visioning Archives - SHIFT-IT Coach

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: SARAH HERD

Christina Merkley — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:51:51 +0000

As an HR Executive and a Digital leader, Sarah is well-versed in large system change. In her corporate leadership role, she’s responsible for large digital transformation projects across HR … sometimes several at the same time! It was my sacred task in Visual Coach Certification to hold space for her. Give her the room, resources,... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: SARAH HERD appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: JAN RICHARDS

Christina Merkley — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:29 +0000

Today’s grad, Jan Richards, is located in Silicon Valley (where I was based in the 90s). A longtime business consultant and former National Baldridge Examiner, she’s a Grove Consultants aficionado (my former employer back in the heady dot-com days). Jan knows the efficient practicality of ‘working visually’, having successfully used the Grove’s Strategic Visioning and... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: JAN RICHARDS appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DONNA CHEWNING

Christina Merkley — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:59:23 +0000

Donna has both personal and professional reasons for working visually. On a personal level, she is the mother of an adult son with a lifelong disability and limited communication abilities. Professionally, her career in Restorative Justice, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation – including her work with her state’s Supreme Court and Alternative Dispute Resolution Department, as... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DONNA CHEWNING appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: MICHELLE BASTOCK

Christina Merkley — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:00:41 +0000

Michelle entered Visual Coach Certification with a solid background in team, executive and retirement coaching, as well as course development and workshop design. Contracting with global coaching companies, she coaches executives and leaders in improving effectiveness, time management, and communication, identifying underlying issues, patterns, and challenges, and supports them to develop actionable plans that drive... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: MICHELLE BASTOCK appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

HOLIDAY GIFT: Mini Visual Coaching Retreat

Christina Merkley — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:23:49 +0000

Happy Holidays! It’s tradition this time of year to gift my Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat. Like a virtual stocking stuffer … Visual Coaching Retreats can happen at any time. However, there are transitional times in our lives that deep reflection can be particularly useful. Like at the close of one year and the beginning of another, on... Read more »

The post HOLIDAY GIFT: Mini Visual Coaching Retreat appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DAN DOHERTY

Christina Merkley — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:52:47 +0000

These grad spotlights can be from across the world, however, this one is from my own home town, Victoria BC Canada! Dan and I have known each other for over a decade. First meeting as fellow trainers and facilitators using the same downtown meeting/training facility. He first took my Visual Skills Bundle to improve his... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DAN DOHERTY appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: HERMEKA RAY

Christina Merkley — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:37:13 +0000

MY LEARNING JOURNEY TAUGHT ME TO SHIFT FROM THE PROVERBIAL “DOING” TO “BEING”. A POWERFUL CATALYST THAT HAS FOREVER SHAPED A PROMISING FUTURE FOR ME AND MY CLIENTS. The work of a coach is all about change and the ability to draw a clarified vision, values, and insights – painting a purposeful picture filled with... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: HERMEKA RAY appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: CARLA YETTER

Christina Merkley — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:10:51 +0000

All sorts of folks find their way to Visual Coach Certification. Some of the bravest are those in conventional environments looking for a different, deeper, more creative way of working. When Carla travelled in person to one of my Magic Marker Masterminds, she’d already discovered the visual way of working and was courageously applying it... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: CARLA YETTER appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: GEMMA JONES

Christina Merkley — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:55:29 +0000

All sorts of folks find their way to my training cohorts, and some of them are just ‘on it’ … like Gemma Jones. She helps people see, helps people think and helps people change. I’d also add that she also helps people feel and process their emotions too. Describing herself as a ‘recovering engineer’ given... Read more »

The post GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: GEMMA JONES appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.

VISUAL COACHING GIFT: Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat

Christina Merkley — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:37:49 +0000

Happy Holidays! It’s a tradition at this time of year to gift my eZine and blog readers a Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat. A handy reflection tool to doodle out the flow of your life. To see and integrate what’s been happening, and to clarify your ‘doings’ and ‘beings’ from here. I hope you find it fun... Read more »

The post VISUAL COACHING GIFT: Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat appeared first on SHIFT-IT Coach.