lu setnicka
career & leadership coach
"We spend too much of our lives at work
to be anything less."
Why lu setnicka:
As a Coach, I work with C-Suite executives, business leaders, and leadership teams to help them become more engaged and courageous. As a change agent, I am dedicated to creating the conditions for individual and organizational growth. Such transformation depends upon trust and collaboration, which begins at the top. That is where I work.
My Clients are Individuals Who:
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Professional Development Coaching: Build your professional skills, receive objective feedback, and navigate challenges at work with clarity and confidence.
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Leadership Coaching: For leaders seeking to increase their impact and better understand the preconditioning, perceptions, beliefs, and assumptions that can get in the way.
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Executive Coaching: High-level support for C-Suite executives and senior leaders navigating complex organizational challenges.
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Keynote Speaking: Engaging presentations on leadership, organizational development, and professional growth.
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Strengths-Based Coaching: Leverage your natural talents to lead more effectively and achieve greater results.
My CliftonStrengths: Arranger | Responsibility | Belief | Developer | Positivity
"Call It Midlife Crisis Or A Moment Of Occupational Apprehension, I Felt Stuck In My Profession, Uncertain Whether I Could Ever Chart A New Life Course. So I Called Lu. She Helped Me See My Inner Strengths, My Core Values, My Passions And My Desires (As Well As The Things I Don't Desire In A Career....Equally As Important). Lu's Coaching Helped Me Overcome The Fear Of Making Change And Gave Me The Confidence To Take That Next Step In My Life And My Career, Knowing That I Have Two Solid Feet Firmly Planted Underneath Me."
50+ Female Seeking Clarity
“Great leaders understand their strengths.”
In my previous career I was Global Director of Human Resources for the clothing company Patagonia, Inc., where I also worked as assistant to the founder, Yvon Chouinard, served as the company's Public Affairs Director for ten years, and spent time as Director of Training and Employee Development.
Before landing at Patagonia, I worked for fifteen years with the National Park Service, where at Yosemite, my telephone number was 911. As a dispatcher for the entire 1,169 square mile park, I took emergency calls ranging from lost hikers to drug overdoses. To provide guidance and encouragement to those immobilized by fear was simultaneously a great challenge and a great delight.
Today, I still provide support to those paralyzed in some way by uncertainty. The results my clients enjoy are not always as vital as those in Yosemite but are often more wide-ranging and long-lasting.
Education:
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Master's Degree in Organizational Management from Antioch University
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Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley
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Career, Executive and Life Coach certification with the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara
Academic Positions:
Adjunct Professor in the MBA programs at both California State University (Channel Islands) and Gonzaga University.
ABOUT ME
When my coaching cap comes off, you will find me hiking trails in nearby mountains, fly fishing in Pacific NW streams, building up a sweat in a spinning class, or supporting the work of individuals and organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting the natural world.