clarifying expectations and defining the scope of the coaching assignment so as to achieve sustainable leadership behavioural change. To create effective, transformational and empowering work environments where being accountable and innovative are givens.
I am a professionally certified coach with additional credentials in business and workplace coaching. My practice is based on supporting executives, business owners and senior managers to improve their business performance through highly motivated and committed teams with purpose.
With a wealth of experience and understanding of corporate governance, risk management (ISO 31,000: 2009), business principles and organisational dynamics, I have developed a clearly defined, yet flexible, coaching approach soundly based on the fundamentals that underpin the following three key behavioural competencies: Management Intelligence; Emotional Intelligence and Conversational Intelligence®
Burlingame, California, United States of America
Bay Area Executive Coach is run by Michael Neuendorff, PCC. He’s been coaching people in business since 2008 and is only getting started. After leaving a corporate career at Oracle Corporation in 2008 Michael decided to fully pursue his passion for entrepreneurship and professional development by entering in to the field of coaching.
Michael has been trained to provide excellence in coaching by the Center for Executive Coaching (CEC), specifically Andrew Neitlich, founder, and Sheri Boone, MCC, Director of Training. Since being graduated from CEC’s executive coach training program in 2014, Michael returned to the CEC for his Master Certified Coach Trainer certification in 2015.
Michael is also an accredited member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), which is the organization that conferred upon him the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accreditation in 2016. To receive this distinguished accreditation Michael went through a minimum of 100 hours of coach training, submitted client logs chronicling 750+ hours of paid coaching, and passed a rigorous examination.
Michael works with executives and teams to improve individual and group performance. He is a results-driven coach who looks for commitment, accountability and a growth mindset on the part of his clients. Many engagements begin with assessments such as a 360 or PXT Select to establish a starting point for growth. Michael is a PXT Select Certified Partner.
Michael received his BS Advertising degree from Arizona State University and completed additional graduate-level coursework with Heriot-Watt University. He currently co-teaches a Business 100 class at Skyline College. He’s formerly instructed for San Francisco State University’s Extended Learning Program and was a staff advisor with the San Francisco and San Jose Small Business Development Centers.
When not coaching, teaching or training you’ll typically find Michael enjoying vacations and local activities out with his wife and two children, or listening to audiobooks and podcasts.
Tenafly, New Jersey, United States of America
n 2014, he founded Peloton Coaching and Consulting to help executive leaders, teams, and companies create better tomorrows and results. A peloton is a group of cyclists in a race or a ride. As in business, a fast paced peloton needs leadership, trust, communication, and collaboration to win the race. As an avid cyclist, Michael’s peloton is his tribe or team.
He helps leaders enhance their emotional intelligence, energy, executive presence, communication skills, teamwork, culture, and productivity, to name a few areas.
Michael’s last bad day was July 11th, 2001. He was struck head-on by a SUV going 40 miles per hour during a cycling training ride. He’s lucky to be alive. Through his recovery and return to bike racing, Michael enhanced his appreciation of energy, perspective, and grit. These are qualities he brings to his coaching and speaking business.
Michael is a P.C.C. certified executive coach with the International Coach Federation (I.C.F.). He has additional certifications from The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), Hogan Assessments, and Conversational Intelligence®.
He is an active member of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) and is a member of James Madison University’s Sales and Marketing advisory council.
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Michelle has more than 20 years experience as a coach and a trainer for leaders and teams. One of the many things that sets Michelle apart as an executive/leadership coach is her own broad experience as a leader. She has worked with leaders at all levels, from emerging executives in non-profits and small businesses to C-Suite leaders of large organizations and Generals of our military forces.
Michelle is married to Steven Braden and proud mother to Anthony and Rebecca, Erica and Zane, Josh and Aida, and their golden retriever, Levi. She is now a grandmother (Lollie) to five grandchildren... Micah, Matias, Eden Grace, Sol and Aspen. She enjoys getting out in nature, working in the yard, reading, writing, running, hiking, camping and meaningful conversations with family and friends. Michelle has lived in 13 states and finds she easily adapts to any culture.
