About Stephanie Collins, CPCC

The Spark that Communicates: I’m an expert at getting to the heart of the matter, listening well, and never hesitating to speak my mind. I’m fun and I’m tough: joyful fortitude! With over 17 years experience in organizational development, training, project management and coaching, clients can count on excellent communication, accountability and follow through.

The Spark that Creates: If you’re tired of the current view, then I’ll help you take off those old spectacles so you’ll see life like it’s a kaleidoscope. I have a way of creating energy, injecting vigor and ideas in others, helping them to notice all the other windows to look through. Get around me and stuff begins to happen. Soon you’ll discover there is no end to what is possible.

The Spark that Concentrates: On You! In my work, my clients are high priority. It’s important to me that you are cared for, and so I hold your life and your ambitions in a genuine, warm and sincere way. As a partner for your success, you’ll have a dependable, honest coach in your corner. You’ll find that we’ll work hard, laugh and maybe cry….but we’ll get results as you see that spark YOU have come to life!

Stephanie helps professionals amplify their effectiveness while drawing on their innate skills and creativity. Her clients include leaders at IBM, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, and national education foundations, as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs. She has worked in training, development and organizational communications for various non-profit organizations and has been a speaker/workshop facilitator for the Orfalea Foundations, the National Parent Engagement Network, and numerous community groups.

Stephanie completed the coaching certification program through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and holds the designation bestowed on less than 10% of coaches worldwide: Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). She is certified member of the International Coaches Federation (ICF) and a cum laude Communication Studies graduate of Emerson College in Boston. In 2007, she became a registered user for Lego Serious Play and is also a licensed facilitator for the renowned workshop "How Much Joy Can You Stand".

A San Francisco native and world traveler, Stephanie resides near Boulder, Colorado with her husband, and two kids (high school and elementary school). She has a unique understanding and kinship with those who are facing the challenges and joys of integrating family-work-love relationships and personal life.

Unique fact: As a young adult, Stephanie spent a year traveling with the global leadership program, Up With People. Her worldwide friendships from this experience remain a key value in her life, and she is still apt to break out in song from time to time. Stephanie enjoys dancing, hiking with her dog, long talks with friends and exploring the world with her family.