Life and Leadership Coaching & Consulting

Uncovering and clarifying goals, assessing individual strength, equipping earmarked employees with what they need to get from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ in levels of competency, working with the whole person while keeping his or her corporate life in proper perspective with their vital ‘other’ lives – home, family—these are Anita’s talents.

Through a lifetime of leadership experiences and more purposeful suggestions, she has developed an attitude that is encouraging and comforting to clients.

The year 2001 became a year of deeper reflection, personally and professionally, for Anita and ultimately the creation of her coaching/consulting practice, Bess & Associates, located in Cary, North Carolina.

The term “coach” comes from the Middle English word coche, which meant “a wagon or carriage.” In fact, the word still carries this meaning today – such as when a person travels “coach” on a railway or airline. A “personal/professional coach” is literally a vehicle which carries a person or group of people from some starting location to a desired location.

Today, many of her clientele grows in a well-manicured corporate garden and appreciate the opportunity to engage in a coaching relationship where they can acknowledge their visions, dreams, and goals – personally and professionally. As their coach, Anita provides structure and support for them so they can move their visions, dreams and goals forward to reality.

As a result of a strong conviction for giving back and helping others, Anita works two pro bono cases into her schedule per year – transitioning people through major professional and life changes. For those familiar with the belief ‘you can’t sell something you don’t own yourself,’ Anita has a life coach. “Sometimes I have two,” she comfortably admits.

In our fast-paced world, in addition to coaching others about refreshing the spirit, Anita has a strong belief in refreshing her spirit. For her, yearly international travel is a priority. To stretch her creative abilities and refresh in 2009, she has developed an international Women’s Retreat – “Filling In The Blanks” that will be held on the island of Corsica, France – October 12-14, 2009.

Anita Bess is President of Bess & Associates. Her specialty is ‘life’, reaching across corporate, family, national, international and cultural borders. For more information about her life coaching principles, email her at AnitaBess-Associates@nc.rr.com or call
919-467-6102.

Training and Education

• CPPC – Certified Personal/Professional Coach

• NLP* Graduate Program-Health/Wellness and NLP Practitioner Certification
          - NLP & Coaching Institute, San Francisco, California

• Internationally Certified Coach – International Coach Federation (ICF)

• WVUIT – Master’s Studies – Psychology/BS – Business Management-Leadership Emphasis

• Mountain State University- AS - Applied Legal Sciences and AS - Business Administration

* NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is a therapeutic technique to detect and reprogram unconscious patterns of thought and behavior in order to alter psychological responses. The basic principle of NLP is that it is in an individual's power to change their own subconscious programming for the better.