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path to coaching has been rich and interesting. Born and
raised in the Deep South, I graduated in Business Administration
and Finance. My first career with a large hospital holding
company began as an Assistant Financial Manager in a 28-bed
hospital. I was promoted to the corporate office and worked
as a Budget Analyst and an Internal Auditor before returning
to the field as a Hospital Comptroller.
Tiring of corporate life and deciding that I really wanted
to work more closely with people, I left the hospital business
and went back to college to complete a B.A. in Elementary
Education and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. I taught
public school for 13 years in both traditional and multi-age
classrooms at rural, neighborhood, and inner-city schools.
While attending university between my hospital and education
careers, I managed a college cafeteria, a bookstore, and
a burger shop. I have also been a summer camp director,
a hospice volunteer, a telephone crisis intervention counselor,
and the facilitator of numerous workshops.
I now know that I had actually been coaching employees,
students, parents, hospice patients, and others for years
but only began calling it "coaching" when I discovered that
it was a legitimate career field and became associated with
CoachU.
Some people have asked me if I regret having wasted all
that time in my various jobs prior to coaching. My immediate
answer is, "of course not!" All of those years were the
rich training ground in which I got to see the world through
different sets of lenses. I am constantly amazed at how
often I am able to relate to a particular client because
of some experience from a previous career.
Contact David at dbentley@interisland.net,
or visit his website at www.interisland.net/dbentley.
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