Vally M. Sharpe, M.A., is a trained psychotherapist and psychological testing expert who left private clinical practice in 1992 to enter the corporate world as a leadership consultant. Certified in the Kolbe Concept, for the next 18 years she consulted and provided guidance in hiring and executive team building for companies ranging from micro-enterprises to Fortune 500 corporations, including Hershey Foods, Quaker Oats and Intel, providing guidance in hiring and executive team building.
In the early years of Kolbe Corp., Sharpe worked with founder Kathy Kolbe, conducting statistical research and writing interpretive content for career and team-building reports. She and a business partner ran Kolbe Corp.'s operations and scoring center from 1996 to 2000, when Kolbe Corp moved its index-scoring software online.
Sharpe continued to provide private Kolbe consulting services until 2004, when she co-founded United Writers Press, a publishing services firm providing back-office services for self-publishers and other book publishing firms. Since then, she has worked on more than 750 book projects, ranging from short-run family memoirs to commercial best sellers, such as the first volume of HarperCollins' internationally bestselling "Pete the Cat" children's series.
Sharpe was recertified as a Kolbe external consultant in 2022. In addition to publishing services, she provides Kolbe-based assessments and team-building services to individuals, small businesses and nonprofits. She is currently working with the 2022-2023 Leadership Asheville class, where she is facilitating the use of the Kolbe framework to enhance self-development, improve collaboration and enhance project outcomes.
First Name | Last Name | Company | Guest of |
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Emily | Cameron | Focus Coaching | |
Ashley | Fuller | Consciously Collab LLC | |
Katie | Grimm | Katie Grimm Coaching | |
Tim | Hutchison | Simplify With Tim | |
Beverly | Jurenko | Inside Edge Consulting LLC | |
Rebekah | Lowe | FizzyWork Executive Coaching | |
Jeremy | May | Truist Leadership Institute | |
Vally | Sharpe | Vally M Sharpe, MA | |
Toni | Taylor | Coaching Pathway, LLC | |
Esther | Wang | Beacon Career |