Executives have a major impact on the companies they lead. Whatever they do affects the rest of the organization, causing a ripple effect. Yet in some respect, executive leaders are oftentimes the last ones to get support.
Excelerate guides executives and senior leaders to acquire the self-awareness, self-confidence and critical communication skills needed to excel at the highest level of corporate leadership, creating a positive and powerful ripple effect.
When you select Excelerate as your partner in executive development, you’re choosing a better future for yourself and your business.
Participants complete our engagements with fresh perspectives, new techniques in leadership and communication and an enriched sense of self.
Everything we do at Excelerate revolves around one idea: we believe that within everyone is the potential for greatness. People are amazingly talented, and yet for so many, it’s undiscovered, untapped, unappreciated potential.
– Kimberly Gerber
With an understanding of what created dependable, repeatable success we set out to tailor our engagements to incorporate three key elements: strategy+knowledge+coaching.
This was an unorthodox practice then and it is still pretty novel today – yet is one that we bring to EVERY engagement, no matter the size.
Our promise is big, and we have the service record to back it up. In the past 18 years, we’ve served more than 105 client companies and have worked with upwards of 1,594 individual clients. Over that time, 98% of our clients have hired us for multiple projects.
The entire team at Excelerate has delivered a high-quality communication skills program for our managers here at Allergan. After our first class I received an email from a participant’s manager asking when the course will be offered again, because she wanted to attend.
I am grateful for the work I have done with Excelerate. Through their programs, I’ve experienced the greatest personal growth of my career. I appreciate their coaches’ insights into my strengths and opportunities. As a result, I am able to create better experiences for others and build powerful social capital. I even got the promotion I wanted. Thank you, Excelerate!
I have had the great pleasure to work with Kimberly Gerber at Excelerate over the course of several months, both on a personal level and with my team as well. She has been instrumental in helping me continue my personal and professional development through her communications workshop. Additionally, because she came to me so highly recommended from a co-worker, I brought her and her team in to complete workshops for all my directors and all my managers. The positive impact that she has had on our team has been tremendous. Communications have grown to new levels, allowing the team to continue to develop together and individually as well. As a result of the workshops, teamwork has improved drastically, thus positively changing the overall dynamic of the group and the atmosphere in which we work.
We came to Excelerate with the goal of developing a successful team and operating plan, and we accomplished that and so much more! Kimberly analyzed each difficult situation we brought them and every time, she delivered an action plan that moved our company forward in a positive direction. In the process she helped each of us elevate as leaders and executives. I truly believe our business would not have survived without the invaluable help we received from Excelerate.
Working with Excelerate has monumentally changed my life. I have changed the way I look at things and as a result, I now have great confidence in my leadership skills. I have improved my work-life balance, and I have led my company through several challenging situations with more ease than I ever expected I could. Even in the most challenging of times; we are a stronger team, a stronger company and thanks to Excelerate, I am a better person, leader, mom, wife and friend!
Excelerate is awesome. I started working with them after being promoted to director with the goal of becoming VP within 2 years. With a personal brand strategy and daily actions set, I was able to build the confidence and credibility I needed to achieve that promotion in less than ONE year! I could not have done it without Kimberly Gerber and her team!
Kimberly Gerber is an amazing strategist and coach. I was at a place in my career where I needed to refresh my brand and Kimberly was masterful in helping me understand and highlight my best attributes in a way that made me comfortable and helped me achieve success in my business.
Kimberly is absolutely one of the most incredible people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and I am forever thankful for her counsel and support. It’s amazing to look back at where I was compared to where I am today. Thank you, Excelerate!
From the beginning, Kimberly Gerber and her team calmly and competently provided our team with a roadmap of where we needed to go and how to get there. She helped us navigate our difficult patches with endless patience and expertise. It was a pleasure working with her.
When I first heard that I was being assigned an executive coach, I was at once thankful for the opportunity and somewhat apprehensive, not knowing what to expect. My apprehension quickly vanished as my trust and confidence in you grew. Excelerate’s approach to coaching with complete, yet professional and compassionate honesty, is perfect for my communication style. I’ll be forever grateful for the coaching they provided and most grateful for their support.
Excelerate’s visionary founder, Kimberly Gerber, is a former Fortune 500 executive and one of the coaching world’s foremost experts on C-suite leadership. With three decades of experience, she’s helped some of the world’s highest performing businesses thrive through transitions in leadership. She specializes in helping new executives close critical leadership skill gaps and build extraordinary confidence.
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Executive Coach
JoAnne Foist is an experienced executive and coach who specializes in accelerating individual and team performance and driving revenue growth. In executive roles for industry-leading companies, JoAnne has inspired teams to surpass challenging objectives and business targets through a creative, well-structured and focused approach. JoAnne has a Ph.D. in Psychology, MBA and is a certified coach.
Executive Coach & Consultant
Carrie is highly skilled in developing and overseeing all aspects of talent management and human resources. She spent 15 years as a Senior Organizational Development Executive where she coached and developed leaders and high potential employees in addition to overseeing strategic and tactical workforce management, talent acquisition and compensation/incentive plans. Carrie is also experienced in administering and interpreting DiSC profiles and coaching on mindset and overcoming limiting beliefs. Carrie has a degree in Psychology, holds an SPHR certification, and is a certified Professional Coach and Professional Resume Writer.
Director of Client Engagement
Kelly is responsible for delivering Excelerate’s solutions to our clients. Whether it’s managing the Excelerate Community accounts or distributing the proper resources and assessments, she ensures that our clients are well taken care of and engaged. With a background in marketing, she also assists our clients in keeping a professional digital profile to showcase their brilliant brands. Kelly has a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Advertising.
Executive and Equine Coach
Natalie is equally at home in the boardroom and on the range. After more than 15 years leading teams and coaching peak performance in healthcare organizations, Natalie left to pursue coaching in a full-time capacity. She quickly found that blending her passion for horses with coaching delivered incredible results for her clients, and she has since spent the past 10 years transforming lives through the power of equine coaching. Natalie and her husband Brian own a guest ranch in Colorado, so when she’s not coaching executives, she hosts groups for retreats of all types. Natalie has a bachelor’s degree in Clinical Management & Leadership and a master’s degree in Ecopsychology.
Image Consultant
With 20 years of business experience, Kay is renowned as a corporate consultant, motivational speaker and educator. She works with leading corporations, training individuals and teams how to polish their professional appearance, and refine workplace etiquette and business dining etiquette. Kay has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Psychology
Health Coach
Jennifer is a practitioner in the healing arts for over 30 years. As a health coach and registered yoga master, she has a deep understanding and appreciation for how energy, consciousness, community, wellbeing and dynamic living impact our ability to perform at our highest level. In bringing a practical focus to the physical and spiritual needs, Jennifer’s executive clients are transformed into energized leaders who have the clarity, vitality, peace and passion to energize their organizations and achieve their dreams. Jennifer is a registered yoga teacher, certified Health Coach Lifestyle & Nutritional Coach from IIN.
