“Christine asks powerful questions that marshal what I’ve already learned into clearer thinking. Her careful process, coupled with her rare intellect and broad business experience, mean every session leaves me with new insights I can apply right away.”
Origins of Evergreen Coaching
Christine established her communications and IR consultancy, Evergreen Communications, after gaining insight and motivation working with her own professional coach. In conversations with her coach, it became clear that much of the work she did with her consulting clients already involved coaching. This inspired Christine to complete the Coaches Training Institute's Co-Active Coach Training Curriculum, one of the most rigorous programs in the field. In 2018, she expanded the Evergreen offering to include professional coaching for individuals.
Christine finds consulting extremely gratifying and coaching truly rewarding. She considers it a privilege that her coaching clients trust in her professionally and personally, and is honored to serve as their sounding board.
"Christine provided insight and helped me to identify both the challenges and accomplishments in my career. She worked with me to assess my strengths, capabilities, and institute measurable actions as I transition into novel near- and long-term goals. Highly recommend her professional guidance for anyone seeking to address transition and a path toward the next successes and challenges in life."
— Senior Investor Relations Professional, East Coast
Coaching Approach
"In my professional life, I’ve suffered from fraud syndrome, fear of anything less than perfection and an overall lack of confidence. I did my job well – successfully even — but couldn’t shake that uneasy feeling that I’d be “found out.” Christine dug deep with me to determine the root of my fears and challenged me to take specific steps toward shifting my mindset. I feel like I have a real shot at breaking old habits and gaining a completely different perspective on my abilities and a more realistic idea of others’ expectations."
— Communications Consultant, New England
“Coaching” has evolved since it became established in the mid-1990s and now appears in a variety of forms. Executive coaching is common in the workplace and often focuses on maximizing individual performance or addressing team dynamics. Career coaching typically centers on clarifying career objectives and job seeking. Life coaching tends to look holistically at the person, helping individuals achieve goals and make changes in their lives.
Through co-active coaching, Christine creates a safe space for clients to explore areas where they would like clarity, understanding, progress or change. She focuses on the whole person and may draw from the various forms of coaching above. She appreciates that each client brings unique needs and motivations. Some have something they are striving for and others may feel stuck. While some coaches rely on pre-developed tools and feel their role is to “fix problems,” Christine doesn’t view clients as “broken.” Her approach is tailored to the individual and founded in the belief that clients possess their own wisdom and may need help accessing it.
As a coach, Christine can:
Serve as a sounding board… in a “safe space” where you can be open
Really listen… and ensure you hear yourself
Help you articulate what really matters
Support you as you tackle tough issues and emotional roadblocks
Work with you to identify and address what holds you back
Challenge your assumptions… particularly those that limit you
Provide objectivity, perspectives and insight
Brainstorm with you to create ideas/options
Acknowledge and advocate for you
Help you silence your inner critic and give voice to your inner allies
Plant seeds for future growth
Role play with you as you try out new words and ways of being
Work with you to create personal goals and action plans
Assist you in tracking progress and holding you accountable
…all in service of helping you find insight, direction and fulfillment.