Shaffer Coaching empowers individuals and institutions to achieve their full potential. Amanda has served as both an internal and external coach for more than 10 years supporting clients at all levels to navigate the complex dynamics in higher education.
A trusted consultant she excels at designing and delivering impactful, interactive workshops that provide strategy and tools to facilitate professional growth for both faculty and staff.
In addition to custom workshops Amanda has produced multiple diversity focused guidebooks, tool kits, and videos for national associations and academic institutions, and coached more than 200 clients across 70 institutions.
With extensive experience Shaffer Coaching brings a seasoned, thoughtful approach to our coaching and professional development services.
SERVICES: Workshop format or as a coaching focus
Career Planning: Visioning to articulate or refresh career ambitions as achievable goals. Mapping aspirations, values, strengths and gaps that will inform the creation of a plan. Useful for reinvigorating activity and clarifying purpose.
Communication Skills: To effectively collaborate, network, or concisely convey the value of your work, it is often necessary develop more sophisticated listening and dialogue skills. Emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication skills help make the most of mentors, sponsors and social networks.
Group Coaching: Provides a structured opportunity for targeted discussions and peer learning around common challenges. A cost-effective way to identify priorities and provide professional growth resources, it is suitable for groups with similar responsibilities or at similar career stages.
Individual Coaching: A powerful and effective partnership to assist in the pursuit of sustainable professional and personal growth. Tailored to client goals for leadership, career advancement, or personal development, we provide accountability, guidance and strategy.