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<p>I bring a systems-aware, trauma-informed lens to my work, paying close attention to context, power dynamics, and the emotional realities people navigate. I'm a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Team Coach (ACTC) with the International Coaching Federation, and an experienced facilitator — known for creating spaces where people can think together, work through tension, and move forward with clarity.</p>
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<h2>A decade of work alongside teams under pressure.</h2>
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<div class="stat"><div class="num"><span data-count="100">100</span><span class="plus">+</span></div><div class="lab">Workshops</div></div>
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<div class="stat"><div class="num"><span data-count="850">850</span><span class="plus">+</span></div><div class="lab">Coaching sessions</div></div>
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<div class="stat"><div class="num"><span data-count="25">25</span><span class="plus">+</span></div><div class="lab">Team engagements</div></div>
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<p>At Royal Roads University, I design and facilitate experiential leadership and teamwork development, coaching diverse student teams through real moments of tension, uncertainty, and decision-making — so they leave more confident, connected, and equipped to work well together under pressure.</p>
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<p>Alongside an Indigenous leadership team on an initiative connected to sovereignty and community well-being, we worked in a high-pressure environment with many stakeholders and deep historical and relational layers. Through trauma-aware, culturally respectful practices, we created space for reflection, honest conversation, and thoughtful pacing — supporting values-aligned decisions made together.</p>
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<p>"Inga is a clear and authentic facilitator who creates the conditions for teams to engage in deep inquiry together. She held space for honest reflection and shared understanding."</p>
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<cite>J. McDonald — Master's Student, Royal Roads University</cite>
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<p>"I'm sincerely grateful for Inga's support, guidance, and encouragement. Her insights and coaching have had a meaningful impact on both my personal and professional growth."</p>
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<cite>M. Dent — Manager, Law Clerk, Carta</cite>
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<h2>Leadership is harder than it used to be.</h2>
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<p class="section-intro">The pace of change right now isn't like the last one. Leaders who built their careers on judgment, pattern recognition, and knowing their industry cold are suddenly being told that none of it may be enough on its own. Some meet that with curiosity. Most also feel a quieter version of the same question: <em>am I still the right person to lead this — or am I about to be out of step with something I can't quite see yet?</em></p>
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<p>I've spent fifteen-plus years working with leaders on exactly that question, across very different settings — from Fortune 500 companies to my own coffee shop. I hold an ICF Professional Certified Coach credential and a Bachelor of Commerce. What I've learned across that range is the same thing every time: strategy isn't what carries people through rapid change. The mindset shift underneath it is — and it's usually the part nobody budgets time for.</p>
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<p>If you lead a team, they'll have opinions about what's changing whether you ask or not — some about their jobs, some about whether they trust what's being decided for them. If the call is yours alone, that weight sits squarely on your shoulders. Either way, I work on that part: not the technical build, but the place where you and your team actually believe in what's changing.</p>
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<p>This isn't work you finish. The world keeps moving, and the real skill is staying curious and adaptable as it does — without losing sight of what you value and why you're doing any of this in the first place. That's not a course you complete. It's a conversation, and we have it for as long as it's useful.</p>
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<div class="principle"><h3>Connection</h3><p>The foundation for engagement, creativity, and responsibility — in relationships and in how a team collaborates.</p></div>
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<div class="principle"><h3>Accountability</h3><p>Choosing how to show up with honesty, vulnerability, and clarity, rather than blame.</p></div>
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<div class="principle"><h3>Curiosity</h3><p>Staying open to notice, listen, and explore — rather than assume or defend.</p></div>
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<p style="margin-top:2.2rem">Outside of work, you'll find me walking, biking, and dancing around Victoria, BC; spending time with my partner and two adult sons; and travelling regularly to Germany. Nature and movement are how I think and recharge.</p>
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