When our amazing leader, Cecile Peterkin, was growing up, she had a lot of people give her unsolicited advice about dealing with a supposed stubborn streak. But Cecile’s father knew exactly what everyone else’s problem was. One day, he sat down with his daughter and told her, “The only reason they’re telling you that you’re stubborn is because you aren’t doing what they’ve said.” Cecile’s father wanted her to understand that she wasn’t wrong in wanting to do things her own way.
Now, based on a natural intuition that has followed her through life since childhood, Cecile instinctively knows how to help people see the truth not just about their professional situations, but also their passions and purposes. And along with proprietary analysis methods, she helps individuals and organizations embrace customized goals that improve professional growth and leadership in ways that also motivate personal satisfaction and joy.
With Cecile’s unique outlook on life and all it can be, she helps her clients think outside the box and face the important questions they have been avoiding—all to realize their big-picture goals. She helps those she works with, especially women leaders, communicate better by acknowledging what they want so they can own those things. She helps them stand in their power so they can stop playing small, and go after the lives they really want.
Specifically when it comes to women, Cecile helps them embrace the smart, amazing people they are so that in every room they are confident and clear, and don’t always seem like they’re asking questions when what they really want to do is make strong sure suggestions.
As an expert in the leadership training and career counseling space for over 17 years, Cecile uses an open and creative approach to advise her clients by first listening intently and then making custom recommendations. She has always found that people, even strangers at the gym, open up to her and tell her the most difficult things they're going through. Because of her genuine interest in people, she sees potential for friendship everywhere, and this allows her to reach a deeper level of connection with the clients and organizations she works with.
