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About Angela Spaxman

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Business Experience,   Life Experience,   Qualifications and Affiliations,  Recent Corporate Clients,  Sample Achievements,  Testimonials

Angela Spaxman works with business people, professionals and managers who want to love their jobs and excel. Her clients are building motivated, empowered and learning teams, or creating careers that suit them perfectly. Angela also works with organizations that are implementing leadership development or culture change programs involving coaching.  

Angela has developed her natural listening talent and her insight into human nature to become one of the leading professional business and career coaches in Hong Kong. She acts as a thinking-partner with her clients to uncover different perspectives, and to provide unconditional support that allows them to make dramatic changes. She is an engaging and natural facilitator experienced in drawing out the best in people.

In addition to her business and training experience, her leadership experience with non-profit volunteer groups gives her insight into how to motivate people to do their best. 

"I enjoy working with broad-minded cosmopolitan people who are up to something. My clients are willing to explore what would make their life and work ideal, based on their own definition of success and unique personality. I also help them apply this philosophy to inspire their teams or clients." 

-- Angela Spaxman

Business Experience

• over 1500 hours of formal coaching experience with over 200 clients since 2000 
• 14 years in the people-development field as a coach, corporate trainer and consultant in career development, teamwork, leadership, communications and management systems 
• 2 years as a part-time teacher of coaching skills at Hong Kong University
• 10 years in planning, engineering and management (Canadian forest industry)  
• 8 years community leadership experience in coaching, environmental protection and other clubs 

Life Experience  

• lived in Britain, Canada, Thailand and Hong Kong  
• 29 year partnership with husband 
• Read more about Angela's life

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Qualifications

• 'Coach U^' Coach Training Program Graduate
• Neuro-linguistic Programming Certified Practitioner
• Advanced certification in Harrison Assessments
• Certified to deliver Lominger Assessments
• Advanced communications skills for debriefing, teamwork, persuading, conflict management, creativity, meeting management, facilitation, experiential learning and accelerated learning techniques 

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Affiliations

• President of the International Association of Coaching
• Founding President of the Hong Kong International Coaching Community
• Member of CoachVille Schools of Coaching
• Member of the International Association of Facilitators
• Associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management

Recent Corporate Clients
 

Sample Coaching Achievements

Leadership development of senior business leaders to improve focus and skills for empowering and developing staff, time management and to act as a sounding board for strategic decision-making; 

Designing, facilitating and coaching in a 6-month training/coaching program to develop coaching skills for 9 senior managers of the Greater China division of a European multi-national corporation; 

Designing, facilitating and coaching in a series of management development group coaching programs for middle managers of a European multinational corporation throughout Greater China; 

9-month coaching program with a senior bank manager to facilitate a personal turn-around in management style including improving interpersonal and networking skills.

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Testimonials

"I found Angela to be an amazing coach! She uses the skills of listening and questioning extremely well, demonstrates empathy and understanding at all times, and knows when to challenge me or ask for my commitment to action. She is non-judgmental, positive, and completely trustworthy. I recommend Angela highly because she is honest, has integrity and is well respected in the Hong Kong market. She is well trained, experienced and 'walks the talk'."

Business Owner

"The coaching gave me an opportunity to step back and take status of my life. I now trust myself much more and have more confidence. I went from thinking it would be nice to do 'so and so', to actually making it real. It was definitely worth it."

Entrepreneur

"Even though I was talking to Angela about my problems, all the solutions were coming out of my mouth. I found it very empowering. I might have overcome my problems without a coach, but not within months. It might have taken years to sort out the root of my problems" Read the whole article here.

Godfrey Chu, Consultant

"My colleagues have noticed the difference in me in the past 6 months since I started coaching. I don't take things so seriously and I don't get involved when I don't need to. I can delegate better and I let my staff handle their issues by themselves. My doctor was very surprised that my health is excellent now." [He had high blood pressure.] 

Social Services Manager

"You've really helped me to turn things around. Now I'm making an effort to do things and speak up positively for what I want. You put some points in my head that really helped, especially 'What are you going to do about it?'"

Information Technology Consultant

“I do not think I would have been this successful without you, and the coaching course. I seem to have finally gone from resentment to constructive ‘criticism’. ... And I had been grappling with this issue for years now!”

Chief Investment Officer

“I feel a big difference since I started the coaching. I’m more sure of myself and have more insight into things. Before, I used to brush off my emotions. Now I can look at them, analyze them and deal with the situation. I’m no longer too proud or cowardly to tell people what is bothering me. Before everything was a problem and now I have a just a few little problems.”

Manager

"Angela's cheerful nature with her warm and friendly attitude facilitated me to express my inner feelings and frustrations comfortably though I have known her for a very short time. She was sensitive and patient in helping me to articulate my problems so as to figure out some solutions. Apart from attentive listening, she was able to give me insightful advice, suggestions and encouragement at appropriate times. I appreciate that she has never imposed her ideas on me but provided alternative perspectives for my reference. In three months' time, I have achieved certain goals set up during our coaching sessions and am in a better shape personally."

University Executive Officer

"I found Angela to be an excellent coach. She has a great skill at listening, and at getting to the heart of the matter. She made valuable suggestions for change, and pushed me beyond my own limits to take action quickly. Through coaching, I was able to make some dramatic changes in both my personal and professional life."

Life Coach and Personal Trainer

"I sometimes felt a little lonely when it came to my career. But now I feel I have a real partner, a real coach. That’s very important because I want to be successful – extremely successful....Angela is soft and tender, and always knows how to ask the right questions to put me back on track."  

Businesswoman

 

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