TURNING POINTS COACHING AND CONSULTING

Turning Points is a Coaching and Consulting practice catering to individuals and organizations committed to discovering, developing and retaining talent individually and within the organizational structure. Specially selected assessments, customized coaching, workshop design and facilitation, team development and leadership development are utilized to refine and enhance our clients’ goals.

Services for individuals include assessments and coaching to:

• Set and accomplish personal goals utilizing creative energy integrated with concrete information
• Identify, change, enhance, invent or reinvent a career
• Facilitate decision-making to create work-life balance
• Serve as an outside resource to small business owners, entrepreneurs and other professionals

Services for organizations include:

• Assessments of Natural Abilities, Aptitude, Management Skill, and Stress
• Leadership Coaching For Executives and Entreprenuers
• Coaching Teams and Groups
• Coaching, Clinics, and Workshops for Individuals and Groups
• Leadership Development Program Design

Those interested in our services include:

• Individuals seeking coaching
• Education Leaders
• College and University Faculty
• Leaders in private sector business and corporation including CEOs and Boards of Directors

Our Mission

Dr. Stiles creates lasting change through the development of individuals. Her processes result in awareness, clarity, action and accountability – all precursors for growth and change in individuals and organizations.

Dr. Stiles work experience includes:

• Teaching in higher education first at Georgia Southern University, and later at University of Georgia both in the management and psychology departments

• Assessing at the BellSouth Assessment Center (middle and upper levels).

• Working at LOMA, a trade association to the life insurance industry, in the for-profit unit of this not-for-profit organization as a consultant, senior consultant and ultimately AVP conducting employee attitude surveys, overseeing customer service surveys, compensation studies, publishing managers guides, facilitating Executive Round Tables, and spearheading the biennial HR Forum.

• Creating Turning Points, her coaching and consulting practice which emphasizes creating lasting change through developing the individual using assessments and a whole-person approach to career and work-life balance decision-making. Short-term, individual coaching is her specialty.

• Partnering with The Highlands Program (now The Highlands Company) developing corporate and leadership programs, training affiliates and representing Highlands to companies such as JP Morgan Chase, Marriott, Charles Schwab, IBM, Coca Cola Bottling, Cott Beverages and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.

• Partnering with Yellowwoods Consultants as the managing editor of The Complete Lawyer, a website focused on career and professional development and quality of life issues for lawyers, distributed through Bar Associations.

• Partnering with Georgia School Superintendents Association to enhance leadership development programs such as Superintendents Professional Development Program, the GSSA Coaching Initiative, and the District Office Professional Development Program.

Client List

Education

• Georgia School Superintendents Association: Consult for program design
• Superintendent Professional Development Program: Creation of leadership training modules for GSSA’s 2-year program
• District Office Professional Development Program: Creation of leadership training modules for GSSA’s 1-year program
• GSSA Coaching Program: Provide on-going training for state association’s coach-mentor program
• Coach to Superintendents: Coach for select superintendents through GSSA’s coach-mentor program
• Georgia School Boards Association: Team transition assistance
• Oconee County School System: Leadership retreat
• Muscogee County School System: In conjunction with GSSA, installation of Executive Coaching Program
• Winder-Barrow County Schools: Leadership development workshop for cabinet
• Paulding County Schools: Leadership Team development workshop
• Dalton City Schools: Leadership Team development workshop
• Gwinnett County School System: School Leadership development workshop
• Bleckley County School System: Leadership retreats
• Forsyth County School System: Team development workshop

Colleges & Universities

• UGA College of Veterinary Medicine: Career development as part of careers course
• UGA Genetics Department: Retreat workshop
• UGA Leadership Scholars Program: Leadership development as part of course
• UGA Foundation Fellows: Career planning workshops
• Butler College: Career planning workshop

Corporate

• Coca-Cola: Leadership retreat, career navigation conference speaker
• IBM: New Executive Team development, career navigation workshops
• BellSouth: New Team development
• Marriott: Focus and cohesion of top sales team
• Cisco Systems: Career development and navigation workshops
• Matrix Resources: Career planning workshop
• Cott Beverages: Whole person career development of finance team
• GlaxoSmithKline: Career development and navigation workshops
• Chase Bank: Diversity mentoring program
• Head-Beckham AmerInsurance: Merging leadership facilitation
• CORE Credit Union: Executive Team development
• CharlesSchwab: Career development workshops
• The Highlands Company: Program creation and training of licensees
• AFA Services: Coaching skills workshops, EQ and team development
• Morris Manning & Martin: EQ and career alignment workshops
• Check Free: EQ and Coaching for development workshops
• Ontario Teachers Pension Program: Leadership and Team development

Public Sector

• Leadership Oconee: Career Development – a whole person approach
• Carl Vinson Institute of Government – new leadership team facilitation
• Gwinnett County Government – 360 degree leadership development
• SCORE – Small Business Association: Career planning seminars