Patricia Burgin

About Patricia Burgin

As a leader and coach of leaders, Patricia Burgin (\"Patty\") has advised and mentored thousands of individuals and teams toward better performance, communication and meaning. She is the author of The Essential Coaching Leader and of The Coaching for Leaders Playbook.Whether it’s a class or a keynote, Patty values insight-creation as the crucial component of content delivery. “I love it when my brain lights up,” she says, “And it’s even better when everyone else’s brains light up.”In addition to her work with talented Northwest executives, she is the founder and lead coach of the ICF-approved \"SeattleCoach Professional Training and Development Program.\" Since launching in May 2008, over 450 coaches have trained in 40 cohorts. Our vision is that the SeattleCoach Network of coaches, will enrich the coaching mindset lived out by both individual leaders and by great companies on the West Coast and beyond. Patty holds two masters degrees, one in Theology and a second in Applied Behavioral Science, and has joined the top four percent of credentialed coaches worldwide to have been awarded the title of “Master Certified Coach” by the International Coach Federation. She works with an approach that is warm, practical, innovative, playful and generous. She thinks excellent coaching is like grace: Rarely intrusive, usually disruptive, more nuanced than announced, and just as much about \"how\" as \"what.\"A native of the Pacific Northwest, Patty loves just about everything about it: The water, the mountains, the great IPAs and “not having to squint as much as Californians do.” She lives near the Seattle Zoo with her partner, Dr. Kari, a veterinarian, and with a revolving assortment of creatures. Website: https://twitter.com/seattlecoachSkype: seattlecoachFacebook: https://vimeo.com/63•••••71

Experience

1. Founder

   The Seattlecoach Training & Development Company

   May 2003 — Present

   Patty is a leadership and communication coach for talented people who are making big changes. And she trains some of them to be professionally credentialed coaches.\"My job as a Coach is to help you identify and refine your goals, address the barriers that stand in your way, and help you take the action to make those outcomes your realities. I keep an eye on both your long-term \'meta-goals\' as well as the weekly and monthly steps that will help you get what you want.\"The key ingredients I\'ll look for in you: Your commitment to take on questions and next-steps that are big enough to matter. And if you lead a group or team I can teach you to coach your own reports.

Education

• Leadership Institute of Seattle

  Master of Arts, Applied Behavioral Science

  1993 — 1995

• University of Washington

  Intensive Russian

• Oregon State University

  Bachelor of Arts, International Relations

• International School of Theology

  Master of Arts, Theology

  1986

• MentorCoach

  Certified MentorCoach, Executive Coaching

Skills

• Career Counseling
• Leadership
• Psychology
• Public Speaking
• Management
• Team Building
• Humor
• Conflict Management
• Lifestyle Coaching
• Positive Psychology
• Culture Change
• Community Outreach
• Staff Development
• Organizational Development
• Post Traumatic Stress
• Leadership Development
• Conflict Resolution
• 360 Feedback
• Facilitation
• Executive Coaching
• Life Coaching
• Appreciative Inquiry
• Workshop Facilitation
• Executive Development
• Management Development
• Experiential Learning
• Career Development
• Young Adults
• Certified Coach Training Program
• Teaching
• Personal Development
• Emotional Intelligence
• Nonprofits
• Motivational Speaking
• Counseling Psychology
• Workshops
• Work Life Balance
• Mbti
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Psychotherapy