Kyriakos, Maria: - Maria Kyriakos is an Executive Leadership and Career Coach and CEO of Leader Assist Executive Coaching. She has a successful track record of developing and coaching leadership potential and effective career management practices in dynamic, high-change Fortune 100 companies domestically and globally. During her 25+ year HR career, she held Executive and Senior Human Resources leadership positions in global technology and health services companies, prior to launching her Executive Coaching practice in 2013.Working with Maria, leaders learn to use their individuality as a leadership differentiator and career accelerator. She uses her proprietary Three-Pillar Approach to help leaders Career Intentionally(TM), while customizing the coaching program to the needs of each client.Maria's style of coaching is direct, intentional, and collaborative, creating a transformative experience for clients. She is successful with mid-career executives and senior-level leaders due to her hands-on experience as a corporate leader, and her results developing and coaching leadership potential. She also works with highly motivated early-career professionals who are proactive about their professional growth and development.In addition to running her private client coaching practice, Maria is an approved external Executive Coach for Amazon, Kaiser Permanente Washington Permanente Medical Group (WPMG), the University of Washington, Wharton Executive MBA, and the Ken Blanchard Companies.Maria earned her Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coaching Federation. She is certified by The Academies in neuroscience-based coaching as an executive and leadership development, career management, and strengths coach and by Blanchard as a Blanchard Leadership Coach. Maria is certified to administer and debrief a variety of personality assessments.