FOUNDER
Anita E. Stauffer, Ph.D., is a consulting psychologist who specializes in change management and leadership development. She brings her background of twenty years of experience in clinical and systems psychology to her work and has worked with hundreds of individuals in their professions, in business and in work at home as they address the interconnecting goals of professional and personal development.
Anita is a licensed clinical psychologist who received her doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky. She completed her internship in Family Systems at the University of Illinois and her Post Doctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University Medical School. She worked as faculty at Northwestern Medical School for ten years. CONSULTANTS
Julie Kocher-Zinkus is a Holistic Lifestyle Coach dedicated to educating and empowering individuals to attain optimal wellness and vitality. She brings over 15 years of experience in the health and wellness industry to individuals and businesses. She has a B.S. in Exercise Science and a B.S. in Psychology from Illinois State. She is credentialed as a Muscle Activation Technique Specialist, a NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist and a C.H.E.K. Holistic Lifestyle Coach. She served as Director of Fitness for nearly a decade at the Wheaton Sport Center, a premier suburban Chicago fitness facility. She serves on kinesiology and health science review boards at IL State, College of DuPage and Robert Morris College. Julie leads the movement work in the WithinVision Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course.
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ENDORSEMENTS"Rational decision-making is not enough. Emotions and personality have a big impact in the workplace. In becoming more aware of myself and my own tendencies and emotions, as well as being more attuned to the emotions and tendencies of others, I can interact with others and influence them more effectively. Learning mindfulness skills was an important part of this process.
WithinVision was able to facilitate our team building and leadership development in a tailored program that was sensitive to each individual's particular set of needs and circumstances. I would highly recommend them to any organization." -CEO, NYSE Company "My work with Dr. Stauffer has given me a clearer understanding of my emotional and psychological make-up. I am more confident, genuine, and open in my relationships. Dr. Stauffer encouraged me to think creatively and to have dreams and to pursue them. I am able to experience and accept a wider range of emotions in myself without fear. As a result, I have a greater capacity to risk, not only in emotional and social interactions, but in my professional work. I embrace a balanced life, and I experience love, purpose, joy and wonder every day." -Attorney, Private Practice "Working in a group coaching context with Dr. Stauffer has helped me create and enhance strong, healthy, adult relationships with family, friends and at work. The intellectual and emotional self-discovery has been especially rewarding. Training in conscious awareness has enabled me to live better in the present moment. Work on past and present core relationships has helped me put perspective on the past and build a frame of reference for the future. My work life has been enhanced because I take an inner strength, calm and confidence to stressful negotiations and transactions with internal and external customers. Interactions with peers and subordinates have flourished along with my interpersonal skill set." -Vice President, Real Estate Advisory Company "My work with Dr. Stauffer has been a life changing experience. Prior to working with her I felt as though I was sleep walking through my life. I was simply executing the never ending “to do” list for my family and career. Our work has allowed me to gain back my enthusiasm for life. I am now present in my daily life and am building stronger and fuller relationships both personally and professionally. I am truly grateful for her guidance and wisdom." -Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Corporation |
MISSION
WithinVision, created by Anita E. Stauffer, Ph.D., is dedicated to empowering men and women to develop positions of leadership in their professional and personal lives, and to develop lives that are best for themselves and best for others.
Specialties include: Executive coaching, building high-performance teams, leadership and executive assessments, social and emotional intelligence, mindfulness education, change management, succession planning, career coaching, customized workplace educational seminars.
Our principles include:
Awareness is the primary element necessary for growth and development. WithinVision provides individual, group and team services that will:
· Increase the accuracy with which you see yourself and others.
· Clarify your understanding of how others see you.
· Analyze the dynamics of the systems you belong to so that there is understanding about how the past influences the
present and future.
· Review the core values and principles that link your work and life, your mission and operational objectives.
· Identify clear immediate, short-term and long-term goals that clearly define the growth and development necessary
to thrive in your professional life.
Attitude: Strength, courage, creativity, new skills and vision emerge best when work is built around natural gifts and strengths. A spirit of deliberate positivity and appreciation of the self, colleagues and important others brings a sense of energetic ownership, inspires others and paves the way for next steps.
