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Louise Neil

Winnipeg,MB

Summary

Certified Professional Coach with over 7 years of experience in career counseling and coaching. Utilizes proprietary tools and resources to provide personalized guidance to clients across diverse industries. Demonstrates expertise in career development theories, vocational assessment tools, and data-driven decision-making. Committed to helping individuals achieve fulfillment and success in their professional lives. Equipped with a strong background in coaching, capable of driving team success and fostering individual growth. Skilled in strategic planning, performance analysis, and motivational techniques. Recognized for flexibility, reliability, and unwavering focus on achieving results through collaboration and adaptability. Proficient in developing tailored training programs, building rapport, and enhancing team dynamics.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Founder | Lead Coach | Career Engagement & Pivot Planner

Pivoting Point Career Solutions
01.2018 - Current
  • Delivered personalized one-on-one coaching for 200+ clients for 1000+ hours, guiding them through career transitions, promotions, and aligning their career paths with their strengths and passions
  • Served as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring a tailored and engaging experience through active listening, clear communication, and relationship building
  • Applied career development theories and vocational assessment tools to help clients identify their career objectives and create actionable plans for success
  • Utilized data-driven approaches to track client progress, refine coaching strategies, and provide insights that informed career development plans
  • Created UX coaching platform for clients to ensure transparent communication, accountability, and progress tracking
  • Simplified intricate career concepts and strategies, making them accessible and understandable for clients across various industries
  • Worked with organizational partners to implement coaching programs that boosted employee retention, enhanced succession planning, and fostered a culture of growth and development
  • Applied recruitment principles to assist clients to navigate job searches, prepare for interviews, and evaluate job offers, ensuring alignment with their career goals

Distinguished Fellow Leadership Coach

BetterUp
01.2021 - Current
  • Delivered leadership coaching with a focus on holistic growth, mental fitness, and career satisfaction
  • Helped professionals unlock their potential and navigate career challenges

Co-Founder, Facilitator, Lead Coach, Host

The Empowered & Embodied Show
01.2021 - Current
  • Co-founded an online community for women professionals to network, share experiences, and overcome universal career challenges
  • Host weekly podcast with industry experts on building confidence

Coach

BOLDLY · Get a Coach
01.2023 - Current
  • Provided career coaching services in a global marketplace, focusing on staff performance, career satisfaction, and overall wellness
  • Shared insights to aid in the growth of client organizations

Career Coach

Randstad RiseSmart Canada
06.2020 - 06.2021
  • Provided one-on-one and group career coaching to clients in transition, utilizing a tailored approach to help them navigate job searches, prepare for interviews, and evaluate job offers
  • Acted as the primary point of contact for clients, delivering personalized guidance and maintaining strong, supportive relationships throughout their career transition and outplacement process
  • Used data and insights to inform coaching strategies, track client progress, and adapt methods to ensure successful outcomes
  • Simplified intricate concepts related to job search strategies, salary negotiation, and career planning, making them easily understandable for clients
  • Guided clients through the recruitment process, offering expertise in resume building, LinkedIn optimization, and interview preparation, ensuring they were well-positioned for success
  • Led webinars on critical career topics, including networking, job search strategies, resilience, and mindset, empowering clients to take proactive steps in their professional journeys

Supervisor, Product Development and Administration

Bison Transport Inc.
05.2017 - 08.2018


  • Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
  • Gathered and shared feedback through various vehicles, including conversations, assessments, questioning and modeling that helped employees to identify their own strengths and opportunities.
  • Created a culture of learning by guiding individuals in formulating their career paths and giving them the tools to succeed. Set up regular meetings with team members as necessary, to provide feedback and structure to their development. Through guided intentional conversations revealed employee’s short term and long term goals and connected employees to internal mentors to enhance their skill development.

Manager, Projects

CAA Club Auto Group
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Identified opportunities for process improvements, implementing changes that increased efficiency across all projects.
  • Built a plan in conjunction with co-workers, Senior Leadership and clients to determine the best place to open a new Manitoba branch. Coordinated the gathering of information, feedback, and professional consultant to provide a full data picture and recommendation to the Leadership team.
  • Coordinated with other departments to create comprehensive plans addressing all aspects of assigned projects.
  • Broke new ground by creating a Business Intelligence Team of analysts, application specialists and project managers from individual departments. This new team improved opportunity assessments, and aligned company wide initiatives towards revenue growth of +20%.

Supervisor, Business Intelligence

CAA Club Auto Group
01.1996 - 01.2016
  • Increased team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
  • Represented the organization at an International User Group meeting based on ability to set-up software and understand how the client used the software.
  • Identified gaps and opportunities within an outdated accounting system that prevented sustainable and efficient reporting. Collaborated with internal stakeholders and software vendor to develop a solution.

