ABOUT STAND & DELIVER | and VALERIE GALVIN

Stand & Deliver arises from Valerie’s two international careers – one as a partner in Executive Performance Training, based in Amsterdam, and the other as a professional classical singer.

Executive Coaching
As a partner with Executive Performance Training from 1989 – 99, Valerie worked with senior executives in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany and Canada with such companies as DSM, Douwe Egberts/SaraLee, Akzo Nobel, Novotel, Petro Canada, Shell, and the Calgary Board of Education.  Most recently, with her company Stand & Deliver, Valerie has coached groups and individuals from North American companies including Starbucks, lululemon and the British Columbia Safety Authority, as well as a wide cross section of entrepreneurs and independent business owners. Stand & Deliver is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Professional Performing
Valerie has performed with the Canadian Opera Company, the Calgary Opera, the Vancouver Opera, The Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Calgary Theatre Projects, the Belfry Theatre, the Vancouver Playhouse, as well as CBC Radio and Television. For 10 years she appeared as a member of the acclaimed trio, 3 Divas and has performed concert, chamber music and cabaret in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Lately, Valerie’s musical interests have led  to cabaret. She is a 2009 alumnus of the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. Valerie continues to perform.

Professional Development
Through years of coaching business professionals and performers, Valerie quickly identifies your unique qualities, as well the issues that hamper your ability to express them. She is able to discern the most accessible and efficient approach to resolving your individual roadblocks, so you can powerfully move to a new level of effectiveness. Valerie considers breath awareness to be an essential element in communication, public speaking and leadership success. She is an authorized teacher of the Middendorf Breath Experience, one of today’s leading breath practices. Valerie is also a certified teacher of the Light Work Method, a meditation practice which focuses on self-awareness, ease and personal responsibility.

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