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A native of Canada, Brenda Corbett is defining leadership development here in the United States. Along with Judith Colemon, she wrote “The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching”, a book that’s provides clear methodology and standards for a rapidly growing industry. Marshall Goldsmith, the world’s top executive coach, says: “Brenda Corbett and Judith Colemon are the next generation of world leaders in coaching.”

Her firm, Sherpa Coaching, based in Cincinnati, partners with major universities to train and certify executive coaches. "The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching" is used as a text by executive education programs at Penn State, the University of Georgia And Texas Christian University, and has been used as a text at seven universities overall. Her Sherpa process is the only one endorsed by multiple universities.

Corbett has trained and certified executive coaches for 3M, Federal Express, Liz Claiborne, Toyota and US Bank, among others.

Corbett also has a flourishing practice delivering innovative “team coaching”. The Sherpa coaching process, applied to group dynamics, revitalizes leadership teams. In 2005, a healthcare client documented $1.1 million in direct cost savings following a 6-month team coaching engagement. Clients include Arrow Electronics and L’Oreal, and client awards include “Best Place to Work and “Small Business of the Year”. 

Coming out of health care administration, Ms. Corbett took on employee retention in the early days of welfare to work. She developed innovative programs, including the ‘Missing Link’: soft skills training for front line supervisors, and 'Fresh Air', promoting front line work ethic. From innovative training on the front lines, she’s worked her way up through the ranks, to management teams and top-line executives. 

Her degree from Waterloo, Canada's finest University, has been a springboard to a brilliant consulting and writing career.
 

Instructor (partial list):
Training and certifying executive coaches: 

• Pennsylvania State University, 2006 - 2008
• University of Georgia,  2007 - 2008 
• Texas Christian University, 2007-2008
• University of Cincinnati,  2006
• Kent State University,  2006
• University of Louisville,  2006
• Xavier University, 2005

• The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching, Thomson, 2005
• Volunteer With Me,  Briggs Corporation, 1999.
• More Than A Game, Venture Publishing, State College, PA 1998.
• Newsletter articles: HR.com, Teamwork, Managing Workplace Conflict, First Line Supervisor, Customer Service. 

 

• Vice President, co-founder, Sherpa Coaching LLC, a minority and women-owned business, 2005. 
• Vice President, Sasha Corporation, consultancy based in Cincinnati Ohio, 1997 – present.
• Management roles in long term care in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, through 1997.

• Born, Montreal, Canada. Attended high school in French, still fluent.
• Bachelor's Degree, Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Judith Colemon is an author and educator who specializes in the training and certification of executive coaches. Along with co-author Brenda Corbett, Colemon penned "The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching”, the world’s most widely used textbook for coach training. Marshall Goldsmith, the world’s leading executive coach, comments: “Corbett and Colemon are doing significant work that defines the coaching industry.”

Ms. Colemon’s work in executive coaching is based on her own experience as CEO  for both a startup and an established institution.  As CEO of the Transportation Resource and Information Project, she pioneered public and private cooperation in the “welfare to work” movement, and built an agency with a $7 million budget in short order.  As CEO of the Better Housing League, she took the reins of an organization whose roots go back to World War I, and led the agency through some difficult transitions.

With her passion for leadership and ten years’ experience in the top slot, she began coaching executives, one-on-one, in 2001.  She’s still a practicing executive coach, and has become a leading authority in the emerging industry of executive coaching. Colemon has trained and certified coaches for Unilever Thailand, Toyota, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Hershey and the National Cancer Institute. 

Colemon continues certifying executive coaches, through alliances with Penn State, the University of Georgia and Texas Christian University. Her book, “The Sherpa Guide", is used as a text by the executive education programs at all three locations. 

Her firm, Sherpa Coaching, is a minority business enterprise, women-owned, based in Cincinnati. Sherpa Coaching is the credentialing body that certifies executive coaches after their executive education experience. Sherpa Coaching is the only process endorsed by multiple universities. 
 

Instructor (partial list) 
Training and certifying executive coaches: 

• Pennsylvania State University, 2006 – 2008.
• Texas Christian, 2007 - 2008
• University of Georgia, 2007-2008
• University of Cincinnati,  2006
• Kent State University,  2006
• University of Louisville,  2006
• Xavier University, 2005
• National faculty, NeighborWorks America.

• The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching, Thomson, 2005.

• President, co-founder, Sherpa Coaching LLC, 2005 
• Senior Executive Coach, 2001-2007, Sasha Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Executive Director / CEO, 2002-2005, Better Housing League, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
• Executive Director / CEO, 1996-2002, TRIP, Cincinnati, Ohio.

• Native and resident  of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Bachelor's Degree, Criminal Justice University of Dayton, Ohio.

Rubi Ho is Vice President of Sherpa Coaching in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Born in Vietnam, he and his family escaped from Saigon in 1975, the day before it fell. They settled in Denver, Colorado upon coming to the US. Rubi Ho holds both a Master of Arts in Curriculum Development from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science in Management from Mt. Nazarene University. 

Mr. Ho is an expert in the design and development of corporate training. In a nine-year tenure with Procter & Gamble, he served as North American Corporate Trainer, Manager for Global Product Initiatives, and a Steering team member for inclusion and leadership development of Asian minorities.

Before joining the staff at Sherpa Coaching in 2007, Rubi became a Certified Sherpa Coach through Penn State. At Sherpa Coaching, Rubi Ho works as an executive coach and trainer. Additionally, he develops and manages content for executive coach certifications at Penn State, Texas Christian and the University of Georgia, US Bank and Toyota.

Rubi Ho is fluent in Spanish, and has a working command of the Vietnamese language. 

Curriculum Development 
Training and certifying executive coaches: 

• Pennsylvania State University, 2006 – 2008.
• Texas Christian, 2007 - 2008
• University of Georgia, 2007-2008
• US Bank internal coach training
• Toyota coach training and certification

• Vice President, Sherpa Coaching LLC, 2007- 
• Trainer, Manager, Diversity Consultant, P & G, 1998-2007

• Rubi and his wife, a native of Venezuela, live in the Mount Adams district overlooking downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.

Karl Corbett is Managing Partner of Sherpa Coaching in Cincinnati.

He handles strategy, marketing and client relations for the Sherpa Executive Coaching Certifications at Penn State, Texas Christian University and the University of Georgia. He was contributing editor of the book “The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching”, published by Thomson in 2005.

Karl Corbett leads the annual Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey, the largest and longest-running survey on executive coaching. 

He has also been President of Sasha Corporation since he founded the firm in 1984, developing the Employment Dynamics process for HR systems design, and “Showtime” customer service training, gaining press all the way to Newsweek Japan.  He’s consulted and taught across the US and in South Africa, at the highest levels of industry and government. 

Mr. Corbett holds a degree in Management Information Sciences from the University of Kentucky, earned in 1974.
 

Significant research:

• Conducts the annual Sherpa Executive Coaching Survey, the longest running study in the industry, started in 2005. 

•  CEO, Founder, Sasha Corpoartion, 1974
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•  Karl and his wife Brenda have three college-age children.