Coaching Center of Vermont Announces New Partner - Growth Driving Expansion

Winooski, VT, February 29, 2008 — The Coaching Center of Vermont, a collaborative of life and business coaches located in the Champlain Mill, Winooski, is pleased to welcome Lea Belair, PCC as a new partner. Belair brings over thirteen years experience and entrepreneurial expertise, including having owned and managed several successful businesses. She brings international credentials and know-how as an instructor in coaching skills, change management, and business development. Her book Walk on Water: How to Make Change Easier is the basis of an advanced coaching program approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and makes Belair a popular speaker on thriving in change.

In her new position, Belair will focus on a holistic approach to growing the Coaching Center and its two new divisions: Vital Business and The Worldwide Coaching Center. Liz Dallas, President and founding partner, started the business in 2002 as a collective of six coaches, now grown to ten fulltime members and six affiliate members. In addition to providing professional coaching services to the Vermont community, the Coaching Center owes its success to supporting its coach members in starting and building their own independent businesses.

"With her proven leadership and success Lea will propel us forward in our company growth and strategic objectives," stated Dallas, President of the Coaching Center. "We're developing satellite groups in Southern Vermont and the Upper Valley and setting the groundwork for our coaching collaborative to go virtual and expand to a world wide stage this spring."

About the Coaching Center of Vermont
Based in the heart of Winooski's downtown renovation, the Coaching Center of Vermont is a collaborative of diverse business and life coaches offering coaching services in the areas of career development, life balance, executive leadership, business start-ups and growth, retirement, health and wellness, parenting and relationships, and team development. Its Vital Business Division focuses on leadership development and creating coaching cultures within organizations. The Coaching Center provides coach training to managers and professionals through the University of Vermont, Vermont Business Center's Coaching Certificate Program.