Amy E. Lichty, M.S., MCC
Personal & Professional Renewal Coach
Amy Lichty has been providing human potential strategies for business and industry, federal government, non-profit agencies and individuals since 1984. She has consulted with leaders at all levels, designed and delivered programs, facilitated teams, coached managers, counseled individuals and created development systems. Her personal and professional coaching business, Dreamweavers Institute, focuses on Integrative Life Planning and Talent Optimization.
Previously Amy was Manager of Professional Development for an aerospace company with 9,000 employees. Responsible for the talent management strategy, she integrated professional development with the performance management process and engaged managers in career coaching. She contributed to the design of the corporation’s web-based performance management system and was project manager for the business unit’s cross-functional implementation team. She also created a state-of the-art virtual professional development center.
Prior to that, Amy’s work included a start-up career management system for a federal agency’s recruitment and retention initiative, career and retraining programs for a non-profit agency, and career counseling with private clients.
Amy is an active member and served on the Board (2003 - 2006) of the Minnesota Career Development Association and is a Past President of the California Career Development Association. A conservationist, she also serves on the Board of Directors of Minnesota Waters and the Crow Wing County Planning and Zoning Commission. Amy is an avid birder and enjoys working from her lake home where she can watch a variety of birds pass through her yard.
Her qualifications include:
EDUCATION
- Post-Master’s Certificate, Career Guidance, California State University at Long Beach, 1987
- Master of Science, Developmental Therapy, University of LaVerne, 1982
- Bachelor of Arts, Human Development, Pacific Oaks College, 1977
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
- Certificate, International Gestalt Coaching Program, 2005
- Certificate, Working with Groups, 2001
- Certificate, Organization & Systems Development, 2000
- Flawless Consulting Skills 1 & 2, designed Learninginc, 2001
- TRW Senior Human Resource Program, Cornell University – School of Industrial Relations, 1998
CERTIFICATIONS
- Master Career Counselor, National Career Development Association, 2002
- Registered Professional Career Counselor, California Association for Counseling and Development, 1993
- PROFILER, Personnel Decisions International, 1999
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Qualified, Otto Kroeger Associates, 1992
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
- Career Excellence in the Workplace, TRW Professional Development Center, by California Career Development Association, 2000
- National Organizational Career Development Award, IRS Career Counseling Programs, by American Society for Training & Development, 1991
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS (partial list)
- “Career Development as a Talent Management Strategy”, Minnesota Careers Conference, 2003
- “Future Workforce Trends”, California Career Education Association, 2001
- “Promoting a Development Culture: Works in Progress”, International Career Development Conference, 1998
- “Organization Career Development Practices”, Issues & Trends Report, American Society for Training & Development, 1996
- “Developing Employees’ Critical Job Skills”, Leadership Conference, IRS – Los Angeles District, 1995
- Graduate Course – Organizational Career Development, Guest Faculty, California State University at Northridge, 1994
- "Job Analysis as a Career Planning Tool”, California Career Conference, 1994