Larissa Thurlow has been a Learning and Development professional for over 25 years. Recognizing that teams are a crucial part of working and organizational life and they can also be a source of challenges, frustrations and opportunities, she attended AoEC Systemic Team Coaching Training in the UK in 2013 and began to use the High Performance Team Coaching Model (Carr and Peters, 2013). Since that time, she has also completed Systemic Team Coaching Training with Peter Hawkins and the Organizational Systems and Relationship Systems (ORSC) training from CRR Global.

Larissa has extensive education (Masters in Distance Education) and experience (ICF PCC, EMCC Senior Practitioner; faculty member of Mount Royal University Integrative Health Coaching program, member of CRR Global faculty) in coach training, coach mentoring and coach supervision (ESIA pending). Larissa is an active member of the Global Supervisor’s Network (GSN) and the Americas Coaching Supervision Network (ACSN). She co-leads the newly formed ACSN Team Coaching Supervision Community of Practice. Her experience extends across cultures and continents from the Americas, Europe and Asia to Australia, Africa and the Middle East and from non-profits to Silicon Valley start-ups. In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and reconciliation, she honours and acknowledgse that she lives, works and plays on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.