Why get coaching?

• Design leadership is hard - when you’re at the top, it’s hard to go it alone - want support, to know if you’re heading in the right direction

• If your manager isn’t good… you aren’t going to get the feedback & direction you need to figure it out

• It can be overwhelming - a coach can help you

• Ambitious leaders can easily get overwhelmed trying to juggle everything - a coach can help you work through things to get to balance and focus

• When you’re looking out for everyone else, sometimes it’s nice to have someone looking out for you!

approach to coaching

• Blend of co-active coaching + advising

• Get advice from someone who’s worked in the trenches. I bring my expertise from working in a lot of different industries. Our coaching will look like a mix of open ended questions and pushing you… but also offering concrete advice, frameworks, tools you can put into practice

• Expand your leadership, strategy, and facilitation toolkit

• Get advice on specific business / design challenges you’re facing

• Reflect on what’s most important to you in your life and career

• Chart a course to get up to speed in your new role

values, Goals, Skills

I believe a great coach-client relationship comes from having aligned values… and then focusing on leaning into your values in order to build the skills you need to accomplish your goals.

• VALUES - how you want to live your life each moment

• GOALS - what you want to accomplish

• SKILLS - help you accomplish your goals

The clients who get the most out of our time together tend to embody several of these VALUES:

• Learning Mindset: you fundamentally believe everyone can learn - and actively take steps to grow yourself

• Facilitative Leader: you’re passionate about including and empowering others and unlocking the strengths of each person on your team

• Problem Solver: you see problems that others miss, and you’re tenacious about tackling them

• Courageous: you’re willing to take risks and stick your neck out to advocate for and do the right thing

GOALS can vary. It starts with understanding what’s important to you in your life and career, and deciding how to take steps forward. Some things I’ve helped people with in the past:

• Life goal stuff

• Create 30/60/90 day plan

• Navigate organizational changes

• Put together and execute on a strategy

• Redesign team operations

• Navigate difficult conversations and personnel situations

• Create & roll out strategy for design system

You can SKILLS through coaching and other avenues to accomplish your goals. I’ve helped clients build skills in:

• Strategic planning

• Facilitation

• Public speaking

• Organizational planning

• Process improvements

• Design systems

areas of expertise

I provide one-on-one leadership and career coaching to design managers and designers. Contact me to learn more. 

Testimonials

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