 Today, we are featuring one of the graduates from our Certified Professional Integrative Coach training program. Tamica Sears graduated from the Institute for Integrative Intelligence in Fall of 2016. She owns Sears Coaching which offers coaching and consulting services to Human Resource Departments. She also offers corporate group coaching and individual sessions. We love celebrating the successes of our students, and we hope her story inspires you on your personal coaching journey. My Coaching Story by: Tamica Sears When I came to coaching, I was an HR professional who thought that I knew what coaching was, but I didn’t. In a previous company, I had been given coach, and it was a horrible experience for me personally. I spent a lot of time thinking that coaching was awful for everyone. Then I changed companies, and they had a coaching program that was vastly different from the previous organization. It was there that I saw what coaching could do for leaders and wanted to learn more about it and how it could enhance my performance as an HR professional.
Coach training with the Institute for Integrative Intelligence allowed me to open my eyes to a much wider range of thoughts, ideas, and experiences. The coaching that I received as part of my training made me a better person, at work and at home. I learned how to be a judgment-free zone which helped significantly with my ability to work with leaders. Being an unbiased sounding board didn't come easily to me. I wanted to bring my own thoughts, ideas, and solutions to the conversation. But coach training helped me discover that not only am I not always right, but that it is vitally important to have different thoughts and ideas presented as solutions to get to the best result. My time at the Institute also helped me learn how to give people grace, hold a space for them, slow down, advocate for the needs of others, and so many other transformations. I have learned that silence isn't awkward, it's necessary. And asking versus telling is so much more powerful. Coaching is currently going better than I expected! It was hard for me to learn something new later in life, so I wasn't sure how well it would go. But as part of my training, I started really examining my limiting beliefs, my "stinkin thinkin" as I like to call it. That has helped me reframe what I thought was possible. Now, I run my business full-time, and I do what I love. Through my coaching business, I am able to help leaders create better work environments. I wish I'd had someone who wanted that when I was earlier in my career. It would have been extremely beneficial. Coaching has added exceptional people and experiences to my life. I am extremely grateful to have been a part of a coach training program that emphasizes community and continuous learning. ************* FOLLOW US AT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IntegrativeIntelligence Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativeIntelligence LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A Certified Professional Coach  I began my career as a coach in 2005 after noticing that we are living in pivotal times; where corporations often place profit above people, individuals are feeling lost in the “rat race”, and corporate drive is leaving the largest scale impact on the future of sustainability.
As I share in the podcast below, coaching powerfully taps into the next phase of human potential in ways never before experienced. It is contributing to transformative solutions! I am invested in bringing the highest levels of coach training and mentoring into a world that needs people’s gifts, talents, purpose, and heart, now more than ever. The Institute has a strong mission to equip professionals, leaders, and companies to dive into the core of intelligent transformations. We value leaving a positive footprint and being a part of the solution. Our students are torch holders for positive impact, locally and globally, in service to the success of generations to come. Coaching, HR, and More! Imagine if we all had a coach or accountability partner for every area of our lives. What if every workplace was inclusive, equitable, and diverse? What would the world be like? Check out this episode of Collaborative Connections Radio Show & Podcast to hear what these experts think about it. Host, Kelly Lorenzen, was joined on-air by Laurel Elders, CEO of The Institute for Integrative Intelligence, Mary Henry, Co-Founder or AZ Talent CoOp, and Tamica Sears, The Corporate Fixer at Sears Coaching. These amazing business leaders shared their perspectives on HR, corporate America, coaching, collaboration, mindset and more. Click here to listen to the podcast ************* FOLLOW US AT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IntegrativeIntelligence Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativeIntelligence LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A Certified Professional Coach Happy Valentine's Day! I often share and describe in words how amazing it feels to follow a calling and live it out to fruition. It also feels so fulfilling to positively impact lives and make a living leaving a positive legacy. I want to challenge anyone who feels called to step into their own greatness to follow that nudge!
This week's video is an inspiration to follow what is calling to you and to be of service to others during your lifetime! What is your highest calling? ************* FOLLOW US AT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IntegrativeIntelligence Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativeIntelligence LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A Certified Professional Coach  Nancy Smyth, MCC, CPCC Director of Training, Instructor, and Co-author of Anatomy of Peace www.TwoWiseWomen.org Nancy has been with the Institute for Integrative Intelligence since 2015. In the mid 1980’s, Nancy apprenticed with an Aztec Indian Medicine Man. Her entire apprenticeship was one of learning to see and recognize what was invisible to the eye. Life kept leading Nancy to lend a hand off the reservations as well, to more global communities. Loving the empowering process of coaching, Nancy studied and went on to receive a Master Certified Coach credential through the International Coaching Federation in 2006.
Nancy’s clients include Fortune 500 organizations, entrepreneurs, couples, and individuals. Her focus guides clients to lasting substantial change, both professionally and personally. As a coach, speaker, artist, and poet, Nancy cultivates the experience, understanding, and expression of peace-filled solutions. In 2003, the Arbinger Institute invited Nancy to co-develop and facilitate training for coaches world-wide – The Choice in Coaching. December 2013 marked the 10 year anniversary of this mastery-level program. Nancy also serves as Arbinger’s Director of Individual and Group Coaching, a Global Leader, and an Executive Coach. In our coaching program, she is the course co-designer and facilitator for The Anatomy of Peace. Her presence is delightfully tranquil while being powerfully transformative. ************* FOLLOW US AT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IntegrativeIntelligence Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativeIntelligence LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A Certified Professional Coach Happy February!! I'm excited to share that our Spring Coach Training Classes are filling up! I have created a video for those who are interested in stepping into professional coaching and making a career-leveraging move. It is normal to feel scared when a new calling begins to tap on our shoulder. If you are feeling this fear, my video will help you determine if following your calling is worth it.
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