MEMBER: Sylvia Goodeve

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Sylvia Goodeve
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined 06/26/2007

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I am a professional coach and catalyst, dedicated to helping people develop. I elicits strengths in my clients so they authentically achieve their potential.

I have evolved through many significant transitions, through personal tragedy to triumph:

  • from an employee/team member to a manager/team leader
  • from a career in Information Technology to a career in Coaching
  • from employee to self-employed
  • from ill-effects of trauma to healthful recovery
  • from chronic pain on a daily basis to pain management
  • from being an adoptee without a family history to a reunion with her birth family
  • from marriage through separation to divorce

Prior to embarking on a career in coaching, I was in the Information Technology field for 13 years. My career encompasses work in high-tech, telecommunications, financial services, crown corporations, and management consulting.

I coach individuals through my own business, as well as via Career Coaching International in Ottawa. As a corporate coach with the Sage Portfolio Group, I coach senior managers on leadership development and coaching skills.

I live in the beautiful capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and love exploring the nearby Gatineau hills, hiking or snowshoeing; or bicycling and rollerblading along the Ottawa river and Rideau canal. I enjoy an active life. Sailing is my passion and I race keelboats on the Ottawa River. My creative outlets include playing the piano, and writing. I am a volunteer instructor with the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada.

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