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"People think they know what their strengths are. They're usually wrong." 
-- Peter Drucker
Merrilee Olson-Axtell, a certified assessments coach, helps individuals, teams, and organizations identify their strengths and talents. Interpreting and helping people to apply the powerful and highly accurate results of Feroce's TriMetrix Coaching Reports is her full-time specialty. Her clients gain insights into their best fit of careers and see significant improvement in performance ability, confidence, and communication when they put the information they've gained to work.
She began in the hospitality industry and has over twenty-five years of experience working with restaurants, caterers, wine retailers, hoteliers and on-site foodservice. While at Bon Appetit Management Company, she recruited top talent for management positions nationwide and led opening teams for operations across the United States and in Japan.
These experiences provide her with a unique perspective when working with clients facing operational, organizational, and personal job-related challenges . . . regardless of industry segment. She has worked with national non-profit agencies, health-care providers, and manufacturers in addition to her clients in the hospitality industry. Sometimes described as gutsy, bold and daring, she thinks big and works with clients who are willing to do the same.
Education: Certified Coach-U Graduate, Certified Analyst of Behaviors, Values and Attributes; High-Impact Team Training, Professional Chef Training, and studies in Economics and Political Science in another life.
Client Testimonials
"Thank you so much for all your inspiration. I couldn't be doing this without your support."
-- T.B., making a career change
"Merrilee is one of those rare people who is committed to what she does in a way that is strongly centered. She has clarity and purpose about who she is, especially in her mission to assist others. When she sits in conversation with someone, she gives them complete and genuine attention. When it's appropriate, she expresses her unbiased point of view. When it's needed, she pushes the edge of new possibilities.
-- M.Z., Culinary Director
"What a difference your communications workshop made in our work environment. There's no more bickering. We understand each other. Thank-you."
-- H.M., Dentist
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