Education

Certificate in Project Management - Honours

Red River College Polytechnic

Certificate in Accounting - Honours

Red River College Polytechnic

B.Sc - Honours

University of Guelph

Skills

  • Career Development Theories
  • Vocational Assessment
  • Client-Centric Coaching
  • Counseling
  • Data-Driven Decision-Making
  • Career Transition Strategies
  • Job Search Strategies
  • Leadership Development
  • Mentoring
  • Communication
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Technically Curious
  • Collaboration
  • Group leadership
  • Effective Communication
  • Building Relationships

Otherprofessionalexperience

  • Red River Communicators Toastmasters Club, Vice President, Membership, 01/01/19, 01/01/20, President, 01/01/18, 01/01/19
  • Bison Transport Inc., Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, 01/01/17, 01/01/18, Supervisor, Product Development and Administration
  • CAA Club Auto Group, Manager, Projects, 01/01/16, 01/01/17, Supervisor, Business Intelligence, 01/01/13, 01/01/16, Data and Application Specialist, 01/01/96, 01/01/13

Personal Information

Title: Career Engagement Coach

Coachingexperience

  • Pivoting Point Career Solutions, Remote, 01/01/18, Present, Founder | Lead Coach | Career Engagement & Pivot Planner, Delivered personalized one-on-one coaching for 200+ clients for 1000+ hours, guiding them through career transitions, promotions, and aligning their career paths with their strengths and passions., Served as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring a tailored and engaging experience through active listening, clear communication, and relationship building., Applied career development theories and vocational assessment tools to help clients identify their career objectives and create actionable plans for success., Utilized data-driven approaches to track client progress, refine coaching strategies, and provide insights that informed career development plans., Created UX coaching platform for clients to ensure transparent communication, accountability, and progress tracking., Simplified intricate career concepts and strategies, making them accessible and understandable for clients across various industries., Worked with organizational partners to implement coaching programs that boosted employee retention, enhanced succession planning, and fostered a culture of growth and development., Applied recruitment principles to assist clients to navigate job searches, prepare for interviews, and evaluate job offers, ensuring alignment with their career goals.
  • BOLDLY
  • Get a Coach, Remote, 01/01/23, Present, Coach, Provided career coaching services in a global marketplace, focusing on staff performance, career satisfaction, and overall wellness. Shared insights to aid in the growth of client organizations.
  • BetterUp, Remote, 01/01/21, Present, Distinguished Fellow Leadership Coach, Delivered leadership coaching with a focus on holistic growth, mental fitness, and career satisfaction. Helped professionals unlock their potential and navigate career challenges.
  • Your Kickass Career, 01/01/21, Present, Co-Founder, Facilitator, Lead Coach, Co-founded an online community for women professionals to network, share experiences, and overcome universal career challenges.
  • Randstad RiseSmart Canada, Remote, 06/01/20, 06/01/21, Career Coach, Provided one-on-one and group career coaching to clients in transition, utilizing a tailored approach to help them navigate job searches, prepare for interviews, and evaluate job offers., Acted as the primary point of contact for clients, delivering personalized guidance and maintaining strong, supportive relationships throughout their career transition and outplacement process., Used data and insights to inform coaching strategies, track client progress, and adapt methods to ensure successful outcomes., Simplified intricate concepts related to job search strategies, salary negotiation, and career planning, making them easily understandable for clients., Guided clients through the recruitment process, offering expertise in resume building, LinkedIn optimization, and interview preparation, ensuring they were well-positioned for success., Led webinars on critical career topics, including networking, job search strategies, resilience, and mindset, empowering clients to take proactive steps in their professional journeys.

Certification

  • Associate Coach Certificate - International Coach Federation.
  • Courageous Living Coach Certification - Courageous Living
  • Facilitator Certification - Change It Up Facilitation
  • Trainer and Facilitator - Workplace Skills for Success
  • Outplacement Counsellor - Randstad RiseSmart



Timeline

Coach

BOLDLY · Get a Coach
01.2023 - Current

Distinguished Fellow Leadership Coach

BetterUp
01.2021 - Current

Co-Founder, Facilitator, Lead Coach, Host

The Empowered & Embodied Show
01.2021 - Current

Career Coach

Randstad RiseSmart Canada
06.2020 - 06.2021

Founder | Lead Coach | Career Engagement & Pivot Planner

Pivoting Point Career Solutions
01.2018 - Current

Supervisor, Product Development and Administration

Bison Transport Inc.
05.2017 - 08.2018

Manager, Projects

CAA Club Auto Group
01.2016 - 01.2017

Supervisor, Business Intelligence

CAA Club Auto Group
01.1996 - 01.2016

Certificate in Accounting - Honours

Red River College Polytechnic

B.Sc - Honours

University of Guelph

Certificate in Project Management - Honours

Red River College Polytechnic
Louise Neil