Vital Pathways Leadership Group, LLC (VPLG) specializes in executive coaching, leadership training, and development of professionals in leadership roles. VPLG’s foundation is based on the belief that coaching is a developmental process by which an individual client or group meets on a regular basis to clarify goals, address potential stumbling blocks, to improve their performance and productivity. VPLG assists individuals in discovering where they are and navigating the path to where they want to be. In support of our vision, Vital Pathways Leadership Group, LLC serves with integrity to provide and sustain exceptional services to all clients.
Coaching vs. Counseling
It is important to me that you have clarity about the difference between coaching and other types of professional services, such as therapy or counseling, consulting, and mentoring. Coaching focuses on where you are presently and where you are headed, with a goal of helping you gain clarity about your vision, eliminate obstacles to your success, accelerate the pace of personal growth, and achieve results that empower you to live your best life – professionally and personally. We can focus on any area of your life: Relationships, Finances, Spiritual Life, Work and Business, or Physical Health and Environments.
While coaching is forward-focused, counseling tends to deal more with past issues in which you may find yourself stuck and struggling. We may occasionally discuss something that has occurred in the past, for the purpose of clarifying the present, but your coaching will not focus on resolving the past.
A simple rule of thumb to know whether you should be receiving
coaching or counseling:
- If your past is an issue, counseling is your best option.
- If your past is simply a fact (regardless of whether the circumstances were difficult or negative), you are probably ready for coaching.
- If it appears that there is an issue for which you may need counseling, I will suggest it.
Coaching vs. Consulting
A coach focuses on helping you walk your unique path to success. As the client, you are responsible for the results you receive as a result of coaching. I help you discover how to become more of who you need to be to achieve those results and identify what you may need to do differently. A consultant takes responsibility for a specific project, acting as a specialist*, providing specific deliverables and knowledge. I believe in your ability to fully experience your potential and will provide a safe, consistent space for you to develop your potential.
- If my professional experience (in the areas of strategic leadership, sales/administrative
management, education, and entrepreneurship) is of benefit to you personally and professionally,
I will gladly share what I know.
Coaching vs. Mentoring
As a coach, I focus on the development of people in general, and the development of your unique path in particular. A mentor guides you towards a specific path of development. I am more interested in helping you onto the unique and divinely-ordained path that is meant for you, which may be quite different than the path I have taken, even though the purpose of our paths may be very similar. My job as your coach is not to tell you what to do, but rather to help you uncover the answers that lie within you. Consider me a catalyst for your success.
Our Mission
Our mission is to coach and provide leadership training for individuals and groups, helping them
clarify their vision and meet their goals, thereby enabling them to transform their lives.
Victorious.
Inspirational.
Truthful.
Accomplished
Lives.
VITAL Pathways Leadership Group.
Philosophy
Vital Pathways Leadership Group understands that each client is unique. Not only are services designed according to individual needs, but our professional staff creatively tailors programs to enhance each person’s opportunity for success. At Vital Pathways Leadership Group, we strive to maximize client potential and help navigate their path to success.
Vision Statement
We endeavor to be the premier coaching, leadership training, and development organization dedicated to helping individuals and groups track where they are, transition to where they desire to be and transform to their VITAL PATH.
Vital Pathways Leadership Group will abide by the Code of Ethics as stipulated by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), which provides for confidentiality, professional responsibility, relationships with other professionals, and the resolution of ethical issues should they occur.