About Irene

As a coach, consultant, trainer, facilitator and emotional intelligence practitioner, Irene’s commitment is to support executives, leaders and high-level leadership teams in their quest to be and become better leaders and workplaces. Her clients are successful, and they are committed to their own life-long learning. They want to foster workplaces and teams where people can be themselves, do great work, and experience challenges that help them grow while being treated well and as human beings.

Irene’s focus is on individual leadership development and on co-creating healthy, strong and versatile leadership and coaching cultures in organizations where values and mission are lived every day - in the way people work, and in the way they work with others. With individual leaders, professionals and teams she helps them gain greater self-awareness and insight, recognize their strengths and challenges, and identify and focus on areas for where they want to evolve, grow and develop in how they lead themselves and others.  Working with Irene, individuals and teams grow their capacity to navigate the change, stress and pace of work and life right now.

Irene’s talents are in sparking rich conversation, creating space for exploration, in forthright and straightforward questions that allow insight to emerge and that lead to action aligned with values. Irene brings what she wants to foster in the world into each conversation and training session – a deep belief in our inherent goodness and resourcefulness, and our capacity to learn to thrive in, through and beyond change, transition, stress and all that work and life bring.

Irene is an experienced leader, learning and development professional, and leadership volunteer, as well as an experienced project manager, program development professional, and facilitator/trainer.

She is a graduate of University of Winnipeg and Royal Roads University. Irene is an Professional Certified Coach (PCC), a Certified Executive Coach (CEC) and a member of the International Coach Federation. She is an Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, certified in EQi2.0/EQ360.

More about Irene

Irene is a fair weather cyclist and an (almost) all weather walker. Her happy places are being outside, making and sharing food with her people, hanging out in bookstores and libraries, listening to or making music or art.

In the last ten years, Irene has immersed herself in learning about mindfulness, resilience and well-being, compassion and realistic optimism, adding to her personal and professional resource ‘cupboard’ and bringing it into her work with individuals and teams.

Irene has loved, lost, laughed, leapt, landed, and learned. She’s seen some stuff and lived some life. She wants to hear your story and help you craft the next chapter.

Irene's coaching vision is to partner with people and teams ready for learning and self-discovery, to facilitate and support them as they: gain self-awareness, expand perspective and clarity; expand resourcefulness, resilience and flexibility; foster compassion and self-care; and choose mindful action toward lasting positive change and greater joy in work and life.

Irene’s Personal Ethical Practice Statement

As a coach I will conduct myself personally and professionally in accordance with the International Coach Federation’s Code of Ethics. I will avoid and disclose real and perceived conflicts of interests. I will show up with honesty, professionalism, compassion, respect and creativity and commit to be fully present with my clients.

I will hold the interests and information of my clients with great care and in strictest confidence. I will hold to the scope of practice of coaching and will not misrepresent or extend my practice outside the limits of my knowledge and expertise. 

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