Ellen Samiec
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Ellen Samiec, founder and president of Breakthrough Coaching, is an expert in leadership effectiveness and achieving peak performance. With a client base that is international in scope and spanning industry leaders in manufacturing, logistics, technical and financial services, Ellen works with senior executives and business owners to overcome challenges and achieve breakthrough results.

Complementing Ellen's corporate experience in the financial sector are her professional credentials and affiliations which include:

  • Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy
  • Certified Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
  • Professional Coaching Program through The Coaches Training Institute
  • Worldwide Association of Business Coaches
  • International Coaching Federation
  • Founding Member of the Coaching Guild, the association of professional workplace coaches.

As well, she has contributed articles to various publications including The Globe and Mail and been interviewed in The Financial Post, on television and radio. Ellen is the author of 101 Ways to Accomplish More with Less, and co-author of 5-D Leadership: Key Dimensions for Leading in the Real World.

Ellen is passionate about personal leadership development and helping executives attain peak performance. Clients who have taken The Breakthrough Coaching Program speak to her skills as a thinking partner and an awareness raiser, helping them to achieve greater results with improved work/life balance.

With exceptional skill in creating a comfortable yet dynamic environment for exploration and growth to enhance performance, Ellen can help you discover your strengths and resources to be powerfully effective in all aspects of your life. She welcomes the opportunity to discuss how you, too, can enjoy breakthroughs in your work and life.

A representative list of her clients include individual executives and teams from:

  • FedEx
  • Xerox
  • Unisource
  • Bio-Lab
  • The Co-operators
  • BMO Nesbit Burns
  • Foran Financial Institute
  • The Career Foundation

"Being coached by Ellen is an empowering process. In a short period of time, Ellen's coaching provided me with the results I was looking for. Along with this, I am continuing to see the benefits overlap into a number of areas in my life. Thanks Ellen!"

Brenda Smith
Director Training Services
Human Resource Firm

To learn more about the executive coaching program and how it would work for you or the people in your organization, contact Ellen for a complementary consultation, or call (416) 410-4477.








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