Action is the essential next step. Observable change begins with rehearsal and practice. Action steps are a part of the process toward goals and because your situation is unique, the action plan must also be individualized. Methods can include:
· Behavioral and/or educational assignments.
· Customized accountability plans.
· Cognitive-behavioral approaches.
· Improvisational-experiential assignments and practice.
· Mindfulness-based practice that promotes presence, insight,
focus and concentration and the trust in the self necessary for
confident action.
Individual, group and team approaches are designed specifically to fit specific needs, values, time constraints, preferences and budgets.
COME AND EXPERIENCE:
Growth in Leadership.
"When the 75 members of Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Advisory council were asked to recommend the most important capability for leaders to develop, their answer was nearly unanimous: self-awareness. We all have the capacity to inspire and empower others. But we must first be willing to devote ourselves to our personal growth and development as leaders.”
George, Sims, McLean and Mayer. Harvard Business Review. February, 2007.
Better focus, better health.
"For decades, researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Massachusetts, and the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Harvard University have sought to document how meditative approaches enhance the qualities companies need in their human capital: sharpened intuition, steely concentration, and plummeting stress levels."
Business Week.com, August 30, 2004.
A solid investment.
“Business coaching is attracting America’s top CEO’s because, put simply, business coaching works. In fact, when asked for a conservative estimate of monetary payoff from the coaching they got . . . managers described an average return of more than $100,000, or about six times what the coaching had cost their companies.”
Fortune Magazine.
“With a little more care, a little more courage, and, above all, a little more soul, our lives can be so easily discovered and celebrated in work, and not, as now, squandered and lost in its shadow.”
David Whyte. The Heart Aroused, Poetry and Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America.
Read more in the WithinVision Business Profile.
Specialties include: Executive coaching, building high-performance teams, leadership and executive assessments, social and emotional intelligence, mindfulness education, change management, succession planning, career coaching, customized workplace educational seminars.
Our principles include:
Awareness is the primary element necessary for growth and development. WithinVision provides individual, group and team services that will:
· Increase the accuracy with which you see yourself and others.
· Clarify your understanding of how others see you.
· Analyze the dynamics of the systems you belong to so that there is understanding about how the past influences the
present and future.
· Review the core values and principles that link your work and life, your mission and operational objectives.
· Identify clear immediate, short-term and long-term goals that clearly define the growth and development necessary
to thrive in your professional life.
Attitude: Strength, courage, creativity, new skills and vision emerge best when work is built around natural gifts and strengths. A spirit of deliberate positivity and appreciation of the self, colleagues and important others brings a sense of energetic ownership, inspires others and paves the way for next steps.
Action is the essential next step. Observable change begins with rehearsal and practice. Action steps are a part of the process toward goals and because your situation is unique, the action plan must also be individualized. Methods can include:
· Behavioral and/or educational assignments.
· Customized accountability plans.
· Cognitive-behavioral approaches.
· Improvisational-experiential assignments and practice.
· Mindfulness-based practice that promotes presence, insight,
focus and concentration and the trust in the self necessary for
confident action.
Individual, group and team approaches are designed specifically to fit specific needs, values, time constraints, preferences and budgets.
COME AND EXPERIENCE:
Growth in Leadership.
"When the 75 members of Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Advisory council were asked to recommend the most important capability for leaders to develop, their answer was nearly unanimous: self-awareness. We all have the capacity to inspire and empower others. But we must first be willing to devote ourselves to our personal growth and development as leaders.”
George, Sims, McLean and Mayer. Harvard Business Review. February, 2007.
Better focus, better health.
"For decades, researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Massachusetts, and the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Harvard University have sought to document how meditative approaches enhance the qualities companies need in their human capital: sharpened intuition, steely concentration, and plummeting stress levels."
Business Week.com, August 30, 2004.
A solid investment.
“Business coaching is attracting America’s top CEO’s because, put simply, business coaching works. In fact, when asked for a conservative estimate of monetary payoff from the coaching they got . . . managers described an average return of more than $100,000, or about six times what the coaching had cost their companies.”
Fortune Magazine.
“With a little more care, a little more courage, and, above all, a little more soul, our lives can be so easily discovered and celebrated in work, and not, as now, squandered and lost in its shadow.”
David Whyte. The Heart Aroused, Poetry and Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America.
Read more in the WithinVision Business Profile.
