UPCOMING EVENTS
Executive & Team Coach /Consultant-Establishing an Internal Coaching Function/SUPERvisor for Coaches and Leaders/Author
Benita is an seasoned professional in all branches of coaching. She established BLSS coaching in Canada in 1990 serving small businesses owners and entrepreneurs. In addition, she was a Professional Speaker establishing the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers in Manitoba, Canada. Even then she was writing blogs and wrote two books. Then she moved to the beautiful little country of Oman where she first established a leadership coaching and training company for a private investor. During this time she started gathering the few coaches there were in Muscat to establish an International Coaching Federation Chapter for Oman. It took eight years but in 2015 the Chapter was established. Benita’s next career move was with an HR Consultancy in Oman to establish a Coaching Practice for them. Here she continued writing and added Coaching Supervision to her portfolio. Here, Benita and her cadre of coaches worked with leaders of International organizations to achieve their desired results. During this time the HR Consultancy became known for developing Omani talent and contributing to the National agenda.
Benita started with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan. She was the first coach in the Middle East to achieve her Master Certified Coach (MCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She since added her Certified Supervision Credential (CSS) from (ICF). Alongside these she has been credential by the European Mentoring and Coaching Centre (EMCC) as a Senior Practitioner (ESIA) and a credentialed Supervisor (ESA). She continues to upgrade her Supervision certification with the Coaching Supervision Academy, an International training school for Supervision. A recent addition is her credential from the International Mentoring Centre, Certified Master Mentor (CMM).
Benita began her career in Account Management for GE Capital in the technology world. She then trained as a Professional Coach and has established herself as an expert in coaching in the Gulf area, being the first coach in the Gulf to earn her MCC. She then added Supervision and Mentoring to her skillset. She established herself in the women business owners field in Canada before coming to Oman. She initially arrived to set up a leadership training and coaching business for a private investor from Canada. She then established a coaching practice for an HR Consultancy and built a cadre of coaches to work with senior leaders in the Gulf.
Benita brings a holistic approach to her management and to her coaching and supervision work. Her style is relational and embodied, encompassing the many layers of organizational life and work. She leads and coaches from grounded place of respect for the individual and the systems in which they operate.
Benita has authored two books and co-authored another three. She is currently working on a sixth co-authored book with SUPERvisors from the therapy and the coaching professions.
Before arriving in Oman Benita was a Professional across Canada and the US. Since arriving in Oman her speaking has been around ethics and professional standards. Here latest adventure is a series of discussion sessions on the topic of Silence and Stillness with a group of professional from three different areas of Europe. As Chair of the ICF Credentials and Standards global board she spoke across the MEANA region for the International Coaching Federation..
Benita believes it is very important to give back to the profession that has been so abundndant and joyful for her over the years. She founded the ICF Oman Chapter, served on the ICF MENA Advisory Council and finally served as the first Chair of the ICF Credentials and Standards global board.
Her focus in both her profession as a Coach and SUPERvisor and as the Management Consultant for the HR Consultancy Executive Coaching function has been to develop Omani coaches. When she first established the ICF Oman Chapter all the coaches were expatriates. The current ICF Oman Chapter board is 80% Omani and there is now an Omani MCC coach in Muscat. Benita is proud to see the success of the Omani coaches grow each year and contribute to the building of the nation’s talent.
Benita’s pioneering spirit is not limited to work. She enjoys travelling to many countries and learning about the national culture while there. Ballroom dancing, golf, mountain climbing and kayaking made up her favourite activities over the years.
Today her favourite pastime is discovering new foods around the table with friends, curling up with a book, either research or a novel and gardening.
You can connect with her through Beckett McInroy or email directly to [email protected]
