Sheryl (Coach Shera) Sever

Sheryl Sever (aka Coach Shera), president of Cross Currents Communications, began her entrepreneurial career in sales at the ripe age of 13. As a result of her sales success, she financed her travel throughout Europe with a youth symphonic orchestra at age 14. At age 16, she was the regional manager of a hip-clothing store in the Midwest.

Today, she is an accomplished management consultant , a fun, dynamic facilitator and business coach with nearly 20 years experience and expertise in talent and career management, leadership coaching and training, marketing communications and business development. She is recognized for her enthusiasm, creativity, compelling facilitation, and collaborative approach to developing innovative strategies and entrepreneurial solutions that inspire the human spirit to take action. She creates, promotes, designs, and delivers an impressive array of Leadership, Communications, Professional and Personal Development seminars and consultations across a wide variety of industries.

Her clients include: McGraw-Hill Publishers, ROSS Stores Corporate Headquarters, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Investment Groups, Berlex, Boston Scientific Research, C.E.O. Women, the Califo ia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and (CARAT)- the Califo ia Research and Training, University of Califo ia, Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Media Alliance, Jewish Vocational Services in San Francisco, and many other international business and community leaders and happy entrepreneurs who are living and thriving outside of the box.

Sheryl refers to herself as a self-made woman (wtih a little help from the universe). She is passionate about collaboration and helping others manifest BIG VISIONS. For many years, she has been studying and synthesizing a varietyof approaches to facilitate organizational development, leadership, and personal growth. Her career transition program won a national award for Most Innovative Curriculum from the US Department of Vocational Education. Additionally, she had led communication courses to professionals from over 40 countries and has successfully coached hundreds of individuals and leaders through change and transition.

She has completed graduate studies in adult learning, instructional design and e-learning at theUniversity of Califo ia in Berkeley, and has been training with Marshall Rosenberg’s revolutionary system of Compassionate Communication since early 2007

With a well-established and diverse network of visionaries, leaders, and educators, Sheryl founded Cross Currents Communications in 1996, a consultancy service specializing in talent management, career planning, and business development for small to mid-size businesses, start-ups, and non-profit organizations.

The mission of Cross Currents Communications is to introduce and facilitate new paradigms and systems that enable businesses and organizations to deliver a sustainable positive impact on their communities while developing and promoting the full potential of their teams and associates.