Executive coach
Alice Obermiller
Alice holds over 20 years’ experience in corporate, academic, and non-profit sectors. In addition to being an L&D professional, with extensive coaching experience, she has worked as an operations manager for a Silicon Valley-based technology company, a Fortune 500 insurance company, start-up education and energy technology companies, and the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Alice has a solid record of identifying organisational needs, then developing and implementing the most impactful and cost-effective solutions. Her key focus is on supporting and accelerating commercial and strategic goals with an eye on sustainable change. She has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, design, delivery, evaluation, and enhancement of effective interventions using adult learning theories.
An experienced facilitator, mediator and executive coach, she is an effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills. She also volunteers on sustainable development and micro-finance projects in east Africa; this involves significant time working with micro-enterprises in the field.
Location: USA
Languages: English
Business Sectors: Technology, Global Corporate (many sectors), Academic/Education, Management Consulting, Financial Services, Start-up, Non-Profit, Healthcare
Levels: Associate/Manager/Director/Senior Management/C-suite
Languages: English
Business Sectors: Technology, Global Corporate (many sectors), Academic/Education, Management Consulting, Financial Services, Start-up, Non-Profit, Healthcare
Levels: Associate/Manager/Director/Senior Management/C-suite
Coaching style or approach:
- Focus on authenticity and uncovering barriers to success
- Developing “insight skills” to discover blind spots
- Empowering intentional change
- Using “setbacks” as a tool towards creating success
Recent coaching examples:
- Executive Director of an International Non-Profit
Counselled on internal performance issues arising from expansion strategies needed to enhance support in Kenya and Tanzania. - Consulting Executive
Provided coaching support to a senior level consulting executive transitioning to lead an urban development start-up. - MBA Professionals
Coaching a team of ten MBA professionals from a broad range of sectors through a 9 month leadership lab which includes 360 usage, personality and developmental needs assessments, and a feedback loop for intentional change. Goal of the lab is to enrich self-development and differentiate these professionals into their next level of leadership post-MBA.
Accreditations:
- 16PF Karson Clinical Report (KCR)
- BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (BarOn EQ-i®)
- Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Business
(FIRO-B®) - Hogan Suite™
- Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI™)
- NEO PI-R™
- Thomas Kilmann Conflict Instrument (TKI)
What clients say about Alice
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It’s great working with Alice as she quickly pushed me to greater self-awareness and understanding of the impact I have on others without making me feel defensive.”
Senior leader
Financial services
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“Alice quickly tunes into concerns both of individuals and the whole group.”
Senior leader
International software organisation
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Alice was very helpful in driving my own development and running the group feedback sessions. The environment created was very conductive to learning and positivity.”
Manager
Global publishing house
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