A Message from Executive Coach and Founder Janice Drescher

I have worked with business owners for more than 20 years. I’m always inspired to see the potential for success within reach of my clients when they put their attention on their vision for their life and business. Each of my client relationships begins here, with an exploration of their life purpose. I love to bring the opportunity to clarify their deepest wishes for life, as it creates a solid foundation for building a strong business.

I am passionate about business executive coaching because it is a vehicle to help my business owner clients find their own clarity and passion which opens the door to their dreams. My approach is a collaborative one. All services are focused on putting the missing pieces in place that establish the foundation for business success. This includes a shift in perspective that invites clarity and focus on what matters most.

The result of this kind of focus is a business fueled by passion that unfolds in sync with the business vision; a model of leadership based on “allowing vs. controlling”.  I call it Intentional Leadership and it’s all about well being, ease and the opportunity to be in alignment with that passion. Throughout my career, I’ve done a lot of leadership development with business owners. I’ve explored many ways to convey leadership concepts.  What I know about leadership is that it’s an inside job. True leaders have a passion and authenticity about them that is magnetic and so we are typically drawn to a leader.

Well being of the whole can only happen if the well being of the leader is intact. If the leader takes his eyes off his/her own well being, then the “whole” (i.e. the company) will move out of alignment as well. So it is in the best interest of the leader to make sure that his/her well being is in place every step of the way to the fulfillment of the company vision.

I’d love to hear from you. I welcome you to call me to speak about your dreams and how to begin to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be in your business and your life.

Janice Drescher

Janice Drescher (center) delivering a Leadership Off-Site with group in Washington D.C.

About Janice Drescher

Founder, Intentional Leaders

Janice Drescher has over 20 years experience as a consultant, executive coach and trainer, helping business owners and leaders acquire and implement the tools and skills needed to fulfill their business vision. She has worked with hundreds of clients, to build strong foundations in the areas of marketing, management, operations, finance, and people development. Janice combines creativity, passion and expertise to inspire her clients to reconnect with what’s important to them in their business and their life.

In 1999, Janice founded Custom Training Development, today known as Intentional Leaders. She has pioneered the development and delivery of leadership programs that engage business owners in discovering their life purpose and the impact it can have on them personally and professionally.

Janice acquired Business Development Resources (BDR) in 2006 which has since merged with Intentional Leaders, offering a wide range of services delivered by telephone, online and in person nationally and internationally. Janice has the ability to lead people to their potential and encourage them to express it. She shows her clients how to build a business that works and how to get things done effectively through other people. She helps her clients become true leaders who build companies that serve their lives and the lives of their employees.

Over the last seven years, Janice has partnered Christine Cole, Equine Expansion Coach and owner of Full House Farm in Sebastopol, CA. Together, they have created high impact Leadership Events with horses for CEOs, work teams and individuals. This experience with horses is a fresh and powerful approach to self alignment that promotes well being in business and life.

Prior to founding Intentional Leaders, Janice spent 13 years coaching business owners at The E-Myth Academy and played a key role in the development and rollout of the program that licensed certified E-Myth consultants around the world as VP Consulting and Training. Janice has an advanced degree in curriculum development from Stanford University (Ed. S.), a Master of Arts in Teaching from Wesleyan University in Spanish and Education, and a BA in Spanish from Simmons College.

She lives in Sonoma County and loves spending time with animals; a life-long passion. She volunteers at the Humane Society of Sonoma County as a Cat Cuddler, keeping cats company while they are waiting to be adopted and helping people to adopt their new family member. She spends much of her free time playing with horses at liberty, learning their language of non-verbal communication, experiencing the joy and adventure of being with horses in this amazing dance.

Janice Drescher

“Janice has an unparalleled
ability to keep a group focused
and on track to achieve
the desired result.”

About Christine Cole

Equine Expansion Coach and Facilitator of Resonance Leadership Events with Horses

For over 50 years Christine Cole has lived with horses. As an Equine Expansion Coach she demonstrates through interaction with horses, how to get more out of every moment of life. Christine has more memories of time spent as a child amongst the legs of horses than humans. She knew from any early age that all life was connected and attributes much of this to her experience among horses who were willing to share their space with her and consistently demonstrate the simple pleasures of living. Horses have been at the foundation of every Life Lesson she had.

When she first began coaching in 1972, Christine wanted to find a way to explain to her students that there was a current that ran beneath all the hoopla, a current that was fundamental to every relationship, human to human or human to non-human. Thus began her journey into the skill of discovering core intention. Her coaching is about individual empowerment to create a living experience that is joyous.

As her coaching evolved, it embraced the knowing that understanding non-verbal communication at the emotional or energetic level with horses makes us more aware of opportunities in our own lives, giving us access to true inspiration and Spacious Intimacy within our lives.

Christine Cole

About Sally Churgel

Business Retreat Experiential Facilitator

Sally Churgel has been an experiential trainer for 20 years. Her background includes management of private business and not for profits, training, education, counseling and writing. She owned and operated her own company, Four Winds, Inc., from 1988 until 1998 providing team building, leadership and personal development programs for over 40,000 people utilizing portable experiential activities and ropes courses. Sally has worked with multinationals, utility companies, and high tech firms, as well as, small businesses.

She earned a Bachelor’s degree from University of California at Davis, a training certificate from Sonoma State University, and is a certified Integrated Awareness® teacher. Sally has a passion for the transformative. With her work as an Integrated Awareness® teacher, she uses processes that facilitate re-discovery of forgotten movements, or discovery of movements never attempted. She sees people privately in the bay area and teaches classes nationally. Sally’s clients have expressed appreciation for her keen facilitation, creativity, and use of storytelling and humor in her programs.

Sally convened and hosted over 1300 attendees at the 1998 international conference for the Association of Experiential Education. She has served on the boards of Ocean Song Farm and Wilderness Center, North Bay Chapter of American Society of Training and Development, and Connections, a Forum for Women in Business.

Sally Churgel