Dory Willer, PCC, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Career

Willer spent the early part of her career in HR leadership at blue-chip and Fortune 100 companies. She was one of the first women to serve as a vice president, and she became the youngest board member of a financial institution. She received a Chairman's Outstanding Achievement Award for an outplacement and onboarding program she co-created, which earned her company a nomination for the Baldrige best-practices award. She was also part of the first graduating class of Stanford Graduate School of Business's Executive HR Certification Program.

Coaching

In 1998 Willer founded Beacon Quest Coaching, after earning her certification in individual and organizational coaching from the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara. She was named International Coach of the Year in 2003. Since then she has coached countless individuals and teams around the world, including C-suite executives, board members, business owners, government agencies, and multibillion-dollar global companies. Her work spans executive and performance coaching, career and life renewal, and strategic planning with business teams.

Author & Speaker

Willer is author of McGraw-Hill's All-in-One certification guides, which prepare HR professionals for the PHR/SPHR, SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, and aPHR exams. She also contributed to the coaching anthologies Building an Extraordinary Business and Living an Extraordinary Life. She filmed the Manager as Coach training series for Skillsoft, co-hosted the radio show The Thrive Factor on VoiceAmerica's business channel, and has spoken to organizations and conferences internationally. Through SOAR for Youth at UC Berkeley, she has helped young teens in foster care design the first chapter of their adult lives.

Education

She majored in Organizational Behavior at the University of San Francisco and earned an HR executive certificate from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She also completed graduate coursework in career development at John F. Kennedy University.

Professional Affiliations

She is a past president of the International Coach Federation's East Bay chapter and has been a member of the National Association of Business Coaches, the National Speakers Association, and the Society for Human Resource Management. She is licensed to deliver Your Best Year Yet!⁠®, Thinking into Results⁠®, Create Your Vision Now⁠®, Dream Coaching⁠®, TypeCoach⁠®, and Re-Think Your Job Search⁠®.

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