- Master Coach
- Award-winning group facilitator
- Extensive training in psychology, spirituality, human flourishing, and leader development
Background:
Bar has extensive training and almost 25 years of experience supporting the thriving of individuals, teams, and organizations. She is passionate about nurturing the well-being, effectiveness, and sustainability of leaders by building on their strengths and tapping into their highest values. She has deep experience supporting people in crisis as well as those seeking wholeness more generally. She has guided people in developing the skills for transformational leadership and building effective teams. She regularly customizes trainings to ensure the highest impact and sustainable change. A university professor, clinician, award-winning group facilitator, researcher, and author, Bar has written numerous articles and several books, including Emotions: Problems and Promise for Human Flourishing (Baylor University Press). Her third book, Organizing Life: Leading Toward Human Flourishing (Fortress Press) will be available soon.
Approach and Philosophy:
Bar knows how to create a coaching relationship built on authenticity and trust. Committed to human flourishing, she helps leaders get to the heart of the matter of what is not working so that they can accomplish their biggest dreams. By providing a non-judgmental relationship that identifies and builds on leaders’ greatest strengths and deepest passions, Bar helps leaders imagine the life they want and accompanies them every step of the way as they begin to live into their own flourishing more fully.
Education:
- Post-doctorate, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- PhD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA: Psychology, Spirituality, and Well-being
- MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ: Spirituality and Meaning Making
- BA, Double major in Science (pre-medicine) and Philosophy
Certifications:
- Certified coach, Mindvalley Coaches’ University
- Certified counselor, American Clinical Educators
- Shift Positive 360® certification (coming soon)
- JustValues/ValuesTech Values Inventory
- Hogan Leadership Forecast Series
- Lominger/Kornferry Voices 360 Leadership Competency Assessment
- Barrett Personal and Organizational Values Assessment/Cultural Transformation Tool
- Principles 5Cs Assessment
- PrinciplesUs
