pre-session

Making The Most Of Your Coaching Session

Consider what result or outcome would you like to create at the session.

You may have an emerging challenge or a goal that feels pressing.
You might want to step back on your longer-term goals and big picture.
You may need to do a data-dump of the multiple priorities on your mind to effectively prioritize.
You may have a decision to make that you have been putting off.

My signature system and scope further below can spark additional ideas.

Taking 5 minutes to reflect and complete a check-in form can help to make the most of our time together.

If you choose to do so, please submit at least 24 hours in advance of session so I can read it ahead of time.
Use this time to pause to reflect, fill me in on progress, and to set an intention for the session

Showing up to get what you came for:

Come as you are. If it’s been a hard day and you aren’t “together enough” for coaching, that’s likely when you need it most. Show up for you.
Find a private space where you can speak candidly. Coaching is confidential and not having to measure your words for those around you is ideal.

Topics To Explore

Actively Lead Your Career

Productivity & Time Management

Productivity & Time Management

Define success on your own terms rather than following others' path as a template
Set your career strategy to achieve your leadership vision
Rank your priorities for clarity
Decide non-negotiables for integrity
Use a structured decision making protocol for speed and confidence
Develop personal branding and rework resume and online presence to

Define success on your own terms rather than following others' path as a template
Set your career strategy to achieve your leadership vision
Rank your priorities for clarity
Decide non-negotiables for integrity
Use a structured decision making protocol for speed and confidence
Develop personal branding and rework resume and online presence to match
Practice your pitch of how you add value to organizations to convey with confidence and specificity
Identify your internal drive that makes overcoming initial resistance and discomfort worth it
Plan / complete successful career transitions
Create a professional development plan
Interview preparation including prepared vignettes and mastering difficult questions
Role play ahead of connection calls and interviews
Develop multi-prong approach to job search leveraging all available avenues

Productivity & Time Management

Productivity & Time Management

Productivity & Time Management

Time study to evaluate current time allocation
Set aside a golden hour for strategic work
Use time blocking to reduce switching costs
Establish constructive routines for less decision fatigue
Design and follow a daily power agenda
Incorporate your critical few objectives into each week
Utilize a transition protocol for smooth toggling between o

Time study to evaluate current time allocation
Set aside a golden hour for strategic work
Use time blocking to reduce switching costs
Establish constructive routines for less decision fatigue
Design and follow a daily power agenda
Incorporate your critical few objectives into each week
Utilize a transition protocol for smooth toggling between office and home
Set communication & accessibility standards to limit interruptions
Tap into your drive to overcome procrastination
Break from hurry, worry, and busyness as habits
Reduce rumination in the past and anticipation of the future to be more present and effective
Develop focus by cultivating your flow state
Start or refine a mindfulness practice for better concentration
Plan and organize projects and activities for daily progress on the most impactful work
Increase the ROI of you hours spent working through prioritization

Prevent / Cure Burnout

Productivity & Time Management

Prevent / Cure Burnout

Conduct a work / life audit to identify opportunities for improvement
Alignment check for less internal conflict
Capacity check for growth
Set boundaries and say no to others for recovery and better performance
Upgrade from sick, tired and stressed as an identity
Practice stress management techniques to calm your stress response
Improve your h

Conduct a work / life audit to identify opportunities for improvement
Alignment check for less internal conflict
Capacity check for growth
Set boundaries and say no to others for recovery and better performance
Upgrade from sick, tired and stressed as an identity
Practice stress management techniques to calm your stress response
Improve your health as self-preservation
Prioritize your relationships for deeper connection
Be present in the moment whether at home or at the office
Reduce consumption and buffering as destructive coping mechanisms
Schedule rest for increased creativity and innovation
Create and honor your own time off / sick day policy
Apply leadership lessons across work and home
Identify cross-domain wins
Receive support when crisis strikes at home (divorce, parenting, elder care, medical diagnoses, grief)

Master Your Mindset

Productivity & Time Management

Prevent / Cure Burnout

Actively manage your mindset for a more constructive perspective
Rewrite your horror story to your victory story
Gulp and go through calculated risk-taking
Outgrow notion that advocacy is arrogance, or visibility is vanity to articulate your value instead of underselling yourself
Test your beliefs about your desire to pivot roles, functions,

