About
Many people in our society are stuck in confusion at a personal crossroad. Most are unable to create the focused motivation to make sense of the meaning and purpose of their lives…until they experience the trauma of a divorce or life-changing illness…or even graduate from college but can’t find a job and are still wondering “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Customized Coaching started as an organization in 2006. However, the idea behind the company’s vision was birthed from Walter’s own struggles to find life purpose as a young adult.
After a successful conclusion to his high school years, Walter entered a period of five years in which he had little sense of direction. “I knew I would go to college eventually, but felt completely adrift in the world of work,” he says. Having little or no clue about what he was good at, Walter took jobs that were consistently mis-matched to his design and strengths. He felt all alone and kept asking himself: “Who am I?” He survived one year in a bookkeeping job before heading to college where he chose a social work major.
But Walter continued to struggle. Finally, In his senior year he began to notice how he experienced great fulfillment in the vision stage of any kind of venture. So he wrote a proposal for a new job, got hired and entered the workplace with tremendous energy and deep sense of fulfillment.
Over the next 20 years Walter has happily collaborated with others to launch numerous community initiatives. Along the way, he discovered that he could adapt the same process of clarifying and refining community-based vision for supporting individuals who were re-visioning their personal lives.
Walter says “I came to believe that each human life has a unique calling to make a positive impact. My calling through Customized Coaching is to support those people who are ready to pursue their life purpose and make that incredible difference in the world!”
From that time onward, Walter captured a mental picture of his own future work. After discovering the new field of life coaching in 2005, Walter quit his “day job” and launched Customized Coaching. Customized Coaching now focuses on supporting clients through life stage and role transitions in both individual and group settings.
Walter’s Core Beliefs:
- Every person can find clarity and confidence in their hopes, dreams and life mission
- Self-discovery assessments are vital to help clarify individuals’ assets and passions
- There is a life-giving purpose embedded in each human being
- Every person is ready in their own unique timetable to recover, change and grow
- Listening is vital to change because people are empowered when they feel they are heard
Walter’s Coaching Background:
- Certified as Master Coach of Seasons of Change and Purpose Clarity processes by Transition Dynamics Inc.
- Certified as Career Coach by Career Coach Institute
- Certificate for Core Essentials program through Coach University
- Member of the International Coach Federation
- Member of the American Society for Training and Development
Strategic Partners:
- The KonTerra Group: A network of professional consultants, the mission of The KonTerra Group is to improve individual and organizational effectiveness by developing key competencies in management and leadership.
- Career Coach Institute: A leading provider of career coach training and certification.
- MyOhai: A talent collective service the Philadelphia Metro area. They help beginners and experts, and most of what they do can be packaged into a workshop, one-on-one coaching, one-off assessments, or project-based packages.