The Adler School of Professional Studies

Certificate in Leadership Coaching Core Faculty

Melinda Sinclair, D. Phil., PCC.

Her affiliations and Education include:

Doctorate in Linguistics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Twenty years’ teaching in academic environment
Undergraduate degree in Psychology; currently pursuing masters certification in business coaching
Full member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC), and accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF)
Graduate of numerous coach training, leadership development and personal development programs, most recently Authentic Happiness Coaching with Martin Seligman
Former Director and currently Program Advisor for the Adler School of Professional Coaching in Toronto
Consultant and facilitator for Adler Corporate Services, the training and consulting division of Adler School of Professional Coaching.
Leadership coach for 4-D Systems

Like her individual coaching clients, Dr. Sinclair’s organizational clients appreciate the knowledge and experience she brings to her work, as well as her ability to create innovative and powerful learning experiences for participants. Recent projects include: designing an award-winning in-house coaching training program and certification process for a division of a major bank; developing a comprehensive coaching model and process for a consulting company; developing a "leadership through people" initiative for a major brokerage firm; introducing a coaching culture into a major European communications technology company.

Dr. Sinclair operates her business under the name PeopleDynamics Coaching & Consulting. In 1997, she was invited to gather experienced coaches from existing coach training organizations and to design the curriculum for Adler School of Professional Coaching. The resulting Professional Coaching Certificate Program was the first in Canada to be accredited by the International Coach Federation in 2002. As a representative of Adler School of Graduate Studies, she is a member of the Curriculum Committee for the Graduate School Alliance for Executive Coaching. The Committee is devising accreditation standards for graduate education in leadership, executive, and organizational coaching.