Actively manage your mindset for a more constructive perspective
Rewrite your horror story to your victory story
Gulp and go through calculated risk-taking
Outgrow notion that advocacy is arrogance, or visibility is vanity to articulate your value instead of underselling yourself
Test your beliefs about your desire to pivot roles, functions, companies, industries, to ensure bias isn't driving your decision
Tap your own intuition for higher-level thinking
Take radical accountability for more empowerment
Cure procrastination, perfectionism, and self-sabotage
Grieve missed career expectations
Tame the comparison trap and imposter syndrome
Separate compensation from self-worth
Separate feedback from self-esteem
Discern your flow state for inspiration & purpose
Broaden your perspective beyond all-or-nothing thinking

Business Leadership

Business Leadership

Business Leadership

Vision-cast to future-proof the business
Conduct a SWOT analysis & action plan
Set business strategy & approach
Bolster your business acumen
Mine your own genius for more innovation
Facilitate change management and process reengineering
Develop a philosophy around AI adoption and agenda
Set objectives & key results for your business
Maximize qua

Vision-cast to future-proof the business
Conduct a SWOT analysis & action plan
Set business strategy & approach
Bolster your business acumen
Mine your own genius for more innovation
Facilitate change management and process reengineering
Develop a philosophy around AI adoption and agenda
Set objectives & key results for your business
Maximize quarterly business reviews & annual planning
Master risk management
Prioritize strategic thinking and your most important work
Manage to revenue / savings targets
Enforce prioritization / de-prioritization
Halt the tyranny of the urgent
Resist bureaucracy and the administrative vortex
Balance clients, employees, & investor demands
Use intuition and data for decision-making
Fail fast strategy for accelerated growth

People Leadership

Business Leadership

Business Leadership

Delegate effectively to scale your impact
Raise the bar on expectations with less lamenting of having to do more with less
Instill team accountability with natural checkpoints and consequences
Increase team effectiveness by addressing obstacles
Deliver constructive feedback so it is received
Coach team members' professional development
Lead

Delegate effectively to scale your impact
Raise the bar on expectations with less lamenting of having to do more with less
Instill team accountability with natural checkpoints and consequences
Increase team effectiveness by addressing obstacles
Deliver constructive feedback so it is received
Coach team members' professional development
Lead even without firsthand experience in the function
Debrief and action employee opinion survey results
Assign performance ratings alongside bell curve targets
Create performance improvement plans for underperforming team members
Decide promotion readiness for team members
Successfully secure promotions for team members
Make decisions to terminate team members and communicate decisions respectfully
Lead offsites for cohesion and impact
Re-recruit team for higher engagement
Stretch high potential talent for their learning and growth
Foster diversity and inclusion to maximize the insights and input shared by your team

Lead Horizontally

Business Leadership

Lead Horizontally

Create your stakeholder map to gauge gaps or weak links
Process 360 feedback and decide what to incorporate
Identify and lean on collective, common agendas
Improve your interpersonal skills to effectively partner with any colleague
Resolve conflict with stakeholders and apologize well where appropriate
View colleagues as partners rather than

Create your stakeholder map to gauge gaps or weak links
Process 360 feedback and decide what to incorporate
Identify and lean on collective, common agendas
Improve your interpersonal skills to effectively partner with any colleague
Resolve conflict with stakeholders and apologize well where appropriate
View colleagues as partners rather than internal clients or providers
Influence effectively without authority
Use my style guide to ensure your message lands with your audience
Exude a fair but demanding persona with colleagues
Build trust and connection with stakeholders
Network authentically and form new relationships with two-way exchange of value
Lead connection chats with specific agendas and concrete outcomes
Navigate corporate politics effectively
Cultivate mentors and sponsors as advocates
Garner support to drive the change you believe will sell the business
Develop proactive communication patterns
Take a global perspective and facilitate cross-cultural collaboration

Managing Up

Business Leadership

Lead Horizontally

Link corporate, team, career objectives
Navigate difficult bosses without allowing them to affect your advancement
Tailor your communication to executive audiences
Build your executive presence to be the strongest energy in any room
Front-load your messaging to drive decisions
Consistently present problems with their corresponding solutions
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Link corporate, team, career objectives
Navigate difficult bosses without allowing them to affect your advancement
Tailor your communication to executive audiences
Build your executive presence to be the strongest energy in any room
Front-load your messaging to drive decisions
Consistently present problems with their corresponding solutions
Prioritize and decide tradeoffs
Speak truth to power while garnering trust and goodwill
Stop people-pleasing in an attempt to protect yourself that hinders your success
Overcome discrimination and retaliation
Thrive during reorganizations welcoming change as the calm in the storm
Make the most of performance reviews to advance your career goals
Maximize compensation outcomes through negotiation and expectation setting
Engage senior stakeholders to expand your set of advocates
Make a compelling case for your promotion and advance your nomination through the process
Articulate your value-add and impact year-round