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Deborah Munhoz

Deborah Munhoz

"I work with individuals to lead and succeed in life and business.  The hardest question to answer is often “what do you want?” With clarity on your personal, business or legacy aspirations, we move toward aligning who you are with what you really what to create-the result-boldness and meaning!"

Areas of Expertise

  • Small business through corporate managerial and leadership development
  • Clarification of values, visions, strategy and implementation in life and /or business
  • Communication, collaboration and effectiveness development with staff, peers, team and organization
  • Initiating and Expanding leadership capacity
  • Emotional Intelligence and relationship skills
  • Creating more meaning, satisfaction and impact in life

Coaching Experience

Direct experience in health care organizations, utilities, engineering, real estate, non-profits and religious organization- in large and small organizations, with entrepreneurs, with a focus on: leadership presence and confidence, vision clarification and communication, strategy development, team effectiveness, transitioning into leadership, developing high potential employees.

As an external coach for corporate Leadership Development programs, have worked with staff from the front line to the executive team to: develop Emotionally Intelligent thoughts and behaviors, identify and improve limiting beliefs, expand problem solving and thinking skills, develop improved methods of leveraging personal strengths, identify and adopt more effective and creative life and business strategies, and a broader perspective for decision making and impact.

Client Results

  • Director (healthcare) coached for tools to evaluate and eliminating personal and career obstacles thought to be beyond control. Moved out of habitual responses to work environment to a more empowered position of creating the work environment desired. Resulting in significant position and salary up-grade.
  • VP Engineering found that shifts in thinking improved business and personal responses and judgment. What began as Life Coaching and reductions in anxiety, evolved into Leadership Development, boldness, and clarity of direction, resulting in repositioning the organization and updating the corporate mission, diversified sales and improved teamwork and staff retention.
  • Accountant in Wood Products Industry becomes CFO in stable industry as a result of clarity about personal values; purpose and what provided passion in work.  Personal and business skills development resulted in financially rewarding job change to a position utilizing more of her strengths.
  • Division Head of Public Utility coaches to improve leadership style to improve his influence prior to retirement. Coaching on relationship building skills, the legacy he wished to leave and re-connecting with what he loved about his work resulted in improved satisfaction at work, team communication, collaboration with the executive team and healthier life style habits.

Professional Certifications & Achievements

  • EQ Certification & EQ Leader Trainer, 6 seconds Emotional Intelligence Network
  • Executive Coaching Certification from the Institute for Life Coach Training
  • Now What? Life Blueprint™ Facilitator’s Training with Laura Berman Fortgang
  • Advanced Facilitator Development, Association for Quality and Participation
  • Continuous Quality Improvement Certification, Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation
  • NW Coaches Leadership Development Team, Education Committee

Professional Experience

  • inviteChange Partner — 2004-present
  • Pure Success Coaching — 2001- 2004
  • Home Parental Care, Inc, Founder/Partner — 1983 - 2001
  • Sacred Heart Hospital and Medical Center — 1974-1982

Education

  • Master of Science, Health Administration, University of Oregon
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Oregon