Her Story
About Chantal
I have been in the consulting field for 12 years and have owned my own company for 7 years. My main expertise is strengths coaching - I'm a certified strength coach - and performance coaching. In my corporate career, I consult on talent development and performance coaching, helping ensure the right skill sets are in the right areas of the organization. My typical day starts with email, seeing what's on my plate for the day and week. On the project level, my biggest focus is helping leaders strategize to reduce effort within their organization and prevent risk by making sure the right people are in the right places according to their skill set. This means a lot of meetings, calls, one-on-ones, asking questions, and reading. I love to read - whether it's Gallup reports or books by high-performance and coaching authors - to help me be a better consultant for my teams. My most notable professional achievement is being able to stand behind the development of a coaching program that I have not yet gotten patented, so I haven't shared it with the world, but I have completed. It's a coaching program that I use within organizations to help leaders develop high-performing individuals within their organizations.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Chantal
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to a strong foundation. I have the hardest working parents, I think, of anybody I know. So, a strong foundation that was instilled in me very young. Being able to listen to advice of my coaches and mentors. And then deciding that I'm gonna win no matter what.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I ever received was a derivative of never be afraid to take risks, because you never know what you might end up loving. That has been the truest advice I have ever had. Most of my promotions, projects, and opportunities come from me just deciding to take a risk into a different or another project, or something that I wasn't sure if I could do well, or wasn't sure if it would fit my skill set, and I make the leap. I ended up loving it every time.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
The advice that I would give is don't be afraid to make a mistake. Authenticity is rare, stick with that. And always be a lover of winning.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge that I am facing is helping people understand that regardless of what our economy, our industry, etc. is doing, the answer is in strategy and execution. A lot of people have these big ideas, and they want to be creative, and all these type of things, but if you focus on a strategy and clear the path of execution, it doesn't matter what ideas you have, or what you come up with, or who you have on your team, you really can't get anything realized. So the biggest challenges that I'm facing is helping people land on strategy and translate that into execution, because people want to change with the wind. The industry is doing this, so they want to do this. This is evolving, so they want to evolve. When actually consistent and persistent action is the only thing that has ever been a constant in success. So, if you have a firm strategy, and you stick clear with execution, it doesn't matter which way the winds of change are blowing, you're gonna be able to navigate them effectively.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
My biggest values are always leading with my faith, loving on my family, and being able to create impact. If I am somewhere where those things are not happening, then I'm not there for too long.
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