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Business Leaders for Michigan announced that Ryan Tarrant has joined the organization as chief operating officer. Prior to joining the chamber, Tarrant held a variety of positions in government and politics. Emily Rosberg of West Bloomfield, a second-year law student at Michigan State University, was recently elected to be the president of the Student Bar Association. Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan, a group of renowned and respected alternative dispute resolution neutrals, is pleased to welcome Michael Leib. He is an arbitrator and mediator, located in southeast Michigan. While he mediates and arbitrates cases primarily located in the Detroit Metropolitan area, he is able to service a much larger area through remote platforms.

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In comparison, Simmons said that Boon has experienced an average employee utilization of 30% across its customer base. After six months of working with Boon, customers have experienced 50% reductions in employee turnover and after just six coaching sessions, 85% of employees are achieving higher levels of resilience — which leads to more productive, engaged, and overall happier employees.

WHAT IS COACHING?

Robin Axelrod, Boon co-founder and chief clinical officer, explained the difference between psychotherapy and professional coaching like this: Psychotherapy, based on the medical model, assumes there is a problem, and the therapist works with the patient to fix what is broken. “Coaching assumes that every single person is whole,” Axelrod said. “And a coach is the guide for their clients to access all the resources they have to identify and reach their goals. Then the next step is learning how to remove obstacles getting in the way or work around them, so coaching is very goal- and success-oriented.”

Axlelrod, 60, was a Judaic studies major at the Univeristy of Michigan and went on to law school at Wayne State University before pursing another degree in social work. She received a Wexner Graduate Fellowship to study social work at U-M and a certificate in Jewish professional leadership.

Along the way, she said she was fortunate enough to find mentors and coaches to guide her career path. For many years she worked at the Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills as its founding director of education while she built her private coaching practice. She still volunteers there. Axelrod explained that Boon provides 30-minute coaching sessions for individuals every other week with certified coaches. At any time during the coaching process, if the coach detects the client may be suffering from anxiety, depression or other forms of mental illness, they will recommend a mental health screening and refer for additional treatment, such as arranging mental health care with a psychiatrist or a therapist. Axelrod explained that professional coaching can range from developing better executive presence skills to managing work-home balance. For example, if a client asks, Robin Axelrod ‘How can I improve my executive presence?’ we work on that. If a client is going through a rough patch at home that spills over into their work, we address that. Whatever the client’s needs — and needs are fluid — we provide personalized coaching to empower clients to become more resilient versions of themselves to overcome challenges and reach their goals. “The data are clear: consistent, goal-oriented and individualized coaching relationships are the best way to support employees’ personal and professional growth to build a happy, productive, and engaged team.”

Learn more at www.boon-health.com.