{"410241":{"#nid":"410241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet Marnie Williams: Leading Edge\u2019s First-Ever Coachee to Become a Coach","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the Spring semester of 2014, Marnie Williams became a coachee in our Leading Edge leadership coaching program.\u0026nbsp; Little did we know that she would soon come back as a coach!\u0026nbsp; When we asked her about her experience and decision to come back, this is what she had to say:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E1.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;What was the most significant thing you gained from being a Leading Edge coachee?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe most significant thing I gained from being a Leading Edge coachee was an understanding of accountability.\u0026nbsp; My coach taught me that it was not only important to be accountable in my actions, but also in the claims I made and the charges I would give myself.\u0026nbsp; I learned to develop accountability with myself, my friends, and the organizations that I was leading \u0026ndash; it was a skill that profoundly helped me develop personally, academically, and professionally.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E2.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;What made you want to be a Leading Edge coach\/what about being a coach do you look forward to?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI wanted to be a Leading Edge coach because I benefitted so much from the experience as a student \u0026ndash; I wanted to have the opportunity to \u0026ldquo;Pay it Forward\u0026rdquo; to a future group of undergraduate students.\u0026nbsp; I am most looking forward to helping a student develop an individualized toolbox to become a more effective leader in his\/her personal walk.\u0026nbsp; I am excited for the challenges I know being a coach will bring and the way I will continue to learn from coachees, other coaches, and the Leading Edge staff.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeading Edge is incredibly lucky to have Marnie as a staff coach this coming year, and we look forward to all of the great work she will do with the undergraduate students at Tech!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFor more information regarding the Leading Edge program visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/leadership.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eleadership.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EI benefitted so much from my experience as a student - I wanted to have the opportunity to \u0026quot;Pay it Forward\u0026quot; to a future group of students\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Marnie Williams talks about her experience as a Leading Edge coachee and why she decided to become a coach."}],"uid":"28136","created_gmt":"2015-06-03 23:00:40","changed_gmt":"2016-11-22 20:04:11","author":"Mindy Kao","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"410281":{"id":"410281","type":"image","title":"Marnie Williams","body":null,"created":"1449254195","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:35","changed":"1475895137","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:17","alt":"Marnie Williams","file":{"fid":"202252","name":"marnie_williams_final.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marnie_williams_final_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marnie_williams_final_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20777,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/marnie_williams_final_0.jpg?itok=ZWbk5dJm"}}},"media_ids":["410281"],"groups":[{"id":"269161","name":"Leadership Education and Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"77881","name":"Leadership Development"},{"id":"77871","name":"Leading Edge"},{"id":"127931","name":"Marnie Williams"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMindy Kao\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mkao6@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emkao6@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}