Barbara Bouchet

OVERVIEW
Barbara Bouchet is President of Contact Point Associates LLC, and has owned her own business since 1980. She has over thirty years of experience working with executives, business owners, professionals and leaders as a coach, trainer, group facilitator, and psychotherapist.

Barbara uses her in-depth understanding of people, systems, and change, to identify the strategic dynamics and skills that propel the client to greater effectiveness. She is a published author and is a skilled facilitator, with extensive experience conducting interviews and developing training and tools.

Barbara has worked successfully with leaders from a variety of organizations, from small businesses to large corporations. She has coached leaders in Fortune100, global and national companies, such as Philips Healthcare, Amazon, Costco, Microsoft, Providence St. Joseph Health, L’Oreal and Starbucks.

SPECIALIZATIONS
• Executive and Leader Development
• Executive Presence
• Interpersonal / Relationship Skills
• Conflict Management
• Emotional Intelligence
• Balance and Resilience
• Communication / Presentation
• Influence and Negotiation

COACHING STYLE
Barbara builds on the strengths of her clients as they discover how to shift out of their limitations. She does this respectfully, compassionately and often with humor. With greater awareness, strategic choices, and new skills, her clients are equipped to make powerful, positive impact. Often this is a matter of recognizing what is truly urgent and using both power and connection with others to bring about necessary change.

PUBLICATIONS, TRAINING & ASSESSMENTS
Barbara is the author of the book, THE ENLIGHTENED EDGE FOR LEADERS: Ignite the Power of You, which was endorsed by Barbara DeAngelis, Marshall Goldsmith, Steven R. Covey and Kevin Cashman, among others.

She is also the creator of:
• The Contact-Zone™: Power & Influence board game and training
• Performance and Balance: Dynamic tools for Work & Life workshop
• Work-Life Effectiveness Assessment for individuals
• Courageous Communication training program
• The Relational Performance Assessment for organizations