Design your next phase

Figure out work that will be fulfilling and meaningful. I help leaders with 20+ years of experience to chart new directions that are more attuned to who they are and what’s most important to them.

Recent career coaching engagements:

Seamless CEO Transition

Worked with a CEO who served a long, successful tenure, and was feeling ready for a change. Over the course of a year, helped her to navigate a thoughtful transition both for herself and the organization.

Search for Meaning

Supported an entrepreneur who had sold his company to figure out a meaningful path forward. He had spent a life achieving excellence, and wanted to reconnect with what was most important to him now.

Rebound from Change

Coached a company founder who left his organization. Although this transition was difficult, he embraced the opportunity to step back, reflect and learn from the experience. He gained clarity about how he wanted to design the next phase of his life.

Legacy Builder

Coached a powerhouse philanthropic executive who realized that she wanted to run an organization to make the greatest possible contribution. To achieve her vision, we partnered on successful strategies to put herself out there in a proactive way.

Opening Possibilities

Supported an accomplished physician whose life priorities were shifting. She wanted to play a role in solving systemic healthcare issues, but wasn’t sure how. In our work together, she was able to explore directions that she hadn’t considered and frame her experiences in a way that opened new doors.

New Phase of Life

Worked with a university leader who wanted help navigating when and how to retire. He had worked for many years at the same institution and loved it, but his life priorities were shifting. He needed space to reflect on and be intentional about his next steps.

My Approach

I began coaching leaders through career transitions during the dot.com crash of 2001. I’ve helped leaders make the most of boom times as well as thin times. There are always possibilities beyond the imagination.

I believe career transition is one of the biggest opportunities for development and learning. It’s a chance for you to reflect on what you really want, do things differently and receive the kind of support that opens new possibilities that make your life more fulfilling.

My Approach

We'll work together to consider:

What you really want for yourself at this point in your life and career?

How do you naturally approach things? What different approaches might yield different answers that bring you closer to what you’re seeking?

How do you want to work … not just what do you want to do?

What lights you up? How can you leverage that and build on where your energy is naturally flowing?

How can we open your support system and opportunities?

What blindspots are affecting your sense of fulfillment?

5 principles that guide my career transition work:

IN IT WITH YOU

I will care deeply about your success and I will be committed to doing all I can to support it.

CONSULTATIVE

I’ve been doing this work for a long time and bring opinions and a point of view born of experience. I’ll help you play out the ideas you’re considering, explore new perspectives and give you honest feedback.

INTUITION + PROCESS

I blend a strong intuitive sense of what needs to happen with a solid process. In the event that you need something more or different than my expertise, I have an excellent bench of experts to tap.

ADAPTIVE

I’m here to support you in making progress on your goals and will flex and evolve my approach to support that progress.

HOLISTIC

We look at the whole picture of how your work and career fits into your entire life and who you are becoming.