After years of grappling with uncertainty, stress and emotional fatigue, mental health has become a frequent topic of conversation for employers and individuals alike. Still, professionals are struggling to define personal boundaries and keep burnout at bay.
Barbara Rapaport has built a 20-year executive coaching career helping clients create a better approach. Her philosophy is that the “answers are always in the room,” and she encourages people to create space to “be with” whatever emotional state they are in.
On Wednesday, May 11, Barbara joins the West Michigan Public Relations Society of America (WMPRSA) for an interactive session. She will introduce frameworks that help attendees make sense of what they are experiencing, and identify tools for moving forward.
Join us for the last regular program of WMPRSA’s spring season, which will include breakout sessions to enable peer support and coaching from Barbara.
Barbara Rapaport, President, Real-time Perspectives
Barbara Rapaport passionately believes the answers are always in the room. Through her executive coaching firm, Real-time Perspectives, Barbara collaborates with clients to create the appropriate context for those answers to surface. She has distinguished herself with local, national, and global clients for her signature ability to guide them to reflect deeply on where they want to go – and to say out loud – what’s getting in their way.
Barbara began Real-time Perspectives after a 20-year career encompassing various leadership positions that ultimately inspired her “real-time” approach to leadership development and group problem-solving. Since then, Barbara has worked with more than 100 varied client groups in over 20 countries. These include Fortune 500 corporations, educational and health care institutions, professional services organizations, as well as government and nonprofit agencies. She has coached senior leaders and their teams at the World Economic Forum and major public school systems in New York, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.
Barbara is the author of Reimagined, a memoir recounting her harrowing experience battling and surviving a rare form of cancer. She earned her BA in American Studies at Douglass College where she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and she holds an MS in Rehabilitation Counseling from Boston University.
REGISTRATION:
Members $10
Future Members: $15
Students and Un-/Under-employed: Free
AMA Members: $10
ASL interpretation is available on request when registering at least one week in advance.
Please register by May 9.