Possibility Lab

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CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, CHANGE YOUR WORLD!

Fun, Practical Solutions for Leaders & Organizations seeking

Clarity, Confidence & Happiness

“The reason it’s difficult to learn something new is that it will change you into someone who disagrees with the person you used to be.”

– Seth Godin

ARE WE A GOOD FIT?

I’m not for everyone, but I might be right for you!

Below are some of my favorite people to work with:

Achievers, workaholics, perfectionists, people pleasers, rebels, over-thinkers, creatives, emotionally-driven or spiritually-driven people craving more fun, laughter, and happiness

You have some success and want to grow it to another level

You need someone to keep pace with you and to support and challenge you

If you want a one size fits all approach – I’m NOT your person

If you want someone to join in and just agree with your emotions, stories, or thoughts – I’m NOT your person

If you want someone who thinks and lives differently, is curious, flexible, direct, and fun – I’m Your Person

SERVICES

All services are custom-made to fit the needs of the client and can be accomplished in-person, over the telephone, or through video conferencing. Some of the possible options available are:

Individual Solutions

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TESTIMONIALS

Christina is an excellent personal and leadership coach. She receives rave reviews from my students and is often requested as a coach based on her reputation.

Peter Cohen

Professor and Director at Wichita State University

Christina is a great coach!! She is extremely thoughtful, warm and collaborative! She tailors her approach to each individual and is a great inspiration! I highly recommend her to anyone and any organization!

Minyan Weiss

Senior Vice President

Christina is empathetic, intuitive, insightful and challenging. A great coach. I’d recommend her to my best friend or closest colleague.

Julia Fabris McBride

Vice President at Kansas Leadership Center

Christina’s energy, passion and encouragement of growth in other employees was strikingly evident in the first and every following interaction I had with her. She is outspoken and confident enough to politely and professionally challenge group think and popular opinion when her experience, knowledge, perspective and understanding lead her to an alternate opinion. I endorse Christina as a value-added team member who will provide thoughtful critique and feedback to create tactical and strategic continuous improvement in whatever the business challenge may be.

John Coleman

SCM Program Manager at Spirit AeroSystems

Coaching with Christina is more than just an experience—it’s a deeply rooted and unwavering committed relationship that allowed me the opportunity to glean not only awareness and insights regarding my personal and professional life, but how I can best bridge any gaps that exist in a creative and meaningful way. Coaching with Christina gave me a safe place to navigate my circumstances and underlying beliefs and assumptions, while also challenging them against truth and reality—with compassion, grace, and a rejuvenated sense of enthusiasm. This paradigm shift in my thinking has me thanking Christina not just for her expertise as a Coach, but also as an advocate for happiness, positivity, and the ability to provoke reflective thought to deepen awareness and forward action. Thank you, Christina!

Angela Lennartson

Christina’s coaching came at an amazing time in my career. Her support through some big professional transitions for me really made the process so much better. Really one of the biggest takeaways was the reminder that I was in the position I was in for a reason. She also challenged me regularly to consider different views or angles of a situation. I’ll always remember bracing myself (in a good way) for her ability to hear my challenge and then turn it a different way. I needed that, and I apply lessons I learned in those scenarios to my day to day. I highly recommend working with Christina. I also recommend giving yourself the time and focus that both you and she deserve during each session. Get away from your desk and take a little “me time” for some coaching. Thank you, Christina!

Andy Houston

EVP

COMMON CLIENT CHALLENGES

Leadership Development
Managing Time, Energy, and Expectations
Thinking Strategically
Celebration & Appreciation
Navigating Uncertainty & Conflict

Creating Boundaries
Confidence & Sense of Self/Identity
Positive Attitude and Mindset
Communicating Effectively
Building Relationships

BENEFITS EXPERIENCED

Improved communication, work/life balance, and patience with self and others
Organized thoughts, expanded ideas, and planned actions
Increased happiness, team effectiveness, and results

Excuse and barrier elimination
Improved articulation and communication of feelings and aspirations
Improved accountability and work performance
Improved awareness that client controls his/her/their reactions
Moving in and out of uncomfortable situations feeling supported
New insights by having someone unrelated to topic to discuss with

Improved relationships, self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-confidence
Faster progress
Overcame leadership challenges quicker and with better results

Relief from talking with someone who believes in, supports, and listens to him/her/them because sometimes it’s easy to feel isolated and helpless
New perspectives
Stronger beliefs of what he/she/they deserves
Confidence in making career goals and actions
Decreased isolation and increased connection
Affirmation when statements, beliefs, and values were repeated back to him/her/them

