Jennifer Santoro
Jennifer is a Certified
Professional Coach through
the Institute for Professional
Excellence in Coaching.
Jennifer combines her 10
years of professional business
communication experience
with her coach training
and coaching experience to
assist clients in reaching their
full business and personal
potential. She served as a Senior
College Life Coach at Florida
State University, and currently
specializes as a strategy coach
for entrepreneurs with Globe
on Demand’s Niche Dominance
program. Email her at
[email protected].
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John Keenan, III
John is a sport psychology
consultant with six years of
experience training athletes,
students, soldiers and
individuals within organizations
to realize their full performance
potential. Keenan has managed
sales and marketing in the
private sector and served
as a College Life Coach at
Florida State University. Most
recently, he was a trainer and
performance expert for the
U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, USA. Email him at
[email protected].
A Model for Organization
What makes a strong coach? The list is long, and the ability to help a
client remain focused on her movement forward is high on the list. For
coaches—particularly those who partner with a high volume of clients
(e.g., Life Coaches partnering with students through a university-based
coaching program; internal coaches whose job descriptions dedicate a
large proportion of their time to coaching activities)—staying organized is
key to achieving this goal.
As team members at Florida State University’s (FSU) Center for College Life Coaching,
we developed and piloted the Dynamic Circular Coaching Model to help coaches keep
client engagements on track both during and between coaching sessions. After the
model was tested in more than 1,000 coaching meetings at FSU, it was adopted as the
preferred coaching model for use in all FSU College Life Coaching engagements.
Authenticity is a significant quality of a strong and impactful coach; therefore, it was
imperative to create a model that honors the organic process of coaching. Since the
power of the coaching relationship lies not just in what happens during the coaching
meeting itself, but al