Private leadership coaching
Be the leader others trust and respect
Private leadership coaching for thoughtful leaders and founders who want to grow their impact, lead with greater confidence and intention, stay grounded under pressure, and bring out the best in their teams.
What people bring to coaching
The work we can do together
Coaching can start with a specific challenge, a bigger goal, or simply the sense that you’re ready to grow. Some of the things we might work toward include:
- Stepping into greater responsibility. Build the confidence and capacity to succeed as the scope of your role grows.
- Having more influence. Communicate with greater confidence, advocate for your ideas, and have a stronger voice in the decisions that matter.
- Making difficult decisions with confidence. Get out of the cycle of overthinking and make choices you understand, trust, and can move forward with.
- Building a fuller definition of success. Keep pursuing meaningful goals while creating more space for the relationships, interests, and experiences that matter outside of work.
- Leading people more effectively. Delegate, navigate conflict, give feedback, and create the conditions for others to do their best work.
- Staying grounded under pressure. Respond more intentionally when the stakes are high instead of letting stress dictate how you show up.
- Rethinking how you work. Identify the habits and patterns that may have served you earlier in your career but need to evolve as your responsibilities grow.
- Advocating for your value. Prepare to ask for greater responsibility, recognition, or compensation with clarity and confidence.
personal and professional growth are connected
A whole-person approach to leadership
Work is only one part of the picture. Your health, relationships, priorities, values, and sense of purpose all influence how you think, respond, and show up for the people around you.
That’s why our coaching can make room for anything that’s shaping you — not just what’s happening in your role. Looking at the bigger picture helps you understand your patterns more clearly, make more intentional choices, and create changes that carry into every part of your life.
The goal isn’t just to handle today’s challenge better. It’s to grow in ways that continue to serve you long after our work together ends.
Step outside the noise
Some of my clearest thinking and best ideas have come while walking down a trail. There’s a reason for that: stepping away from our usual environment can create room for perspective, creativity, and new ways of thinking.
That philosophy influences how I coach. Growth doesn’t always come from pushing harder or analyzing a problem longer. Sometimes we need enough space for our thinking to loosen up and new ideas to emerge.
If being outside helps you think, we can also take coaching beyond the office — with walking or trail sessions available in the greater Salt Lake City area.
“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us.”
Henry David Thoreau
Questions I’m often asked
A few specifics
Could my employer pay for this instead?
Possibly. If your employer would like to sponsor your coaching, we would structure it as an executive coaching engagement and agree up front on the goals, boundaries, and confidentiality. The substance of our conversations would remain private. Here’s how sponsored engagements work.
Do you need to understand my industry?
No. You’re the expert in your work. My role isn’t to give you industry-specific advice. It’s to ask thoughtful questions, help you recognize patterns, and support you in finding an approach that works for you.
Will you tell me what to do?
Not usually. I may offer an observation, challenge an assumption, or share an idea when it could be useful, but coaching is not about handing you a prescribed answer. It’s about helping you arrive at decisions you understand and trust.
Do I need to manage a team for coaching to be applicable?
No. Leadership coaching can be useful even if you don’t have direct reports. You may be working toward a promotion, trying to have more influence, navigating a high-pressure role, building something of your own, or noticing that the habits that helped you succeed are starting to get in your way.
What if what I really want is to quit my job?
Then we can explore that honestly. Coaching isn’t about convincing you to stay or pushing you to leave. We’ll look at what isn’t working, what you want instead, and what each possible path would require.
The introductory call
Let’s find out whether we’re a good fit
A complimentary 30-minute chemistry call over Zoom. We’ll talk about what you’re navigating, you can ask me anything, and you’ll get a real feel for how I work before committing to anything.
No preparation needed. You don’t have to arrive with a clear goal.
Have questions? Contact me here.