Stress relief
Prioritized concerns, goals, time, and everything he/she/they wants
Time to focus on himself/herself/themselves
Set goals and dreams and explored them without losing himself/herself/themselves in vague thoughts

ABOUT

I am ever-changing! I purposely look for new concepts to mix around with my current ideas and transform me or just sit within me as a possibility of how others relate or perceive life. I am blessed to be able to hold multiple views in most situations. Below are my ideas of the me as of now:

If something doesn’t help me meet my goals, I stop doing it
Ooze positivity and see promise in everything
Open-minded and committed to being myself
A situation and a specific viewpoint determines whether something is a strength or weakness
It is more fun to do something with others instead of by myself
Failure is not a bad thing…it is progress and provides data and learning. It can also be lots of fun!

Face my fears
Change is constant…have fun with it 🙂
Dessert first
Love challenges and see them as opportunities to experience life in a new way and to not be bored
Faith in purpose and a higher power not in a religion
More me's/Christinas is no good and boring...want variety and appreciate differences in people
No one way
Being somewhere with a good attitude will get you a long ways
Hang out with people who lift you up and help you be more than you can be by yourself
Be yourself or you limit being anything for anyone else
Continuous learner
Healthy conflict is needed for progress - perfect harmony is overrated

Open to honest feedback
Flexibility in life is paramount
People are what make life worthwhile
If others can’t see my value, then they may not be meant to see it now
Never stop changing when there is new information for improvement
Ask for what I want and expect
Never give up
Lemons can be so much more than lemonade
Don’t define myself by others

Be comfortable with uncomfortable
No more than what I can handle with God/the creator is ever given to me
Life is a fun test
Every day is a balance between live it like it is your last and plan for the future
Helping others reach their goals and define what their success is is rewarding and inspiring
Bodies are vessels for souls, and I am blessed that I can't see souls because it makes life more mysterious and fun
I have a greater purpose than myself
I need to be my best self to help others be their best selves
Don't take myself too seriously
Laughter is contagious
Strive to acknowledge everyone and let them know I appreciate them

I never make bad decisions/regret a decision...waste of energy. Use the best information I have, ask lots of questions, and go with it.
Not making a decision is a decision
Patience...working on it
Listen and ask questions
Don't see people as their names or exterior description…see them as a feeling and a story
Everyone has a special value and I am blessed to meet each person
Anything is possible

Creativity is priceless
Love music, colorful art, dancing, being an aunt, and playing
Silly, spontaneous, persistent or stubborn (you decide)
Like funny, happy movies that I can watch again as soon as I just finished them
Like coloring fuzzy posters and hot chocolate
Curious

Why Not

What is coaching?

Coaching is a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires clients to maximize their personal and professional potential. Each client is viewed as whole, creative, and resourceful. Clients are the experts of their lives. The coach asks questions and helps explore the topic that the client wants to make progress on. The coach’s role is to help the client navigate the unknown and to uphold the coaching process. The coach is not there to be an expert on the client’s topic. Coaching focuses on the present and future. Coaching conversations are confidential in most cases.

What is my coaching style and approach?

Christina is authentic, direct, fun, and challenging yet supportive. She energizes others to be daring and to challenge their limitations and mindset. She blends fun with practicality. Christina strives to never have the coaching process feel like homework or a waste of time. She is big on listening to your intuition, doing things your way, and focusing on the things you control. She can move very quickly for those who are bored easily or create the space needed for thinkers to process new ideas and analyze. Coaching conversations are loosely structured to allow exploration, direction changes, and deep discussions. However, coaching sessions typically start with what you want to focus the session time on and end with determining a plan of action you want to take. Each session will also include a recap of what was useful about the discussion and what would work better for the next session. Each coaching conversation is focused on the client's challenges and opportunities. We work on the highest priority challenge/opportunity and tie that progress back to the larger scale improvement desired.

What are the fundamental prerequisites for outstanding coaching results?

A commitment to self-investment
A willingness to experiment and define failure as progress
A propensity to be passionate about challenging goals and dreams
Seeing enormous value in creating a better situation

What are my coaching qualifications?

Trained specifically in leadership coaching by the Kansas Leadership Center with leadership viewed as an activity (not a position) and something anyone can learn and do
Skilled in multiple group coaching methods and settings
Path to Success development member with the International Association of Coaching
Experienced in coaching leaders in many industries (in-person, by phone and by video conferencing)
Practiced in working with diverse individuals and groups with varying beliefs and values
Proficient at achieving lofty goals and accomplishing desired results
Christina has the Professional Certified Coach credential with the International Coaching Federation