| SYNTHIA SMITH |
Austin, Texas USA |
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Leadership Development |
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Executive Coaching |
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Crisis Management |
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Conflict Resolution |
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Fast Track Managers |
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Team Building |
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Strategic Action Planning |
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Organizational Change |
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Organizational Development |
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Corporate Style Makeover |
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| Coach's
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“The greatest discovery of my generation
is that human beings,
by changing the inner attitudes of their minds,
can change the outer aspects of their lives." ~ William James
Synthia Smith is a leadership strategist who coaches executives and their teams in leadership development, team building, communication skills, and coaching. A hallmark of Synthia's work is the use of the client's thinking skills to shape behavior, performance, and the experience of wellbeing. In the last ten years, she has assisted hundreds of clients in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
Synthia's coaching and consulting practice draws from her 25 years of corporate and independent business experience. She has been a partner and vice president of two training, coaching, and consulting companies. In addition to coaching services, she has created and led public workshops and corporate programs in change management, learning, meditation, resiliency, creativity, time management and personal effectiveness.
Previously, Synthia worked as a geoscientist and management advisor at a Fortune 5 corporation for 19 years where she explored for oil, drilled wells, and developed worldwide training and development programs. She has 20 years of experience in the practical application of chaos, complexity and accelerated learning models to organizational contexts.
A passionate lifelong learner, Synthia has received coach training from Sage Innovations, Right Management Consultants and the International Coach Federation. She is a certified Halpin Leadership Strategist and a coach graduate from Legacy Learning, LLC. In addition, Synthia is a certified SDMS (Self-Directed Motivation System) Management Development coach and has earned a Primary Certification in the Marshall Goldsmith Executive Coaching methodology. She holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Houston, a BS in Geology from Indiana University, and a 2eme degree in French Language from the University de Strasbourg, France.
Synthia's innovative coaching style is a fusion of her unique background and rigorous training in exploration and discovery processes, natural science, eastern philosophy, accelerated learning, chaos and complexity theory, organizational systems, and psychology in addition to her extensive corporate and independent business experience. She helps leaders learn how to recognize hidden opportunity, develop people, grow high performance environments, and thrive in the midst of rapidly changing conditions.
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| Education/Training: |
Linda Pfeifer SDMS (Self-Directed Motivation System), 3/05 – 6/06
Management Development Coaching Program
Certified SDMS Coach, 10 hrs + Apprenticeship (5 clients)
San Francisco, CA; USA
Legacy Learning, LLC (now owned by PEI), 1/26/04 – 8/26/05
Coach Training Program
Legacy Learning Coach Graduate, 117 hrs
Salt Lake City, UT; USA
The Halpin Companies, 1/12/04 – 2/18/05
Leadership Strategist Executive Coaching Program
Leadership Strategist Coach, 59 hrs
Phoenix, AZ; USA
Sherry Lowry, Advanced Coaching Intensive V, 11/03 – 7/04
ICF Core Competency Focus, Successful Completion, 23.5 hrs
Houston, TX; USA
Alliance for Strategic Leadership, 4/15/04 – 4/16/04
Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Process(tm)
Initial Certification, 16 hrs
Salt Lake City, UT; USA
Sherry Lowry, Advanced Coaching Intensive IV, 12/02 – 7/03
Corporate Focus, Successful Completion, 24 hrs
Houston, TX; USA
Right Management Consultants, 8/5/02 – 12/12/02
Leadership Coaching Program, Program Graduate, 20 hrs + Internship (3 month)
Houston, TX; USA
Sage Productions (now Sage Innovations), 12/94 – 5/27/03
Multiple Classes in Coaching Skills,
plus Entrepreneurship, Communication and Team Building Skills, 150+ days
Maui, HI; USA & Austin, TX, USA & Bergen / Amsterdam; Netherlands
University of Houston, 1986
BS in Psychology
Houston, TX; USA
Indiana University, 1978
BS in Geology
Bloomington, IN; USA
Université de Strasbourg, 1975
2ême degré in French Language
Strasbourg, Alsace; France
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| Certification
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- Certified Coach from Legacy Learning, LLC
- Master Certified Coach (MCC) from International Coach Federation
- Certified SDMS Coach (Self-Directed Motivation Systems)
- Initial Certification - Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Process
Alliance for Strategic Leadership
- State Board of Professional Geoscientists; License in Geology #6813, Texas |
| Noteworthy Facts: |
MEMBERSHIPS
- International Coach Federation Organization
- International Society for Performance Improvement
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Houston Geological Society |
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