Frequently Asked Questions

Unlocking Leadership Potential. Strengthening Organizational Performance.

  • Executive coaching is a confidential, high-impact partnership that helps leaders elevate their performance, presence, and strategic influence. At its heart, coaching is a catalyst for self-awareness and growth that drives measurable results for both the leader and the organization.

  • Coaching is designed for leaders who are driving growth, leading through complexity, or preparing for the next level of responsibility. It’s especially valuable for high-potential executives, senior leaders navigating transition, and teams striving for alignment and innovation.

  • Mentoring offers wisdom from experience. Training delivers content. Coaching creates a space for action that can lead to transformation. It’s personalized and results-driven. Clients don’t just learn new concepts—they change how they think, communicate, and lead.

  • Clients typically experience meaningful shifts in leadership presence, communication, managerial skills, decision-making, and influence. Organizations report improved collaboration, engagement, and retention.

  • Each engagement begins with a strategic intake and a kickoff meeting to define measurable goals. Some processes entail gathering feedback, especially if no recent, high quality feedback exists. Coaching sessions (usually 30-60 minutes, every one to three weeks) provide a balance of reflection, feedback, and practical tools. Progress is reviewed with key stakeholders mid-engagement and again at the conclusion to ensure outcomes align with client expectations and with business priorities.

  • Every engagement is tailored, but common areas include:

    • Executive presence and influence

    • Communicating with clarity and confidence

    • Navigating organizational politics

    • Leading through uncertainty and change

    • Exploring internal and external blocks to progress

    • Managing conflict and difficult conversations

    • Developing teams and future leaders

  • Success is evaluated through a variety of metrics that are defined at the start of the engagement. Progress is tracked through consistent reflection and feedback loops—so growth is intentional and observable.

  • Completely. Confidentiality is the cornerstone of trust. Individual coaching conversations are private. When working across teams or cohorts, I may provide aggregate insights into organizational strengths and opportunities, but I never share individual details.

  • Engagements can be virtual, in person, or a combination of both. Virtual sessions maintain the same depth, presence, and interactivity—and are ideal for busy executives and global teams.

  • I draw on my professional background in acting, improvisation and directing to help leaders strengthen presence, flexibility, and authenticity. Through simple, experiential techniques, clients learn to listen more deeply, use their bodies and voices more powerfully, calm their nerves, think on their feet, and connect with others in a way that inspires confidence and followership. 

  • I draw on my professional background in acting, improvisation, and directing to help leaders strengthen presence, flexibility, and authenticity. Through simple, experiential techniques, clients learn to listen more deeply, use their bodies and voices more powerfully, calm their nerves, think on their feet, and connect with others in a way that inspires confidence and followership. 

  • Choose a coach who brings business acumen, organizational savvy and human insight - someone who understands the demands of leadership and has the experience to help leaders grow in real time. Chemistry matters: the best coaching partnerships are built on trust, candor, and mutual respect.

  • 1. Leaders need direct, actionable feedback they often can’t get internally.

    Coaching helps solicit the right feedback at the right time so leaders capitalize on their strengths and shore up areas of weakness.

    2. Stronger leaders mean healthier teams.

    Coaching enhances team leadership, which improves engagement, retention, and psychological safety, and ultimately performance.

    3. High-stakes communication shapes culture.

    Coaching sharpens clarity, influence, and message discipline—essential for aligning teams and reducing noise.

    4. Complex relationships require skill, and practice.

    Coaching builds the ability to navigate conflict, cross-functional tension, and organizational politics with more maturity and less friction.

    5. Change needs structure to stick.

    Deliberate practice, specific goals, and accountability are what make behavior change scalable. Coaching provides that system.

    6. New roles need new behaviors

    Coaching helps leaders evolve habits, decision-making, and presence to fit the demands of the moment.

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