About the Authors

Karen Kimsey-House, MFA, CPCC, MCC, Co-founder, CEO & Director, CTI, www.thecoaches.com

One of the earliest recognized luminaries in the coaching profession, Kimsey-House founded CTI in 1992 with Laura Whitworth and Henry Kimsey-House. They created the Co-Active philosophy of relationship that informs CTI’s world-renowned coaching and leadership programs. She also is a blogger for The Huffington Post and the coauthor of Co-Active Coaching, the best-selling industry bible, now in its third edition. A successful entrepreneur, Kimsey-House received her MFA in Communications and Theater from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Committed to pioneering Co-Active tools and principles in challenged environments and troubled populations, Kimsey-House continues to lead CTI workshops and is a dynamic keynote speaker around the world. On a mission of global, transformative change, she lives with her husband, Henry Kimsey-House, by the Pacific Ocean.

Ann Betz, CPCC, Co-founder, BEabove Leadership, CTI Faculty and Neuroscience Consultant, www.beaboveleadership.com

Ann Betz, CPCC is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership, and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching, and human transformation. An ongoing student of the brain, Ann’s studies include graduate work at the NeuroLeadership Institute and with Dan Siegel. She is on the faculty of the Coaches Training Institute and also serves as their neuroscience consultant. Ann is a popular author on coaching and the brain as a contributor to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, and other coaching and HR publications as well as her own blog at

www.yourcoachingbrain.wordpress.com.

Through BEabove Leadership, Ann developed and co-leads the popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching, currently available in the US, Canada and the UK. Ann delights audiences all over the world with her ability to make the complexities of the brain and consciousness accessible, relevant, and fun. She shares her home in Celebration, Florida with two very enlightened cats.