Professional & Organizational Development

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Helen Chung, Ph.D. – Scontrino Powell, Inc.

Consultant Helen Chung

PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT

As a coach, I seek to facilitate a process that builds and deepens leadership capacity in my clients. I work with individuals, teams, and organizations to explore, identify, and design sustainable change. This process requires a commitment to learning, questioning of assumptions, trying out of new actions, and reflecting on actions taken. My coaching and consulting sessions are marked by active listening, thoughtful collaboration, and a genuine desire to see the client win.

With my background in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, I have expertise in leadership frameworks (transformational, servant, and inclusive leadership), teamĀ  dynamics, storytelling, and career transitions. I am motivated to help my clients leverage evidence-based practices to achieve their goals.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE/RESULTS

  • Executive Coaching, enhanced with assessments
  • Leadership Development
  • Career Transitions & Work Identity
  • Team Building & Interpersonal Skills Development
  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategies
  • Strategies for Effective Learning in Higher Education

EXPERIENCE / SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Leadership Coaching: I have worked with individuals to help them stretch to meet the demands of expanded or changing roles and environmental shifts.
  • Career Transitions & Work Identity: I have worked with hundreds of individuals in a range of roles to help them discover and/or refine their career paths, develop their networks, navigate career transitions, reflect on their work identities, and craft new stories that enable personal transformation.
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: I have worked with individuals on developing and adopting strategies toward fostering inclusive teams and workplaces.
  • Higher Education: I have worked extensively in the classroom and with faculty/staff on designing pedagogy and curricula that is student-centered, with an emphasis on inclusion, cultural competency, and cultural humility.

CREDENTIALS

  • Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
  • M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
  • Trained in various assessments (Full Range Leadership, Team Dynamics, PsyCap, Developmental Readiness, EQ)
  • Committee on Ethnic and Minority Affairs, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, 2018 – present

SELECTED CLIENTS

  • League of Conservation Voters
  • King County Agencies
  • John L. Scott Real Estate, Northpoint Escrow
  • University of WA
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