PENNY
HANDSCOMB
Insightful Coaching for Innovative Leaders
Leadership Coaching • Team Coaching • Coach Supervision • Spot Coaching •
Advisory & Consulting for Scaling Businesses • Entrepreneurial Coach • Mentor Coach
In Africa, where I live and work much of the time, we say Sawubona, which means to really see you.
That is my mission—to partner with people and organisations, supporting the development through new perspective and insight to help unlock their fullest potential. Through coaching with a gentle relational presence, I support you in envisioning possibility and strategizing about specific changes required to overcome your resistance and achieve growth. I am a builder and creator, and very comfortable with the unknown and uncertain—I am here to navigate the path forward at your side, no matter what’s ahead.
inspire
Curiosity is an opening into the possible. Through reflective practices and insightful questioning, we’ll uncover areas of growth and expand your perspective to deepen your understanding of who and how you are.
CURIOSITY
Where could you be if you lived into your potential?
build
By compassionately challenging old patterns of thinking and implementing practices for greater resilience, you can bring more backbone AND more heart to your work, strengthening communication and self-reliance.
COURAGE
What becomes possible when courage quiets fear?
sustain
With strategies for ongoing development, an identified support system, and increased capacity for self-awareness, you can lead into the future with assurance and confidence in your potential and capabilities.
CHANGE
Did today bring you closer to who you want to be?
The future belongs to the learners, not the knowers.
~ Richard Leider
TESTIMONIALS
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ABOUT PENNY
Penny Handscomb has lived and worked in the UK, US, Canada, Israel, and Africa, and has spent a significant amount of time in a variety of emerging markets. She has helped build businesses as well as support organizations as they have scaled and managed change.
Penny spent over 5 years working for a social impact Venture Capital organization, Omidyar Network, where she was a partner of the firm and the leader of the Human Capital practice.
She advised another investment firm focused on entrepreneurs in emerging markets, was on the board for one of Africa’s fastest growing ED Tech organizations, and spent most of her career working in entrepreneurial environments across various industries from technology, ecommerce, gaming, e-fashion, telecommunications to many non-profits in the open data space to independent media, education, microfinance and think tanks.
Penny was one of the original team members who helped to build Proflowers in the US from
inception to over 600M in revenue. She was on the executive team that took the company through the IPO, and she continued in her capacity when the company was publicly traded.
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Penny graduated from both University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Canada, has her SPHR and CHRP designations in the HR field. She worked as adjunct faculty in California for four years and is a Certified Professional Coach through the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, where she also received her Master Coach Certificate, and is a PCC credentialed coach through the ICF. She received her diploma in Coach Supervision from CSA in October 2020.
Penny is a co-author of Fearless Feedback: A Guide for Coaching Leaders to See Themselves More Clearly and Galvanize Growth. In addition to her coaching practice, she also serves as a faculty member for the Hudson Institute of Coaching.
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MY APPROACH
My coaching style is one of being intellectually curious, deeply intuitive, pragmatic, analytical, direct with compassion and warmth, and results-driven. I want to support your growth, and help you live into your potential.
As your coach, I am dedicated to being your thought-partner and trusted advisor. I am here to guide you through the journey with humility, curiosity, and kindness. The nature of your goals may evolve through our work together, but my commitment to supporting your growth will be unwavering.
I will listen fully and attend to our time together with presence and grace. Through our work together, I will share my observations and questions with the aim of revealing new insight or identifying patterns to help expand your perspective. For me, the coach-client partnership is a judgement-free zone where we collaborate to empower your leadership capabilities and organisational growth.
What is possible?
I'd love to help transform your possible into your lived.
Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears. Come back to the present moment and touch life deeply.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
