Barbara Waxman is a Gerontologist, executive leadership coach, and speaker whose insights are illuminating a crucial, new life stage in our personal and professional lives: Middlescence. As one of the foremost gerontologist coaches in the United States, Barbara is known for inspiring clients and listeners with insights so that they can be effective in planning for themselves and their leadership at home, at work, and in their communities.
"Barbara Waxman's empathetic and practical approach to inspiring people to embrace midlife is a marvel to watch."
- Personal Leadership Coaching
Known for inspiring clients, Barbara’s insight will help you navigate your life’s most important challenges and opportunities. Realign your goals and create a meaningful plan. →
"Barbara has a terrific tool box and is very results driven, thoughtful and organized. She helps me see different ways of viewing a situation which are transformational. She is a consummate professional and a joy to work with."
Thrive personally and professionally, as your best and most effective self withCreate a foundation for a highly successful personal and professional life, with structured investment in yourself to achieve the results you desire, and deserve.Start with the Elements, take the Quiz, and create your Activation Guide.THE MODERN ELDER ACADEMY
Imagine you could consciously curate the second half of your life based upon the wisdom you’ve gathered during the first half.
Be the artist of your midlife and create a legacy befitting a Modern Elder.
Coaching with Barbara
Leadership Coaching = Executive Coaching + Life Coaching
If you hear the term ‘coaching’ and feel skeptical, you are in good company. I felt the same way before I worked with a seasoned professional coach. Over the past fifteen years I have developed a proprietary coaching model based on research from the fields of high performance, adult development, positive psychology and more. Entitled Entrepreneurship Turned Inward (ETI)©, it is a process focused on building self awareness and skills as we work toward mutually identified goals, enabling you to gain clarity, skills and direction.
Using a developmental series of exercises and challenges that lead to better self-understanding– and ultimately to a plan- the ETI model helps people see past the stress, the conflict and the mental clutter to identify priorities and desires.
Leadership Coaching is about you – the 24/7 version of you. It is an engaging and active process that helps you feel like you are thriving, happier and more effective. Each coaching engagement is customized to your needs and covers topics as appropriate, including:
- Building your capacity to thrive
- Understanding and dealing with the obstacles that hold you back
- Clarifying what you value and how to live in sync with those values
- Learning how to say yes and how to say no, effectively and at the right time
- Enhancing your ability to communicate and engage in crucial conversations
- Accelerating your impact as an authentic leader
- Identifying and rejecting thought patterns that keep you stuck
“Barbara brings a very special presence to all her work. She is a deep listener, talented at identifying the unique and core dynamics of people and situations and partnering in ways that are outcome oriented. Barbara’s propriety model, Entrepreneurship Turned Inward, is an insightful perspective, presenting complex information in ways that are resonant and motivating to everyone.”
– Debra Raybold, PCC
“Barbara has an amazing talent for assessing the challenges that hold you back and helping you break through so that you can reach your personal goals and objectives both for your career and for your life holistically. I have worked with Barbara evaluating the next steps to fully actualizing my life goals including where I take my career and her brilliant guidance has been a critical component of my personal evolution.”
– Naomi Soffa
“Barbara is an amazing coach. I can say that as a coach myself. She has given me invaluable coaching in my work both as an executive coach and as a life coach.”
– Jon Huggett
Barbara’s
Coaching Philosophy
Guide with integrity and compassion. Inspire with honesty and a light heart. Share with strength and purpose. Believe the best is yet to be.
5 Essential Elements Guide
Create a foundation for a highly successful personal and professional life, with structured investment in yourself in order to produce the extraordinary results you desire, and deserve.
Start your journey today with the 5 Essential Elements guide and Five to Thrive Quiz.
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