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I take a coach approach to facilitate high impact leadership development for individuals, educators, and teams. In the coaching process, I apply curiosity to every conversation to fuel new insights, and I thrive on co-creating solutions.

I have two decades of experience as an educator, and have facilitated leadership development training for hundreds of leaders. I have found coaching to be one of the most profound and rewarding approaches to leadership development. Coaching offers the opportunity to assess & improve motivation, facilitate clarity, evaluate & overcome barriers to progress, and identify a successful path to goal achievement.

I offer over 20 years of experience in intercultural training, leadership development, team dynamics, and teaching. I have a Ph.D. in Intercultural Leadership from the University of Minnesota and hold the following certifications:

ICF coach certification through the Academy of Creative Coaching
Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
Certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) practitioner
Certified Enneagram Coach, through the Enneagram in Business
Certified IPSAT coach, offering the Identity Profile Self-Awareness Tool for personal and leadership self-assessment

Top Strengths: Futuristic, Strategic, Achiever, Relator, Individualization, Significance

MBTI: INFJ

Enneagram: Type 4w3

Bethany Peters, Ph.D., ACC

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Coaching in Higher Education

I have over 20 years of experience working in different roles within higher education, including in Student Affairs, International Education, Graduate Education, as a Faculty member, and as a Faculty and Staff Consultant. I coach leaders in higher education who are experiencing transitions, managing teams, and navigating organizational change.

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Coaching Skills for Leaders

Managers who apply coaching skills in their roles are more likely to increase engagement and develop satisfied employees. Taking a coach approach will help you develop high capacity team members who are empowered to be expert problem solvers.
Learn coaching competencies to apply a coach approach in your leadership.

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Training & Team Development

I bring over two decades of experience in teaching, facilitation, teamwork, and curriculum design to support your learning and development needs.
I blend research-based evidence with practical application and offer training opportunities that are informative, interactive, and actionable.

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Engage in a strategic process to achieve your goals.

Step 1. Envision.

Design a vision of where you want to be.

Step 2. Evaluate.

Target specific areas for development.

Step 3. Connect.

Identify support that will create synergy.

Step 4. Cultivate.

Develop healthy habits for long-term success.

Experience coaching that is tailored to your needs.

Individualized.

I seek to understand your strengths and personality type as a source of inspiration in the coaching process. I will draw your attention to attitudes and behaviors that may be limiting you, as well as those that can accelerate your growth.

Insightful.

I teach graduate courses in leadership and intercultural communication to leaders and educators. I am continually learning and applying insights from leadership and intercultural theory into practical applications for my clients.

Inspired.

I facilitate an empathetic coaching process and ask questions to keep your vision and goals at the center. This approach activates pathways in the brain that support engagement, hope, and optimism.