Claros Group: Gail Ginder

GAIL GINDER

Gail brings twenty years experience as an executive coach, expert facilitator, and organizational consultant. She has been involved in the design and delivery of 360-degree surveys and team development experiences, as well as board and staff retreats. Gail has a special interest in working with professionals in leadership roles for whom there is a gap between what they are expected to do and what they were trained to do. Her coaching approach offers a supportive, challenging, and confidential forum for closing this gap by sharpening awareness, deepening learning, and building a repertoire of effective strategies.

Clients value Gail's skillful and empathic listening, no-nonsense style, and ability to pinpoint issues with an eagle eye. A master at helping executives gain the flexibility they need to meet the personal and professional challenges involved with leading an organization today, she brings compassion, wisdom, and humor to all of her assignments.

Gail served as the Executive Director of a community-based organization, and in management roles at the University of California, Santa Barbara and at the University of Missouri. She has a BA in Psychology and Masters degrees in Counseling and Public Health. Gail completed a fellowship in Management at the University of California Office of the President and is certified by the International Coach Federation as a Master Certified Coach. In addition to the Claros Group, she is affiliated with Coaching.com and the Ken Blanchard Companies.

"Perhaps more than any other colleague in a professional lifetime, this individual has changed my life. She is charismatic, immensely talented across a broad spectrum of skills, and irresistibly effective as a facilitator, counselor, teacher, and mentor. Indeed, she is a master coach."

John Stang, MD
Powelson Professor of Medicine
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
Columbus, Ohio

"As my coach, Gail helped me identify and appreciate the strengths I was bringing to my new job. She was invaluable in helping me set priorities, understand the viewpoint of my boss and other key associates, and maintain an overview of my own process as I went through a steep learning curve during the first few months of my employment. After six months, I have been promoted and given responsibility for a newly formed department. While supporting my adjustment to my new work situation, Gail consistently urged me to examine and make adjustments in my personal life as well. Perhaps the most consistent message I received form her was to strive for balance in my life."

Kirby Gillispie
Director of Development
Girl Scouts of America

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"I am an academic administrator with daunting responsibilities. There has been nothing in my 30-year administrative career that has been more empowering than having Gail as my coach and partner. The coaching process was totally fun and efficient. With tremendous wisdom, good humor, and confidence she helped bring out the best in my management team and in me. Gail was the best gift I ever bought myself!"

Susan Laughlin, Ph.D.
(former) Assistant Vice-President
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California

"As my coach, Gail helped me enormously in the following specific ways: Learning when to speak up and when to wait, defining success, learning how not to personalize everything, how to forge strong business partnerships and how to work with "difficult" people. I learned how to deal with political situations, while sticking with my own personal ethics and integrity. I learned that not everyone sees things as I do."

Connie Giuliano
Area Finance Officer
Northern California Region
Kaiser Permanente

"Gail Ginder seasoned skills proved instrumental in enabling me to make significant professional change. She was able to listen to my issues as a healthcare leader and provide on target, strategic insights. Her capacity to distill large amounts of information into highly useful feedback was impressive. And her gentle humor helped me get through the tough but best times of executive coaching."

Dr. Magda G. Peck
Professor and Associate Chair for Community Health and
Chief, Section on Child Health Policy, Department of Pediatrics
University of Nebraska Medical Center

"Coaching is a process of sharpening life focus. Gail helped me develop a habit of reflection, so I could better direct my energy. She was a great model for learning what questions to ask yourself. I feel I am happier and more efficient, because Gail was my coach."

Stewart Fox
Co-Principal
Marin School of Arts & Technology

"Gail is an empathic person with a generous spirit. At the same time, Gail has a no-nonsense style and can pinpoint issues with an eagle-eye. Gail always reminds me of my core values and beliefs, which we all know should be the driving forces of our decisions and actions."

Ben Jackson
Manager of IOS Documentation
Cisco Systems

"Gail has been very helpful in coaching me through many of the potholes that can exist in a family business. Out of the 20 employees who work here, half are family. Traditional management techniques don't work here."

E. Peter Seghesio
General Manager
Seghesio Family Vineyards

"The coaching work that Gail and I did together proved invaluable. I had been offered coaching because I was identified as one of the more successful leaders at our center, not for remedial reasons. Gail analysis was insightful, whether we were working on specific examples of challenges or broader issues such as my strengths and weaknesses. She provided me a framework for leading that I very useful and relevant. Together we identified areas for growth and ways to strengthen my skills in those areas. We also identified strengths, and worked on leveraging those. There is no question in my mind that I am far more successful in my leadership role because of the work Gail and I did together."

Michael Haiman,
Chief of Dermatology
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Rosa