As the founder of Talent Springs, I invite you to learn about me and my approach to learning and change.  Having personally experienced several life and career transitions, I believe that redefining ourselves, our roles and our relationships is critical to effectively changing our lives and our careers.

 

For me, a dramatic change occurred while I was living in Windsor Ontario, a small Canadian city just across from Detroit Michigan.  In 1990, I happened to meet a fellow from Pittsburgh who later became my husband.  Following immigration to the United States, two stints as a trailing spouse, a career change, a Masters program and various personal adventures, my husband John and I settled into West Chester OH, one of the fastest growing suburbs in Cincinnati. 

 

If I’m not working, reading a novel, writing fiction, or indulging in CSI or the Apprentice television shows, I’m probably visiting our second home just off of Lake St. Clair in Windsor, Ontario.  There, and at home, I truly enjoy the simple pleasures of life—good friends, close family relationships, Italian food, a brisk walk, Pilates and as many vacations as the schedule allows.  It’s the stuff that warms my heart, nourishes my spirit and helps me to maintain a sense of humor and perspective in this increasingly chaotic world.

 

Now that you have a sense of who I am, you may want to know what I do.  Because organizational development consulting draws from the disciplines of business, psychology, education, and sociology, it is sometimes difficult to define in simple terms.  But, as I tell my mother, I essentially help people to address their business problems or opportunites through a conversation that inspires change. 

 

Sometimes these conversations are about processes, sometimes they're about people, but regardless of the method used, the outcome of every engagement includes: