Wanda Whitson is a certified coach partnering with professionals who are ready to take action to achieve their highest potential professionally and personally. Recognized for her ability to initiate and encourage change and inspire her clients to take positive action to remove barriers that are limiting their success and happiness, she is also adept at helping individuals to manage and thrive in the face of change.

Tapping her great insight and business acumen, she can quickly cut to the core of a problem to help individuals identify and overcome challenges that may be blocking them from success and increasing their influence. Wanda is highly skilled at increasing emotional intelligence (the only intelligence that can be increased) and a major element in transforming executives from managers into leaders.

Wanda has more than 25 years of corporate communications experience working with CEOs and senior level executives in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups to major corporations including the holding company and owners of Viacom and CBS (National Amusements). She has a proven track record of developing and implementing programs that support executives in meeting critical business objectives, raising the company’s visibility and engaging employees to foster business growth.

An accomplished communications professional, Wanda has served as national company spokesperson for broadcast, print and digital media. She has crafted executive speeches that have resulted in media coverage in a variety of print and broadcast outlets including the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal.

She is a compelling writer, public speaker, speaking/executive presence coach, and workshop leader. She has trained with National Speaker Hall of Fame storyteller Mikki Williams. Wanda’s current workshops include Building Confidence, One Step at a Time and Owning Your Power.

Wanda has worked with companies that include: Viacom and CBS (Holding Company National Amusements) Jones Lang LaSalle, Verizon Wireless, Lindt Chocolate, BMO Harris Bank, COMDEX, and Osram Sylvania.

She earned her B.S. in Education at the University of Maine and was certified by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence as a Corporate Social Responsibility Practitioner. She earned her coaching certification at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, ICF (International Coach Federation) accredited, and the most comprehensive and experiential coach-training program in the world. She is the author of http://www.redchairchronicles.com.

 

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wandawhitson

Contact:  wanda@wandawhitson.com or 773.654.1062 for more info.