Member since March 2023
Anne Collier is a lawyer, has her master of public policy and is a Professional Certified Coach. She is the CEO of Arudia, a firm dedicated to improving leadership, culture, collaboration and communication. She is an expert leadership coach steadfast in her commitment to excellence and her clients’ goals. She coaches and delivers programming designed to support individuals, teams and organizations in amplifying their accomplishments. With confidence, intentionality and resilience, individuals and organizations alike manifest the extraordinary as they actualize greater financial stability and better outcomes.
My fun bio: While saying that I am “proud three-time Michigan grad” and that I bleed maize and blue says it all, I probably do need to give you a little more background. Since getting my BA, Master in Public Policy, and Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan, I have dedicated the last 20 years to improving culture, leadership, management, and collaboration. I work in a number of fields, investing a vast majority of my time in supporting people and organizations through individual coaching, and leadership, team, and culture programming.
Figuring out how to improve performance, wellbeing and culture for a client puts a very satisfied smile on my face. I love partnering with clients about to solve their problems with creativity and practicality (read limited time and financial resources).
On a personal level, my three cats and their antics make me laugh on daily basis.
In the context of the Actualized Leader Framework (go to alpfree.com/arudia for a short, free leadership assessment), I share a personal experience that exemplifies that people have a choice in their thinking. Whether you are a leader (and especially if you are a leader) or a team member, how you react to stress and fear determines culture. The story is that I was excluded from a family reunion by my parents and sister. I realized I was in my "shadow," which means taking things personally - I was hurt. I looked objectively at my fear-driven thinking, and shifted my thinking to a more objective view of what happened. That view was that my parents love me and are conflict avoidant. The point is that people can choose their thinking and thus their experience of an event. The lesson is that objectivity, while difficult, is what makes a person a great leader, manager and team member. Mitigating and reducing the incidence of shadows is what makes for a healthy culture and wellbeing, while improving performance.
After practicing law for 11 long years, I jumped off a cliff to into a career change. I worked with a coach, who suggested I consider becoming a coach. I became Myers-Briggs Type Indicator certified in an effort to determine what was wrong with me that I didn't enjoy being a tax lawyer. As silly as that sounds in retrospect, it was a real question at the time. I found I had a knack for helping people to be more effective and less stressed based on the Myers-Briggs Type. I then became a Professional Certified Coach and studied to become certified in other tools such as the Actualized Leader Profile, Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (measures problem-solving style), and created the Arudia Leadership & Management Academy.
In the context of the Actualized Leader Framework (go to alpfree.com/arudia for a short, free leadership assessment), I share a personal experience that exemplifies that people have a choice in their thinking. Whether you are a leader (and especially if you are a leader) or a team member, how you react to stress and fear determines culture. The story is that I was excluded from a family reunion by my parents and sister. I realized I was in my "shadow," which means taking things personally - I was hurt. I looked objectively at my fear-driven thinking, and shifted my thinking to a more objective view of what happened. That view was that my parents love me and are conflict avoidant. The point is that people can choose their thinking and thus their experience of an event. The lesson is that objectivity, while difficult, is what makes a person a great leader, manager and team member. Mitigating and reducing the incidence of shadows is what makes for a healthy culture and wellbeing, while improving performance.
After practicing law for 11 long years, I jumped off a cliff to into a career change. I worked with a coach, who suggested I consider becoming a coach. I became Myers-Briggs Type Indicator certified in an effort to determine what was wrong with me that I didn't enjoy being a tax lawyer. As silly as that sounds in retrospect, it was a real question at the time. I found I had a knack for helping people to be more effective and less stressed based on the Myers-Briggs Type. I then became a Professional Certified Coach and studied to become certified in other tools such as the Actualized Leader Profile, Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (measures problem-solving style), and created the Arudia Leadership & Management Academy.