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Breakthrough Coaching
Mary L. Waterhouse MA, RC

Team Building And Corporate Leadership

When people work on team projects, each participant will interpret the situation from their own point of view. Problems can arise when there are differences as to how the task should be accomplished. As humans, we usually resort to the right vs. wrong paradigm when the differences present themselves and the conflicts begin.

Breakthrough workshops and partner development programs address areas that affect employees. Through various contextual exercises, role playing, engaging in active win/win conversations, and creating team agreements, these differences can actually become part of the solution. Managers and supervisors have noticed a heightened awareness of being more effective with empoyees after working with Mary, which influenced employee retention, job satisfaction and communication. The ability to separate work from home was also a noted benefit.Private clients report that the use of these tool increases self awareness of their own thinking patterns which they can now begin to effectively manage. The result is increased self empowerment which helps to create a life that works.

Mary's Bio

Mary Waterhouse,earned her B.S. degree in Community Education/Social Change from the University of Wisconsin, and an M.A. in Medical/Cultural Anthropology from the University of Washington. After completing her education, Mary incorporated these disciplines into her work as an entrepreneurial social and behavioral scientist and public speaker. She has served on the advisory councils for several non-profits, and co-founded a company that trained low income women in Critical Thinking and self sufficiency.

Mary wrote, and self published the book, Farewell Welfare, and published several book chapters relating to behavioral psychology. As a consultant for private corporations and public organizations, she has worked on broad ranging issues including stress management and employee retention. Mary's cross-cultural endeavors include; working with the Navajo Tribe, assisting African immigrants with their transition into American life while maintaining their ethnic identities, and researching health seeking behaviors among Taiwanese women for effective health care delivery. She also researched the possibility of cultural influences on symptoms of menopause.

Mary is currently the owner of Breakthrough Coaching, a company with a culturally and socially diverse private and corporate client base. She facilitates conversations and active experiences through workshops, seminars, or sessions with her clients so that they can experience personal and professional breakthroughs in areas that they identify as being problematic. Clients receive many practical tools from Mary that aid in their practice of continuing to experience breakthroughs.