Meet Tricia Senzel
CPA. Kolbe consultant. Licensed captain. A steady hand for leaders and teams.
Navigating by experience
I’ve spent more than 25 years in the engine rooms of business. I started as a CPA and worked my way through accounting and finance, firm administration, human resources, banking, financial planning, risk management, captive insurance, and hospitality. Along the way I learned that numbers tell you what happened, but people determine what happens next.
Today I bring that experience together in Senzel Coaching & Consulting. I help small companies hire the right people, leaders find their footing, and teams work with their natural strengths instead of against them.
The night everything clicked
In June 2017 I made my first ocean passage, from Tortola to Bermuda aboard a 50-foot sailboat. One night, with the captain and crew asleep, I was alone at the helm, 850 miles from land, steering through four-foot seas over 26,000 feet of water. Hours earlier, our propeller had fallen off into the deep.
Under an impossible number of stars, I realized how much darkness surrounded us. Then I relaxed my shoulders and smiled, because I understood that I approach life the same way I approach sailing: with courage, willingness, resilience, and a sense of adventure.
Why it matters for you
Business and life, like the ocean, never stop moving. You’ll meet rough seas, lose your bearings, sail through darkness, or sit becalmed. In those moments you need a steady hand and good aids to navigation. That’s what I aim to be for my clients.
I’m now a licensed 50-ton Master captain, and in season you’ll find me skippering sailing charters on Lake Champlain. In my practice I’m a certified Kolbe consultant, a certified Human Design practitioner, and a generous listener with a fresh perspective and a sense of fun.
If you feel stuck, off balance, or unable to reach a goal that matters to you, or if you’re about to make a hire you can’t afford to get wrong, let’s talk.
