Welcome to River Crossing Coaching

Chris Wales

Hi, I'm Chris Wales.

Coaching is a powerful catalyst for clarity and growth. A coach serves as a strategic thought partner—sparking new perspectives, inspiring bold thinking, and challenging you to define and pursue your most meaningful professional and personal goals. Through a process rooted in insight and discovery, clients often experience transformative breakthroughs. With the right mindset, tools, strategy, and support, anyone can create meaningful and lasting change.

But it can be difficult to build a bridge when you're seeking clarity on how to get from where you are to where you want to be.

We are all leaders,  leading within an organization, volunteering to lead in the communities we serve, leaders of our own lives.  Life is discovery. It's an adventure that can take you through peaks and valleys and present challenging obstacles. You are the leader of this expedition, and you lay the stepping stones to navigate those challenges.

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You possess the insight and capability to lead yourself and others-my role is to help unlock and sharpen that potential.

As your coach, I walk alongside you as a trusted thought partner, helping you translate insight into intentional action. Together, we uncover the beliefs and patterns that may be holding you back, creating space for bold shifts in mindset and behavior. The result is often breakthrough growth—grounded in clarity, courage, and a renewed sense of what’s possible.

Testimonials

Testimonials

“Working with Chris has been an amazing journey. Her ability to understand my experiences and background have enabled her to identify my growth opportunities and as a result I now see events through a much broader lens. I now lead my team from a place of curiosity and their communication and engagement have soared. Working with Chris has not only made me a better leader but returned a passion and commitment to my role.”

Dan B., Chief Financial Officer

“Chris’ executive coaching has had a significant impact within our organization. Chris’ approach in taking the time to understand where a leader is personally and professionally on their journey, helps that leader recognize the influence between the two worlds. Chris does a phenomenal job in providing meaningful and timely support to help the leader in the moment, as well as how to move a situation forward.”

Sara M., CEO

“Chris Wales recently facilitated several customer service training sessions with my staff. Her ability to draw people into conversations, present information and ideas in a practical, down-to-earth manner and her approachability made the sessions very thought provoking and productive. She is very skilled in adapting her presentation methods to most effectively meet the needs of her audience. Her willingness to share personal experiences and real-world examples in a manner that illustrates a point was much appreciated by the staff, provided real-world examples.”

Pat F., Executive VP/CFO

“I appreciate you challenging me to learn important truths (some uncomfortable) about myself and helping me work through a professional situation that was no longer serving me well. You helped me find my own courage to make an incredibly scary but needed change.”

Dr. J.F., physician

“When I began coaching sessions with Chris, I was in a stuck place where I was unable to envision better career opportunities for myself. Chris taught me to evaluate whether my values aligned with those of my current organization, and if not, how to get a better fit. Chris helped me expand my horizons and get out of my own way. I needed help to take the next bold leap in my career and gained a substantial salary increase along the way. I highly recommend her focused empathic way of guiding the client to figure out his/her own path forward!”

Dawn L., General Manager

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Is it time to close the gap between where you are and where you’d like to be?

If you're ready to gain clarity, lead more effectively, strengthen relationships, or navigate a challenge, coaching can help you break through what's holding you back—and move forward with purpose and confidence