In her 30 years of consulting for and working in professional services firms, Anita has found that hiding our humanness is the biggest detriment to success – individually and as an organization. With that knowledge, and her own experiences, she has come to believe deeply that there is a way to use the things hiding out in the dark to help create better cultures, better companies, better brands, better teams, better leaders and a better you!
WHAT YOU SEE:
30 Years Experience | Certified Coach | Trauma-Informed Practitioner | Strategist | Speaker | Writer | Facilitator | Business Consultant | Project Manager | Communications Coach | Brand Developer
WHAT YOU GET:
Pattern Finder | Insight Illuminator | Supporter | Intuitive Idea Generator | Courage and Resilience Developer | Shadow Soother | Firm, Compassionate Accountability Guide | Vision Holder | Storyteller
Anita holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Excelsior University and a Diploma in Global Leadership from The U.N.-Mandated University of Peace, Centre for Executive Education. She is a Certified Trauma-informed Coach, Certified Chief Well-being Officer, Certified Holistic Health Coach, Certified Strengths Practitioner, and Certified CultureTalk Partner.
She has consulted for regional and national professional service firms throughout the country; led internal marketing organizations; coached teams, executives and individuals; and turned qualitative understanding into quantifiable outcomes for three decades. Her work creates results whether it is in project team wins (over $10B); the successful transition of brands that were struggling due to M&A or generational growing pains; personal successes and growth for individual coaching clients; root cause analysis around culture and leadership challenges that allow for strategic personnel changes and meaningful succession planning; and more.
She is passionate about helping organizations understand trauma and the importance of creating psychologically safe environments. She believes that breaking the silence around our traumatic pasts and shining a light on the darkest parts of our humanity brings forth our highest potentials and greatest connections.
She has founded the Flashlight Foundation to help students build self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-efficacy through knowledge of their story, their strengths and their skills to help them find health, love and purpose in their lives and careers.
