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was drawn to non-profit as a way to significantly help other
people. My career started with the Canadian Red Cross where
I was a recruiter for the Unrelated Bone Marrow Registry.
I was able to travel Eastern Ontario speaking to groups
of 5 or 500 about placing themselves on the registry to
save the life of someone with leukemia or aplastic anemia.
I also was selected as a Red Cross Disaster Relief Worker
after Hurricane Andrew and spent a month in Miami helping
families cope with the disaster.
I left the Red Cross and went to work for several other
national charities including the MS Society, the Cancer
Society, and finally, for Hostelling International as an
Executive Director. My work with these organizations and
the thousands of people I met gave me an appreciation for
the courage of the human spirit. It also gave me a strong
sense about how each of us needs to find our own way in
the world -- with a little help.
When I read about coaching in a local paper I knew that
this was the next part of my journey. Packing up my knapsack
full of the things I learned in my years at non-profits
-- things like passion, collaboration, purpose, universality,
humanity, independence, and a deep respect for people --
I set off down the path of coaching. It's been an incredible
adventure, filled with wonderful people, and wonderful insights.
I am awed by the power of the human spirit that I experience
during each coaching session as I see people crack through
their current self-concept to create something new for themselves.
It is my pleasure to be a coach, to touch & be touched deeply
by the spirit of others.
Contact Anne-Marie at amr@learningbyphone.com
or visit her website at www.learningbyphone.com.
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