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Meet Synthia Smith
I've been a Professional Coach since 1995, serving hundreds of clients located across the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. In addition, I bring over 25 years of Fortune 5 and independent business experience in training, human resources, geoscience, management, project management, and consulting. I suffer from an incurable love of meditation, exploration, great conversation, and learning.

10 Reasons to Choose Synthia as Your Coach

1. Experience - Having accepted my first paid coaching client in 1995, makes me a rarity in the coaching industry. Research shows it takes between 7 to 12 years to develop mastery - my 12 years of professional coaching experience speaks for itself.

2. Business Background - As a coach, I understand corporate politics, large-scale systems change, and leadership challenges - as well as the intensity and uncertainty of small business start-ups - because I've lived it. I have 19 years of Fortune 5 corporate experience in the oil & gas industry and over 12 years of independent business experience as founder or partner in several coaching & consulting businesses.

3. Professional Background - I bring more than pure coaching skills to the table, which makes me the coach of choice to support your leadership team or system-wide change initiative.

4. Expertise - I began training as a coach in 1994 and have accrued over 190 days of coach-specific training. I learn continuously to discover new resources for my clients and to improve my expertise.

5. Innovation - Whether it's a corporate retreat, an in-house program for managers, or an on-the-spot solution during a private coaching session, I'm known for designing innovative strategies, techniques, and tools to meet your needs. I'm very easy to collaborate with.

6. Reputation - Most Mitra Group clients are word-of-mouth referrals from happy clients. What leads to those referrals is a lot of deep listening and expert coaching on my part.

Having a fire in your belly dramatically increases your success factor. I can't start a fire in your belly, but I can help you find it.

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7. Signature Style - Like all coaches, my focus is on you getting the results you want. My signature style is distinctive: insightful and direct communication; laser-like presence; humor and lightness; an emphasis on reflective self-awareness and continuous learning. My clients are delighted not only with their results, but with who they become in the process.

8. Client Retention - After the initial coaching assignment, many of my clients continue to work with me on a relaxed schedule for many years. I'm happy to say my longest client relationship is now over 12 years old.

9. Deep Roots - As a coach, commitment to ongoing personal development is critical. Each fall since 2003, I enter a 100-day silent meditation retreat. The perspective and experience I gain by this intensive retreat practice allows me be deeply and fully present in a more compassionate, yet rigorous way. I experientially learn distinctions about how the mind works that can't be learned any other way. My clients and friends get the benefit of my practice.

10. Safety - It's rare to have a professional relationship where transformational results happen on a bedrock of support, trust, feeling deeply heard, and a lack of judgment. That's what you'll get when you coach with me.
Memberships: International Coach Federation (Credentialed); World Association of Business coaches (Full Member); International Society of Performance Improvement; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Houston Geological Society.

Coach Training: includes Legacy Learning, LLC; International Coach Federation; Right Management Consultants Leadership Coaching Program; The Halpin Companies Certified Leadership Strategist; Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Process (tm) (Initial Certification); Sherry Lowry Advanced Coaching Intensives; Sage Innovations.



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