| What
Clients Are Saying about Coach Val Sharp:
Private
Clients:
“You're
highly intelligent, caring, a great communicator and a whole
lot of fun!”
“I
really want to thank you for the coaching. It’s been the
highlight of my year.”
“You
have a way (because of the way you are and how you do your life)
of giving me confidence in myself and in reminding me about
how great the world is.”
“I
will tell anybody who will listen (and even those who won't)
what a motivating, intelligent, intuitive, caring coach you
are, Val. I can personally attest to the benefits I've received
from being coached by you.”
“Your
humor and gentleness created an atmosphere in which I felt totally
safe to question and explore. “
“The
coaching helped me to better identify my own personal values
and to move towards a way of living that more closely aligned
my values with my career and other life goals. The coaching
also helped me to uncover some fears and to find ways of overcoming
these.”
As
a speaker
“I want to acknowledge your wonderful presentation on
Monday. What a great group of folks we had out and such a positive
response. Many thanks for doing the presentation. I particularly
valued the opportunity for reflection which you built into the
session.”
- Elaine Weidner, President, Vancouver Island Professional Coaches
Association
Coaching
at a Conference
“The opportunity to receive personal coaching while at
the conference was a real added benefit or bonus for our delegates.
It really added to the overall professional development experience.
9 out of 10 of our delegates rated their overall impression
of the conference as good or excellent. The coaching contributed
to that impression. I received lots of positive comments about
the coaching people received. Kudos and thanks to our coaches!”
-
Sharlene Smith, organizer, Canadian Public Relations Society
2001 National Conference
About
Val Sharp
Val
Sharp is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and entrepreneur
who works with executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to
help them live a fulfilling business and personal life.
Ms.
Sharp left an extensive career in the corporate world to actively
pursue her lifelong interest in helping individuals live life
to the fullest. This passion for helping people to be all they
can be, combined with her corporate background and athletic
accomplishments, gives her a perspective as a coach that’s
unique. Val has been published in the Institute of Chartered
Accountants monthly magazine and. is currently a columnist for
PR Canada, an on-line newsletter sent to public relations professionals
across Canada. In addition to her coaching practice, she runs
an interior redesign business that provides an outlet for her
creativity.
Before
becoming an entrepreneur, Ms. Sharp was Director of Corporate
Communications for Intrawest, owner of Whistler/Blackcomb and
a wide variety of mountain resorts in North America and Europe,
where she directed all Public Relations and Investor Relations
activities. While there, she managed, wrote, and produced annual
and quarterly reports, corporate videos and websites, and presentations
for audiences across North America. Prior to that she managed
the Investor Relations activities for MacMillan Bloedel, a Fortune
500 company purchased by Weyerhaeuser, where she wrote and produced
innovative, award-winning annual reports and managed the production
of the company’s first environmental report.
Other
experience includes three years with a mid-sized oil and gas
company as Director of Financial Reporting and two years with
IBM as a Systems Engineering Representative. She articled as
a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and Touche.
Recipient
of the following awards:
- Toastmasters
Awards – Certified Toastmaster; Best Evaluator and Best
Impromptu Speaker
-
Canadian Public Relations Society National Award of Excellence
-- External Communications
-
Financial Post Gold Awards -- MacMillan Bloedel 1992, 1993
and 1994 annual reports
-
North American Ski Journalists Association Award -- Best Public
Relations
-
International Association of Business Communicators Blue Wave
Award of Excellence -- Community/Investor Relations
Ms.
Sharp received her accounting designation from the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in 1979 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce
degree from the University of Alberta. She also holds a certificate
in multimedia from the Vancouver Film School and received her
coaching certification from The Coaches Training Institute.
She is a member of Coachville, the Vancouver Island Professional
Coaches Association, and is an avid Toastmaster.
Her
athletic accomplishments include three marathons, several short-course
triathlons and completion of an Ironman Triathlon (2.5 mile
swim, 112 mile cycle and 26 mile run).
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