About Ellen Kratka and IMBSEllen Kratka is a coach, consultant and teacher who specializes in leadership, communications and cultural transformation. She shows her clients how to build values-driven organizations that can harness the power of their teams in service to the common good. Her unique gift lies in quickly and easily helping people to clear away the beliefs that limit and divide them in favor of values that expand their potential and unite them in a meaningful cause. Contact Info: 203-263-2643See below for form to contactSUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:Cultural transformation and evolution work with businesses and other organizations and their leaders using the Cultural Transformation Tools along with services designed by Integrity Matters Business Services Organization and facilitation of New Directions for Business mastermind groups Business coaching and consulting based on harnessing and expanding the cooperative and innovative power of teams Training of OnTheSystem advisors Energy-management workshops to alleviate negative organizational stress Communications, conflict resolution, appreciative inquiry Personality profiling as a means to expand opportunities for both individuals and teams Public speaking on individual and collective processes of change, energy and stress management, the synergy of teams, growth through relationship, ways to shift the patterns that stand in the way of growth Holistic personal coaching, consulting, healing and teaching ******** AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Eliminating limiting beliefs and other constraints from energetic systems (personal and organizational) Cultural transformation (intra- and inter-organizational) Strategic planning Communication Leadership development Vision and mission development and actualization True Love Purpose, Desires and Goals Organizational development Management of time, space and other environmental conditions Heart-based sales and marketing (small business) Life-business balance Holistic wellness Stress prevention and energy management Integrity coaching ******** EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Journalist and photographer (in Nicaragua) (1984-87) Translator and interpreter of Spanish (1985-87) Exec. assistant for several small business (1988-93, 1998 to present) High school science teacher (1993-96) Entrepreneur, coach and consultant (1994-present) ******** BUSINESS-RELATED TRAINING: Cultural Transformation Tools Parts 1 and 2 (Richard Barrett & Associates) WinBig (Michael Kramer) OnTheSystem-based consulting (Michael Kramer) Your Winning Season (Dave Buck and Bea Fields) Empowerment of Listening (Carol McCall) Business Growth Mastery (Chet Holmes and Jay Abraham) Selling by Attraction (Hilton Johnson) Goal Setting and Time Management (GLOCEN) Publicity and Public Relations Bootcamp (George McKenzie) Beyond Success (Brian Biro) The 11th Element (Robert Scheinfeld) The 7 Cycles of Life and Business (ESOCEN) Time Management (Franklin-Covey) Personality profiling: --- DISC --- 8 Types of Leaders/7 Rays of Human Nature (ESOCEN) --- Enneagram Various marketing trainings taught by Dan Kennedy, Joe Vitale, Jay Conrad Levinson et al. Other assorted trainings on mission, purpose and goals; organization; sales ******** OTHER EDUCATION: BA in History and Sociology of Science Graduate study in Physics Certification in Secondary Science Teaching ******** |