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| Sherry McDonald, MAIR, Certified Leadership Coach, 20+ yrs HR Executive, Public Speaker |
Sherry is a "possibility thinker" creating
value and results with leaders. She specializes in helping executives and leaders identify and breakthrough
barriers to reach their full potential, effectiveness and happiness in work and life. She believes
every leader possesses unique gifts that they can gain insight into through self reflection, discovery and assessments.
Sherry will work with you to optimize your gifts to overcome challenges and evolve into your unique best self.
Sherry leverages her over twenty
years of experience in HR leadership positions at the Director and Vice-President levels to coach executives, managers
and teams at Fortune 500, mid-size firms and start-up firms. She has worked in technology, financial services,
airlines and services industries. Companies include: Northwest Airlines, RBC DainRauscher, NatureWorks (subsidiary of
Cargill), Gage Marketing Group, Lawson Software, BORN, Cherne Medical, Performart and other start-ups. Her vast experiences
in leading major change efforts, facilitating team processes/team building activities, training, developing competency models
and total engagement strategies provide abundant and challenging real life experiences that supplement her
ICF certified coaching expertise to meet the needs of her clients.
Sherry is an ICF Certified Leadership and Talent Management Coach and a Certified
EQ (emotional intelligence) Career Strategist. She earned her MAIR from the Carlson School of Management and holds a
BS in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling and a BS in Secondary Special Education. She is a Certified
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Practitioner and certified on numerous instruments/assessments including Personal Decisions International
Profiler for executives, managers and contributors.
Public speaking engagements of Sherry's include: "Marketing Yourself in a Competitive Environment:,
Great Minneapolis Chamber, Minneapolis Convention Center; "After the Merger", World of Work, National Conference,
Chicago, Ill; "HR Worldwide Perspectives", Hubert Humphrey Center, University of MN; "Mergers & Acquisitions
- HR Issues and Trends", St. Thomas University.
Sherry facilitates workshops on personality types, building teams, conflict, change management, emotional
intelligence and innovation from idea creation to implementation. Participates actively engage in hands-on learning
in an open and energetic atmosphere. Sherry believes that is is best to learn my doing and leave with meaningful
tools that can be immediately applied to work and personal lives.
TESTIMONIALS
On Getting Results and Overcoming Challenges
HRD Consulting and Full Day Workshop -
Developing Team Success Factors for Future Growth
“Sherry facilitated a process to identify
key global competencies with my direct reports that supported our global plans and objectives for the Commercial team.
Part of this process included an all day off site as part of our Global Commercial team meeting to engage the entire group
in buying into the competencies and addressing their own development plans relative to key competencies needed for the future
success of our organization. Sherry has a genuine and relaxed style, adding humor and focus that led our team to achieve
the results we needed that day. She did a great job facilitating and engaging the group. Participants felt that
it was time well spent and the event was a huge success in moving our organization forward.”
~VP and Chief Marketing
Officer, Bio-company – Minnetonka
Full Team Day (utilizing Myers Briggs)
As site manager, I found that Myers
Briggs Team Day was a perfect platform for the various personality types to discuss communication styles and decision making
processes between groups. Everyone enjoyed learning their type. There were unique differences among team-type in operations,
administration and engineering. Sherry did a great job presenting the concepts and facilitating some sensitive discussions
between the groups in a very open and non-threatening way. The afternoon team development work was very interactive and applicable
to the teams’ current work. It was really a fun and transformational day. I would highly recommend this workshop.
~VP of Biofuels Operations
Two Hour Workshop - Positive Conflict
“I
would recommend Sherry's "Positive Conflict" workshop. She has an open and flexible style. The
workshop gave me a name for my conflict styles and I can see the drawback they can present. I was very satisfied with
my experience and wouldn't change a thing about the workshop.”
~Senior Technologist
Executive and Leadership Coaching
“I would recommend Sherry to coach new leaders such as
myself. By talking with Sherry and focusing on leadership, I am more conscious of my developmental needs and goals as
a leader. Every moment spent with Sherry was helpful. I liked the open-ended and probing questions Sherry
asked. She is a good listener and she has helped me along the path toward being a great leader.”
~Leader/Manager
Bio Tech Organization
“Sherry’s coaching style is genuine and honest – which I liked
very much. All of my expectations were met and exceeded beyond measure. I have insights as to who I am that I
did not have fully before. I would highly recommend her especially for the purpose of helping people find their
true selves. Without some standard to measure our individual differences, we end up fooling ourselves into thinking
we are someone or something we are not…How else would you know the truth? I find my leadership style is now in
total harmony with who I think I am and how leaders should lead.”
~Business Owner/Service Industry
“Sherry was a great coach with a very easy, approachable
style. Through the coaching experience, I was able to clarify goals for my business and identify things that were getting
in the way of moving forward. Sherry’s knowledge of the assessments we utilized was extremely helpful, and I would
highly recommend her as a coach or presenter.”
~Business Owner/Psychotherapist
