International Executive Coach
Gai is a leading international coach specialising in leadership and executive coaching with senior managers, business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs in NZ, Australia, Asia, UK, Canada and the US. Gai is specifically adept at remotely coaching clients in many different countries as well as her home country of New Zealand.
With 20+ years in senior management within financial services, sales and change management, Gai’s experience gives her a unique view point that is invaluable in executive and leadership coaching. Furthermore, Gai’s passion for coaching is evident in not only her style of coaching but in the number top level coaching qualifications she has achieved.
Additionally Gai has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from MacQuarie University, Sydney and numerous business and marketing qualifications from Victoria University, Wellington, NZ.
Master Certified Coach
Gai holds the International Coach Federation https://coachingfederation.org/ (ICF) Credential of ‘Master Certified Coach’. She has delivered over 7,500 hours of one-on-one coaching, and has undertaken over 700 hours of coach-specific training as prescribed by ICF. As an ICF member Gai adheres to the ICF code of ethics and core values.
What is a master certified coach?
The credential, Master Certified Coach, MCC is the highest global credential available in the coaching profession as defined by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
What is ICF?
ICF is a nonprofit organisation formed by individual members-professionals who practice coaching, including Executive Coaches, Leadership Coaches, Life Coaches, and many more, from around the world.
Formed in 1995, today the ICF is the leading global coaching organisation, with over 25,000 members, dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high professional standards, providing independent certification, and building a network of credentialed coaches. It exists to support and advance the coaching profession through programs and standards supported by it’s members and to be an authoritative source on coaching information and research for the public.
The ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential.
What are the credentials?
ACC – Associate Certified Coach, an entry level for professional coaches.
PCC – Professional Certified Coach, for experienced coaches to achieve this credential a coach needs to have achieved.
• Completed 125 hours of coach specific training
• Delivered a minimum of 750 hours of client coaching experience
• Completed 10 hours of work with a qualified Mentor Coach
• Reference letters from 2 qualified coaches
• Pass an exam that consists of two recorded coaching sessions and a written exam.
MCC – is for the expert coach who coaches masterfully and must achieve:
• 200 hours of coach specific training
• 2500 hours of client coaching experience
• 10 hours of work with a qualified Mentor Coach
• Reference letters from 3 qualified coaches
• Pass an exam that consists of two recorded coaching sessions and a written exam.
The process to achieve MCC is rigorous, testing and thorough.
For all credentials there is a requirement to continue a set number of further coach specific and personal development training each year to maintain their credential.
Results Certified Coach
Gai is a Results Certified Coach accredited by Results Coaching Systems (RCS) an early leading global coach training organisation. New York-based coach training organisation with over 2,000 trained and accredited coaches worldwide. Gai has been an RCS coach trainer, assessor and mentor. RCS is now part of https://neuroleadership.com/. The NeuroLeadership Group is a global human performance consultancy, drawing from the latest findings in neuroscience. The NeuroLeadership Group has operations in 39 cities over 24 countries.
Certified NLP Master Practitioner
Gai is Certified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) trained by Dr Richard Bolstad from Transformations International Consulting & Training Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conversational intelligence
Gai is also an Enhanced Skills Practitioner in Conversational Intelligence.
Using a Master Certified Coach can take you to the next level:
Master Certified Coach
Put Gai’s vast and diverse coaching experience to work for you. As with high performing atheletes the quality of coaching makes a difference.
Business Knowledge
Gai’s business knowledge and experience gives her an insight into the intricacies of complex business relationships and dealings.
Cost
Most of Gai’s international clients are amazed at how affordable coaching of this calibre can be because of the favorable exchange rate.
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