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Certified Mentor Coaches, and
Certified Course Leaders. While many
Janet M Harvey – Shaping a better of our readers may know these

society through better leadership initials, ICF is the International
Coaching Federation, the global
by Jeri Dayle standard for the industry, and Janet
has been a major part of it for many
years and the Chair of ICF’s
Foundation since 2011. Together, her
outstanding team has established a
new frontier of leadership
development-- defined by synergy,
win-win, learning at many levels of
an organization, greater engagement,
respectful partnerships, and whole
person thinking. In fact, Jack Canfield,
a success coach renowned for his
whole-person philosophies, recently
invited Janet to his home for a
Mastermind conference.

Janet is being saluted as one of our
magazine’s Women Making a
Difference. When asked about her
services for women, and if anything
differs for men and women in her
field, she shared her passion and
strong opinions on the subject. Janet
stresses that when it comes to
leadership capacity, there is really no
Janet M Harvey is making an Janet M. Harvey is a Master distinction between men and women.
impact on several levels. She Certified Coach and educator On the contrary, some characteristics
guides coaches on how to be who has engaged enterprise in women, such as negotiating styles
better coaches, business leaders leaders and teams for over 25 and the way they earn love and
to be more effective leaders, and years. Together with her cadre of respect, make for superior leaders.
the rest of us to explore our more than 40 coaches worldwide, Women are conditioned by our
authentic self. She blends the she stimulates growth and culture to display more outward
lyrical cadence of a poet with the change, sustains excellence, energy or be more accommodating,
reflective prompting of a improves operations and and those too are assets when
psychologist and the intuitive productivity, and builds cultural managing a team. In her whole-
vision of an entrepreneur. The delight. She awakens people to person development programs, Janet
result is totally unique and invite in change (the opposite of urges women to show a bit more
inspirational. fearing change) so that they may backbone, be curious, and stand
live, work and play with greater shoulder-to-shoulder with men. She
As the inviteCHANGE name purpose and success. tells women to offer their opinions
implies, Janet encourages us all to freely, as it ensures the 360º
examine the potential for growth Janet is recognized as a leading perspective vital to business planning.
and change. The goal is not about authority in the coaching field
merely improving our skills or and has helped to articulate the Reading the inviteCHANGE website,
ourselves as contributors in the standards for coach competency. two words tend to standout:
business world, but the Her team is comprised of ICF generative and synergy. (one example:
betterment of mankind at large. Credentialed Member Coaches, Since 1997, we have delivered

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