Gloria (Glo) is a leader in business, where she has focused primarily on staffing and recruitment. She was the co-founder of two successful companies specializing in the placement of temporary / permanent employees and IT consulting, PermaTemp Personnel and Pti Technology Concepts. Both companies were acquired by Calian Ltd. The experience of being a business owner was valuable to Glo in that it provided her with an opportunity to learn and demonstrate key values such as integrity, respect, trust, learning, diversity, and teamwork. Glo has incorporated these core values into True Bliss Coach and Consulting where she is the Principal Consultant. As a former certified fitness instructor, personal trainer and professional services business owner she has demonstrated her desire and ability to help others to reach their goals and realize their full potential.
Glo is a positive, committed and passionate lifelong learner, lover of life, people and all things business related. Glo holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from the University of Guelph. She completed her coach training at Erickson Coaching International, is a credentialed member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), certified in the Bar-On method of Emotional Intelligence testing (individual, teams and 360°), trained in the Hogan suite of assessments (HPI, HDS, and MVPI), the Lominger 360°, and the Cultural Orientations Framework assessment. Glo has been a guest speaker to business students at Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa) on the link between emotional intelligence and success in business and life. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Performance Coaching program at Algonquin College in Ottawa and is a member of the Canadian Positive Psychology Association in Toronto.
With a deep commitment to bring out the very best in people, Glo believes that everyone has unique learning styles and strengths from which they can learn and use to develop inner wisdom. Holding integrity as her highest value and modelling high ethical standards, she creates safe learning environments. Drawing on solution focused coaching pedagogy and her effective interpersonal skills, she builds strong rapport and trust with people both online and in person. Demonstrating a supportive leadership style in business, community affairs, in the classroom, and in her personal life, is a hallmark of Glo’s character.
On the personal side, Glo, and her husband Marc, enjoy their home time. She loves to spend time with family and friends, enjoys reading on a broad range of subjects, watching movies, golfing, walking, yoga, and a daily practice of meditation. Her given name is Gloria but she prefers to go by Glo.
(c) 2012 – True Bliss Coach Gloria Higdon