Wellington, New Zealand
Michelle is a Coach, Facilitator and Trainer. She is passionate about partnering with organisations to help create high performing cultures. With a background in operations management and business improvement Michelle brings both a practical and values based approach to her work. Her talent is in creating a safe space for people to speak authentically and get to the heart of not only the issues but also their aspirations. She then helps to navigate the path from the current reality, opening up fixed thinking and expanding into new conversations that generate powerful outcomes and business results.
New Zealand
I facilitate conversations that matter, with Leaders and Teams who are on a mission, and are serious about achieving business results.
People Focus is a boutique consultancy organization, we work with people, teams and organizations to improve business results.
For us, this work is about unlocking the leader within, activating potential, helping people to:
-Show up with intention
-Be present
-Connect with people
-Have the conversations that matter
-Build great teams
-Do good work
-Co-create your future.
It’s about ensuring that good work gets done, people are successful, results are achieved.
I design and facilitate leadership and performance:
-Conversations
-Workshops
-Programmes
-Equipping people with practical insights, tools, frameworks and skills for everyday use.
I coach people and teams to reflect, learn and grow. To use their insights, tools and frameworks, to build their skills and confidence, to follow through and achieve their goals.
These tools and frameworks come from a wide range of fields including; conversational intelligence (CI-Q), emotional intelligence (EQ), leadership, management, learning and development, and performance delivery. We design tools to help close the gap between theory and action, between intention and impact.
With a 25-year career as an entrepreneur, leader, and consultant my approach is practical and commercial - doing business with a people focus.
I am known for my focused and energetic style, with the ability to quickly build connection and credibility, developing enduring relationships.
I am quick to understand context and situations by asking insightful questions and listening carefully to the answers.
I take a strategic approach to working with you, mapping things out, hatching bright ideas and co-creating innovative solutions that are just right for you and your business. I partner with you to follow through on your road map and plan.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine, United States of America
Michelle is best known for her empowering innovation, lighthearted approach, and ability to rapidly shift breakdowns to breakthroughs. Dedicated to helping clients thrive in ways they never thought possible, she’s helped contribute to the success of individuals and enterprises as a certified coach and as a Director of Marketing and Design for more than 20 years.
From motivational talks to experiential training, her heartfelt spirit and unique strengths support her distinct set of skills. Conversational Intelligence is a perfect complement. Her innate embodiment of its principles is rooted in her life’s impassioned studies of human connection, neuroscience, and relationships of all forms.
“I was drawn to Conversational Intelligence because it’s more than a coaching framework – it’s a pioneering solution for humanity’s longest and greatest challenges. With refreshing ease, C-IQ changes conversations that trigger fear into partnership and the co-creation of shared prosperity built on mutual trust.”
What if C-IQ has the power to inspire repair, reconnection, and resiliency in relationships? What if it gets to the heart of your most challenging issues with surprising speed and results? It does all of that, with evidence backed by decades of successes.
Working with Michelle and C-IQ will free you to make your greatest vision a reality.
Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Velasquez is a business executive who has worked in Japan since 1994. He holds the position of President CEO of BL&C, a Tokyo-based L&D services firm specializing in management and language training. Miguel-Angel founded the firm in June 2004 and is responsible for developing and managing the firm’s business including supervising professional and administrative staff.
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marrying these two beliefs, Naomi's work with individuals, teams and organisations enhances both the self-awareness and Conversational Intelligence® that is essential for authentic and inspired leadership, team cohesion and co-creation, and trust-based innovative cultures. As her business name suggests, this combination enables not only executive presence, but also conscious presence throughout an organisation.
