The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the global governing body for professional coaching. The ICF defines coaching as:

“Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” — (ICF, 2024)

Coaching honors the client as capable, resourceful, and whole.

I help accomplished corporate professionals let go of outdated definitions of success and build a life and career that reflect who they are now—not who they had to become to get here.

Through my EDMA™ framework, I combine psychology, emotional intelligence, and 35 years of corporate experience to help clients clarify what matters, decide what comes next, and move forward with confidence and intention.

My coaching approach remains firmly grounded in professional coaching principles, deep listening, inquiry, and respect for the client as capable, resourceful, and whole. At the same time, when appropriate and in service of the client’s objectives, I may draw on my professional experience to provide perspective, share relevant insights, or incorporate carefully selected resources such as frameworks or assessments.

These contributions are always situational, intentional, and responsive to the specific leadership context used to support clarity, decision-making, and forward progress, rather than to direct or prescribe outcomes.

Coaching is especially valuable if you are:

An accomplished corporate professional, Director or VP who has outgrown your current definition of success. You may feel burned out, disconnected, or uncertain about what comes next, even though your career still looks successful from the outside.

You benefit from a thoughtful, structured approach that helps you step back, challenge old assumptions, clarify what matters now, and make confident decisions about your next chapter.

I partner with accomplished corporate professionals who have outgrown their current definition of success. Together, we clarify what matters now, redefine success on their terms, and build the confidence and resilience to navigate change and create a career, and life, that reflects who they are today.

Each engagement is personalized, co-creative, and designed to help you take decisive action, clarify priorities, and achieve meaningful lasting impact while maintaining balance and well-being.

I partner with organizations to support senior leaders and corporate professionals navigating complexity, transformation, and increased responsibility. Engagements are tailored to strategic priorities, with clear outcomes defined upfront. The work is confidential, pragmatic, and designed to strengthen leadership presence, resilience, decision-making, and effectiveness, helping individuals and teams adapt, perform, and thrive through periods of change.

Engagement length depends on person’s objectives, organizational context, overall desired outcomes required to drive meaningful and sustained impact.

Most coaching engagements range from 3 to 6 months, with some extending longer for sustained development or change initiatives.

There is also the SEIP (Social and Emotional Intelligence Profile) Assessment and debrief sessions package. This is an opportunity to elevate how you perform, communicate, and navigate complexity, think more clearly under pressure, influence effectively, and uncover how your patterns may be shaping your performance, leadership, relationships, and results.

Factors influencing duration include:

• Scope of goals (individual or organizational)
• Session cadence
• Depth of transformation required

Coaching begins with a complimentary 30-minute consultation, designed to ensure a strong fit and alignment. During this session, we explore high-level goals, clarify scope and duration, and identify appropriate next steps.

*Once the engagement is confirmed, a dedicated 45-minute goal-setting session is scheduled to define specific objectives, timelines, success measures, key logistics (housekeeping items), and to establish the session cadence, setting a strong foundation for a productive coaching partnership.

Regular 50-minute coaching sessions, aligned with the selected package, will then begin on the agreed-upon start date.

*(Note: the SEIP Assessment package does not include the goal-setting session)

Sessions are conducted:

• Virtually
• In person (Salt Lake City area only)
• At an agreed cadence (e.g., weekly, biweekly, monthly)

Between sessions, clients may engage in reflective practices or targeted actions that reinforce insight and forward momentum. Select tools, frameworks, or assessments may be incorporated when appropriate.

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines the coach’s role as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, acting as a facilitator who helps clients discover their own solutions, increase awareness, and create action plans, rather than giving advice.” - International Coaching Federation (ICF, 2024).

The Role of the Coach:

• Asks thought-provoking questions that help clients uncover their own insights as they achieve breakthrough perspectives
• Listens deeply and gently challenges assumptions
• Helps uncover blind spots and recurring patterns
• Supports strategic thinking and confident decision-making
• Acts as a trusted accountability partner when requested
• Maintains confidentiality and adheres to professional ethical standards (ICF Code of Ethics)

The Role of the Client or Organization:

• Works with the coach to set the agenda and define success in alignment with personal and organizational priorities
• Commits time, focus, and financial investment to the coaching engagement, demonstrating seriousness about their own development and impact
• Reflects and takes purposeful action between sessions to turn insight into measurable progress
• Applies insights in real-world situations, particularly during periods of change and increased complexity
• Takes full responsibility for their decisions, actions, behaviors, and outcomes

Coaching vs. Therapy
Coaching is future-focused and performance-oriented. It supports growth, leadership effectiveness, and goal achievement. Therapy focuses on healing, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological distress. Coaching does not address mental health conditions.

Coaching vs. Consulting
Consultants diagnose problems and recommend solutions. Coaches facilitate insight so leaders generate their own solutions, strengthening capability rather than dependency.

Coaching vs. Mentoring
Mentors advise based on personal experience. Coaching centers on the client’s thinking, strengths, and leadership context rather than the coach’s career path.

Coaching vs. Training
Training follows a set curriculum. Coaching is customized, adaptive, and responsive to real-time leadership challenges.

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