A personal and professional development, leadership, mental fitness, and strengths coach, speaker, and facilitator that is passionate about inspiring reflection and results. Rachel Karu brings you more than 20 years experience. Rachel primarily works with professionals who experience limited fulfillment, and success because they are constantly conforming to other peoples’ expectations, to experience joyous, energized, and purposeful lives. Rachel has created a process to increase your self-awareness and define and manifest your goals. Rachel utilizes an inside out approach that focuses not only action but also on "who" and "how" you want to experience life. With primary expertise in coaching and training people in the areas of intra/interpersonal skills, she provides an excellent foundation for you and/or your organization in various areas including: mental fitness, resilience, executive presence, influencing skills, work/life balance, setting boundaries, and leadership development. Prior to launching her business, Ms. Karu served as Manager of Training & Organization Development at Easton Sports Inc, and as Regional HR Manager at EMI Music Distribution. Clients include UCLA, Raytheon, Fox, Facebook, The City of Pasadena, Braille Institute, CISCO, Levi's, Warner Brothers, Mattel, EMI Music Distribution, and United States Navy. Ms. Karu earned both her Master of Science in Counseling for Business, Industry and Government and a Bachelor of Science in Business with a specialization in Human Resources from California State University, Northridge. She achieved her Professional Coaching Credential through the International Coaching Federation. She has received post-graduate training from the Coaches Training Institute and the College of Executive Coaching. She possesses certifications from The Marcus Buckingham Company as a Strength Coach, Development Dimensions International as a Facilitator in Targeted Selection and Interaction Management (systematic hiring process and leadership development), Lominger Inc. in Competency Implementation, Franklin-Covey – What Matter’s Most (Time Management), and Lee Hecht Harrison as an Outplacement Facilitator. Rachel is a Positive Intelligence coach. Specialties: *Mental Fitness *Resilience *Work/Life Balance *Mindfulness *Professional Development *Leadership Development *Management Development *Communication Effectiveness *Team Development *Career Management *Executive Coaching *Career Coaching *Life Coaching Ready to Step into More? Contact Rachel at: [email protected] (310) 441-1104