Background and
Professional Affiliations

Sharon Dauk combines her extensive business experience with coaching skills and expertise to help business executives, entrepreneurs and key managers in developing leadership skills, enhancing business operations and attaining personal empowerment. Using proven coaching methods, Sharon provides a highly focused approach acting as an independent objective confidant to help her clients address opportunities and challenges, and develop the tools needed to navigate demanding and fast-paced business environments, all designed to reach specific measurable goals.

Background

Sharon has 20 years of diverse professional experience as an investor, board member, financial advisor and business executive, which gives her a unique perspective on key issues facing a variety of business leaders. Her experience in the Corporate Finance Departments of Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney working with large clients on complex financial and corporate control issues provides a balance to her 12 years of involvement with early stage company investing, managing and mentoring, which she has done through her investment company, Dauk/Wagner Investments, LLC. This background gives Sharon great insight into the opportunities and challenges of business leaders of large and small companies in many industries.

Sharon’s nearly 30 years as an endurance triathlete and 12 years as a competitive equestrian gives her a deep understanding of what it takes to set goals, develop training plans, monitor progress toward those goals and achieve success. She combines this approach with established coaching techniques and skills to help her clients achieve their personal aspirations, professional goals, and business success.

According to a recent AMA study, 68% of respondents cited Business Experience as the most important qualification of an effective coach.

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Experience

Her clients have included entrepreneurs in a wide range of industries at differing stages of development; and business leaders working in the fields of finance, marketing, professional services and advertising. In her coaching engagements she has helped her clients navigate critical junctures in business development, achieve personal and professional transitions, and improve management and leadership skills.

Credentials

Sharon holds an M.B.A. from Cornell University and a B.S. from the University of Southern California. She is an active member of the Advisory Council of Cornell University’s Entrepreneurship@Cornell program and is featured on eClips, Cornell’s video clip collection on entrepreneurship, business and leadership. She continues to be an advisor to early-stage companies and is a Trustee of Student Agencies Foundation at Cornell.

She is a qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™ (MBTI™); and is certified to administer the Suite of WholeBrain Creativity Assessments (NBI™). Sharon is a graduate of Columbia University’s Coaching Certification Program; she earned her certification at the PCC level, the highest offered by the Program and consistent with ICF standards.

Affiliations

Sharon is a partner with Merryck & Co., the international firm specializing in business mentoring for CEO’s and business leaders. You can read more about Merryck at www.merryck.com.

Sharon is also a Senior Consultant with Next Step Partners, an executive coaching and advisory firm that works with companies and their leaders to reach their next level of performance. You can read more about Next Step Partners at www.nextsteppartners.com.

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Background and
Professional Affiliations