We exist to make the world a better place - one courageous conversation, one liberating truth, and one great leader at a time.

I believe that my leadership style has been Affiliative/Servant providing a solid vision of value prioritization delivery and creating collaborative teams while supporting the various emotional needs. This has the core of my coaching style, which includes being authentic and transparent.

My clients say that I am Inquisitive, compassionate, direct, and open - helping my clients dig deep and find the hidden motivations, values, and desires driving them and potentially blocking them from achieving their goals.

During the goal-setting stage, I have the client define what success looks like and how to measure it. It is never about measuring my success with a client; it is a client measuring their actions and success. Look at my L.E.A.D. Quadrants on the bottom of this document.

This can be a challenging client; this often occurs when their leadership brings in the coaching program. I have one like this now at TS. In this case, I can not do the visioning and goal setting early in the coaching process. Having been in management with almost 200 people in an earlier life, I know about trouble spots. So I keep asking open-ended questions to find one of their trouble spots and then drilling down. Till I see something, they would like to be better. Once we do one, more opportunities start opening up, where I can begin envisioning and goal setting.

Other times a client may be so overworked and overwhelmed that it is difficult to stop and move into future thinking. Here I change their space. Sometimes as straightforward as standing in a different part of the room. A place where they feel more energy. Then we drill down into what that energy source is coming from. I did that recently with an emerging leader, and she determined that she just wanted “balance.”

I am certified with Tilt365, and I have done strength finders but am not certified. I have done Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Although you do not need to be certified to use, I do have all the leader’s manuals.