I received the email message 20 minutes before our coaching session was about to begin. This young woman executive was asking to reschedule – again – because she had just been called into a meeting that was very important and she was very, very sorry! When we finally got together, I pointed out to her that this was the third time she had rescheduled at the last minute, plus she had cut one session short due to a work emergency, showed up late to one session because a meeting ran over and she hadn’t completed her goals yet. “Your company is paying me whether you show up or not,” I reminded her. “But this is an opportunity to focus on you…
Motherwell Resources is a management consulting and executive coaching firm started by Kathi Love. Ms. Love’s passion is bringing an executive perspective to coaching and consulting. She spent 13 years as the CEO of a mid-sized research company and a total of 25 years in management and executive functions. Ms. Love has answered to a Board of Directors, had P & L responsibility, addressed the financial markets, dealt with a changing industry and changing clients needs, introduced products and developed strategies around disruptive technology in her industry. These experiences shaped how she coaches and trains executives in the leadership skills necessary for today’s business and organizational environments. Motherwell is the town in Scotland where her grandmother was born, and she chose it as a business name to honor the strong, capable woman from whom she has learned much.