Grace Menzel

Credentials:
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), from The Coaches Training Institute
MA, Rehabilitation Counseling, Michigan State University
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC #014918)
Member, International Coaching Federation
Member, The Professional Coaches Association of Michigan

About Grace:
Building on a prosperous career in rehabilitation counseling, Grace began coaching in 2001. She devotes her energy to individual and group coaching, public speaking, leading distant learning courses, and facilitating systems design and growth. She has led numerous workshops on Listening, Choice, Values, Professional Ethics, and Authenticity. Grace speaks to a wide variety of audiences including civic groups, professional organizations and churches. Her volunteer work focuses on keeping the earth healthy and serving her spiritual community.

Services:
Grace serves individuals, sole practitioners and rehabilitation businesses including physical, occupational and speech therapists, nurses case managers, rehabilitation counselors and rehabilitation teams in small and large organizations.

Professional Experience: Rehabilitation Manager, Farm Bureau Insurance
Liaison to rehabilitation teams at hospitals, residential and outpatient head injury, spinal cord and chronic pain programs
Managed rehabilitation claim referrals for case management and vocational rehabilitation services throughout Michigan
Supervised rehabilitation decisions on all claim files
Managed conflict resolution on Workers Compensation and No-Fault rehabilitation issues
Developed a statewide network of rehabilitation resources for claims department



Leadership Experience:
Chair and Program Chair Insurance Rehabilitation Study Group • Board of Directors and Winter Festival Co-Chair Woldumar Nature Center • Chair Land Endowment Committee, Fellowship for Today Church • Board of Directors Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council

Vision statement:
Grace is passionate about co-creating rehabilitation system communities that generate a dynamic healing culture of health professionals and consumers

Grace's Coaching Style is honest, open, flexible, and focused inspiring her clients to develop their goals and aspirations to match their passion with their work. By creating a space of trust, Grace encourages her clients to stretch beyond what is comfortable to promote personal and professional growth. Collaboration, communication and creative problem solving are her greatest strengths.

Coaching Results Reported by Clients:

Learned new strategies for dealing with difficult employees

Identified more effective ways to manage work

Gained increased confidence in negotiating with coworkers and supervisors

Improved communication skills

Obtained clearer focus on goals

Achieved faster attainment of goals

Discovered increased opportunities for personal/professional growth

Developed fresh insights about professional strengths and weaknesses

Discovered courage to take bold new actions


Call Grace for a complimentary coaching session at (517) 641-8621 or email her at grace@menzelcoaching.com