Become the leader you were meant to be

When I was in leadership, I felt alone, incompetent and overwhelmed!​
Perhaps you are there too now!​

​I know what it feels like to lack confidence and not be able to lead my team successfully. 

If you're like me, you've faced the constant state of crisis in the nonprofit sector, a shortage of resources and a lack of mentors.

You've likely wondered if there is easily accessible training, coaching and support to help you become a competent and confident leader.

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​I know you want to be an impactful leader and have time to enjoy the rest of your life.

• It's wrong that even though you came into the leadership role because you were great in a front-line role, now in a leadership position, your struggling with a lack leadership experience and skills.
• ​It's not fair that you don't have time to take training and maybe even have a boss that doesn't support your development or career goals.

I get it! 
​I was in your shoes and found a different way!

I teach, coach and mentor women leading in the nonprofit sector

For the past 12 years, I've helped hundreds of nonprofit woman leaders like you overcome a lack of confidence and enjoy impactful leadership. 
But it wasn't always that way. 

Hi, I am Leadership Development Coach Kathy Archer, author of the best-selling book Mastering Confidence: Discover your leadership potential by awakening your inner guidance system.

I was once in your shoes! I felt exhausted, scared, and frustrated and was unsure I was measuring up.
​My confidence wavered. I was stuck in survival mode, constantly about to unravel and barely hanging on.

I simply wanted to feel competent, confident and content as a leader and in my life!

​I struggled to raise my kids, hold my marriage together, and finish my degree while running programs and managing staff over a large geographical area. 

On any given day, I could hop in my car, travel 300+ km, visit two or more sites, and handle countless phone calls while responding to endless emails.

Then I would rush home to throw french fries and chicken fingers in the oven so that I could get my kids out the door in time for Taekwondo practice.
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I was frustrated and falling apart at the seams. I am an overachiever with high expectations, and I felt like a failure.

I wanted to be not just a good enough leader but an exceptional leader.

When I wasn't, I beat myself up, assumed I just wasn't leadership material and prayed no one would figure that out!
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I knew what I was experiencing was not what I wanted. However, I also knew our program had a limited staff development budget.

I was aware that my boss was primarily concerned with organizational growth, not my growth.

​It wasn't that I didn't get training, but it was piecemeal and left me feeling something was missing. 

​I took things into my own hands. I created a curriculum for my personal and leadership development.

• I read books from authors like Cheryl Richardson and Wayne Dyer, learning to care for myself and balance life. 
• I took self-tests like Strengthsfinder and VIA Signature Strengths to identify my skills and talents and discern areas for growth.
• I took courses from the local college, our adult education society and any training I could convince my organization to pay for. 
• I bought books on team building, leadership, management, and networking with every spare dime I could find in the staff development budget.

I didn't always know what I was looking for, but I knew there had to be a different way, and I was determined to find it. 

I took ownership of my personal and professional growth!

In Mastering Confidence: Discover Your Leadership Potential by Awakening Your Inner Guidance System, you learn how to develop your inner confidence to have the impact you desire in work and life.

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By developing my curriculum, I was able to grow myself as a leader and as a person. 

Over time, I discovered how to not only restore my confidence but how to bounce back quickly each time I got knocked off balance. Let's face it, as a leader, you regularly get hit with things that make you question your abilities. But when you can get back in the game quicker, you move from surviving to thriving in both your leadership & your life.

I am here to guide you to develop confidence in your leadership role so you can enjoy impactful leadership and have time to enjoy the rest of your life.

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The official stuff:

• I am certified with the International Coaching Federation as a Certified Professional Coach
• I took my coach training through the illustrious Coach Training Institute (CTI)
• I also did CTI's life-changing Co-Active Leadership program.
• Additionally, I have my Management Degree and...
• At the very beginning, I obtained my Child and Youth Care Diploma.