Naomi started her career working in finance roles in various commercial contexts before she heeded an almost lifelong call to focus her talents on helping people to thrive in their professional lives. Her coaching experience spans over 15 years assisting clients within the Financial Services, Professional Services, Airlines, Property, Government and Not for Profit sectors to create satisfying careers, enhance engagement style and grow conversational leadership.
Naomi is a Certified Conversational Intelligence® Coach and has a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology and Economics) and Diplomas in Counselling and Transformational Coaching. She has also been trained by a master coach in the area of corporate performance, drawing on techniques from the dramatic arts.
Woodstock, GA, United States of America
Natalie Teuton is a Certified Executive and Business Coach as well as a C-IQ Certified Coach. Her experience and expertise lies in the understanding and structuring of complex procedures and processes with the ability to create an environment where cross- functional teams work together to achieve common goals.
Her background uniquely positions her to understand the intricacies of working in corporate settings where resources are at a minimum, yet performance expectations continue to be expected.
Natalie and her business partner employ a Team Coaching approach to provide clients with the critical information needed to develop and retain top talent that will drive employee engagement and provide the culture that today’s workforce is seeking.
It is Natalie’s heartfelt belief that people are the most valuable resource a company has. She and her partner provide coaching and support to transform leaders, managers and employees into individuals who can then build collaborative, trusted and respected organizations. When trust is part of the culture, the organization outperforms their competitors and embodies the innovative and co-creative company culture that the workforce is looking for.
Her background, the Inspired proprietary PIVOT process, the Team Coaching approach and Conversational Intelligence® enables clients to PIVOT to the next level as their leaders understand themselves and their team at a much deeper level. Our clients develop stronger relationships with their peers and teams and understand that a collaborative environment will align their organization in order to achieve the results they desire.
Greater Sacramento Area, California, United States
Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Development and Change (Concentration in Evidence-Based Coaching. In Progress – Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara CA
Master of Arts in Organizational Development and Change - Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara CA
Master of Science in Organizational Development – University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Behavior – National University - Sacramento, CA
Coach U Certified Graduate - Coach University
Coach U Advanced Coaching Program – Coach University
Conversational Intelligence – CIQ Institute & Benchmark Communications
Certified SCRUM Master – SCRUM Study
Certified Polarity Practitioner – Polarity Partnership, Inc.
Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and Facilitator – Gallup, Inc.
LPI Certified Coach – The Leadership Challenge
Associate Certified Coach – International Coach Federation
Leadership Practices Inventory Certified Coach – The Leadership Challenge, Inc.
ADKAR Change Management Certification – PROSCI Inc.
Certified VOPAR Strategic Planning Practitioner – Unleashing Leaders
Leadership Architect and Voices 360 – Lominger/Korn Ferry International
Professional in Human Resources Certification – Human Resources Certification Institute
Train-The-Trainer Certification – CSU Extension – Sacramento, CA
Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification – Performance Management Group
Situational Leadership – Ken Blanchard Companies
Raving Fans – Ken Blanchard Companies
DiSC Dimensions of Behavior – Resources Unlimited
Facilitation Skills – Development Dimensions International
Maximizing Performance – Development Dimensions International
Targeted Selection – Development Dimensions International
Public Sector Partners Advisory Board Member (2015)
Management and Organizational Behavior Advisory Board Member of John Wiley (2011)
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
American Training and Development (ATD)
San Joaquin Human Resources Association – Board Member – Chapter President (2002-2005)
California State Council for SHRM – Executive Board Member (2001-2006)
Sacramento Area Organizational Development Network
Stockton Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento ATD Chapter
Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Nikki Ellison is a Certified Executive and Business Coach as well as an International Coach Federation (ICF) Accredited Professional Certified Coach with over 30 years of experience helping executive and leaders improve performance. Many of her clients are high performing women who identify with her as an INTJ personality style.
A believer of 'paying it forward', Ellison is also a Master Certified Coach Trainer who works with coaches and consultants from around the world to establish and develop their own coaching and consulting practices.
