
Taryn Ash MBA, ACC
------------------------- Global Talent Development
"Helping individuals and organizations grow."
CERTIFIED EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COACH
Through tried and tested coaching practices, I help individuals be more effective and satisfied in their personal and professional lives. I am a professional development specialist who has worked on-one-one and in small groups with clients in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa on executive leadership, transition and expat-related issues. We accomplish this either face-to-face or remotely.​
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MASTER TRAINER & FACILITATOR
I help organizations and government bodies adapt their people's behaviours to be more productive and efficient in their work. I am a soft-skills and sales training professional and facilitator, with close to 25 years of experience developing the skills, knowledge and attitudes of professionals from the front-line to C-level positions. My programs include leadership, management, intercultural and interpersonal communication, self-management and sales topics. These courses and meeting facilitations are tailored to specific organizational goals - a process that includes comprehensive needs analyses, program development, implementation, and post-intervention evaluation.
In addition, I can help manage and develop your team of training consultants, as well as conduct train-the-trainer programs for your corporate clients.
Let's discuss your orgnization's training or faciltiation needs.
PUBLIC SPEAKER & SPEAKER COACH
I am a seasoned public speaker who has given papers on a wide variety of organizational behaviour topics, for audiences in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, and North American. My topics have included advances in modern leadership and management, intercultural communication, self-management, and approaches to workforce transformation at a national level.
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Beyond presenting my own talks, I have spent the last two decades helping other professionals develop and deliver high-quality and impactful presentations. Recently, I was part of the leadership team of TEDxBeaconStreet (Boston), one of the biggest and most recognized off-shoots of TED.com. During that time, I coached industry experts, a former government cabinet official, a NYTimes best-selling author, a nationally-recognized educator, an influential magazine publisher, a world-changing inventor, a world-renowned musician, and a range of Harvard and MIT alumni.
Contact me if you're looking for an event speaker or need speaker coaching.
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
My award-winning corporate learning programs are designed to catalyze positive workforce behaviour change and business transformation. Services include:
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Conducting needs analyses
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Designing learning strategies, programs and courses that match organizational needs - face-to-face, e-learning and blended learning.
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Implementing, including coordinating training teams (locally, regionally or globally)
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Training and facilitating
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Evaluating the interventions' impact
Let's discuss your team's (or customers') learning needs, and how I can help.

She is exceptional in her coaching . . . and asks the difficult, but necessary, questions.
Monica S.

My Clients

My entire career has focused on professional development and adult learning, initially as a lecturer of interpersonal and intercultural communication, then an award-winning instructional designer, management and training consultant, and executive leadership coach. I have held senior management roles as a leader and developer of training teams, and run my own global talent development consultancy. I have designed and implemented local, regional and global organizational behaviour change programs for government bodies and multinational organizations like FedEx, BP, Castrol, Singapore Airlines, Standard Chartered Bank and Changi Airport. I have also developed policies to foster diversity and inclusion, company-wide mentoring strategies designed to attract and retain valued staff, and award-winning global sales development programs. I have given numerous papers at regional and international conferences on topics related to leadership and self-management, as well as on talent development initiatives at a national level. My work has taken me throughout South and North-East Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. I am a Canadian citizen, currently living between Dubai and France.
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My education​
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Master of Business Administration (MBA), Nottingham University, UK
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Certificate in Executive Leadership Coaching, Rice University, US
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Bachelors of Arts, Political Science & Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Diploma in Asian Politics & Business, Kansai Gaidai University, Japan
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Post-graduate research, Demography, Jilin University, China
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Documentary Film Making, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, US
My Books

GRAB THE KIDS & GO
A Practical Guide to Your Family's Gap Year
This is the first of two practical guides in Taryn Ash's family travel series. It provides detailed advice on how to overcome the logistical, financial and emotional challenges of choosing to leave your traditional life behind to travel the world for an extended period as a family.
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SCHOOLING THROUGH TRAVEL
How the World Became Our Children's Classroom
This practical guide takes the worry out of teaching your children while you travel the world. It provides step-by-step advice about how to teach math, English, history and social studies while taking full advantage of the amazing learning opportunities that travel provides.