Amy Kay Watson is a leadership development coach and trainer based in Columbus, Ohio. She has over 25 years of experience coaching individuals and facilitating trainings to help organizations improve their culture, leadership, and performance. She has worked with a variety of clients across industries, customizing her approach to meet their unique needs.

1. Amy Kay Watson
amykaywatson@gmail.com
Columbus, OH 43224
614­519­0737
(cell)
amykaywatson.wordpress.com
SUMMARY – Leadership development coach, facilitator, and trainer recognized for
adapting to individual and team needs, customizing interactive and innovative training,
delivering first­class
facilitation, and providing sustainability resources.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
PRIVATE COACHING AND CONSULTING 2010­PRESENT
❖ Coaching for individual performance, with various clients ranging from ministry
candidate to executive level.
❖ Central East Regional Group of the Unitarian Universalist Association,
Leadership development and training consultant, 2011­present.
Assessment,
Design, and Implementation of training for leading and managing, systems
thinking, mission focus, managing conflict, adaptive leadership, planning effective
meetings, and emotional intelligence.
❖ Other local consulting includes facilitation for the Feeding America Appreciative
Inquiry Summit, Grove City Ohio, 2011. and Ohio Health Care Coverage and
Quality Council, work group discussions on health care payment reform and
advancing primary care in Ohio. Columbus Ohio, 2010.
THE HERTZ CORPORATION March 2011 ­December
2014
Culture Change Facilitator, Global Learning and Development
Leveraged expertise in Senn Delaney learning methods to support Hertz’ culture
goals.
❖ Facilitated 1­and
2­day
Senn Delaney workshops and reinforcement/reconnect
sessions across the United States.
❖ Assessed with client groups via interviews, Denison culture survey, and employee
pulse survey. Provided feedback and coaching to managers and senior leaders for
improving their organization’s culture.
❖ Designed, Developed, and Implemented
➢ training in culture and change management.
➢ technology for collaborative workspaces
➢ communications for sustainment mechanisms
❖ Coached employees and managers in the effective application of conceptual
material. Offered feedback and coaching to colleagues.
❖ Researched and Implemented solutions for sharing of best practices,
presentations, activities, and other content among global culture­change
champions.
❖ Presented feedback directly and indirectly to corporate senior leadership regarding
culture to ensure they had information with which to make decisions.

2. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), COLUMBUS, OHIO, 2002­2011
Facilitator/Trainer, Office of Human Resources
2010­2011
Hired to strengthen and provide continuity to the culture transformation
initiative.
❖ Assess using tools such as the Gallup StrengthsFinder, the DISC assessment,
and the Strengths Foundation’s Strengths Profile to focus interventions.
❖ Design and Develop activities to move groups from research to action, to motivate
change, to set group and individual goals, and define strategic vision.
Manager, Office of the President 2002­2010
Leveraged writing and management skills to ensure excellence and productivity.
❖ Change management ­Managed
an overhaul of office systems
❖ Supervision ­Managed
writers with expertise in business communications and
executive­level
correspondence, along with a staff of student assistants.
❖ New Hire Onboarding – Assessed, planned, and developed training program.
❖ Promoted two times, from Editorial Assistant to Editorial Coordinator and finally
Manager, in five years. Supported the president’s Executive Assistant.
❖ Selected as one of 20 volunteer culture transformation facilitators for the
University.
BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
Assistant Manager 1997­2000
Hired to restore order and create atmosphere of teamwork and mutual support
in the café
❖ Took an underperforming cafe and turned it around by focusing on changes in
hiring, employee development, and restructuring.
❖ Improved customer service and spread understanding of company policies and
culture. Developed staff for advancement.
EDUCATION
Comprehensive Evidence­Based
Coaching Certification Anticipated completion 2015
Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California. Leadership and personal coaching.
Master of Divinity 1997
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, with foundations in public speaking,
critical thinking, healthy care­giving,
and ethics.
Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication 1989
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with foundations in Listening, Group
Communication, Conflict Management, Public Speaking, Communication Theories, and
Organizational Behavior.

3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
❖ Denison Culture Consulting Certification (16 hours)
❖ Project Management Training (19.5 hours to date)
❖ Catalyzing Organizational Change (14 hours) with Art Kleiner, Authentic Leadership in
Action Summer Institute, Columbus 2011.
❖ The Art of Hosting Meaningful Conversations (72 hours) with Tuesday Ryan Hart,
Mid­Ohio
Food Bank, 2009; The Ohio State University 2010; Deer Creek Lodge 2011.
❖ Gallup Strengths Mentor (8 hours) with Tom Matson of the Gallup Corporation, The Ohio
State University 2011
❖ Gallup Strengths Educator (12 hours) with Tom Matson of the Gallup Corporation, The Ohio
State University 2010
❖ Action Inquiry (15 hours) with William Torbert, Authentic Leadership in Action Summer
Institute, Halifax 2010
❖ Certified Facilitator Training (168 hours), Senn Delaney Leadership Group, 2009