Early in my career, I was an engineer on a great technology team, whose efforts were wasted by terrible leadership that drove the startup bankrupt. I later worked with leaders who helped their people become more impactful than they ever imagined. The potential multiplier effect from leadership convinced me that great leadership matters.
Taking somebody in their leadership journey from good to remarkable is a powerful intervention that can enable huge impact on their team and the world. I help my clients find the path towards the most effective and energized version of themselves, and start to walk that path by co-creating experiments to explore new possibilities. Every person has a different history that led to their current situation, but amongst those individual stories, I see patterns of stuckness that hold people back, and can share tactics that worked for others in similar patterns.
I draw upon a wealth of past experiences to help my clients. Before becoming a coach, I advised the leaders of Google for over ten years, including six years as Chief of Staff leading business strategy and operations for the search ads team. Before Google, I was an engineer and product manager at several technology startups, learning from different leaders and environments. Check out my LinkedIn page if you'd like to learn more.
I am certified as a coach by the International Coach Federation, and also as a New Ventures West Integral Coach, which means that I help clients develop themselves by understanding how all aspects of their life influence how they show up in the world. I trained in the Immunity to Change™ methodology by Kegan and Lahey to understand better what hidden assumptions hold people back from their goals. Those assumptions were often learned as children, as I learned in becoming more aware of the lingering impact of trauma. Lastly, I am certified with the Leadership Circle Profile 360 assessment so that clients can discover thieir leadership strengths, and what might be holding them back. You can read more about my coaching philosophy here.
Outside of coaching, I am a parent of three young kids, in whom I hope to cultivate the traits of curiosity and resilience. I enjoy the outdoors, including trail running and hiking in the summer, and skiing in the winter (or teaching my kids to ski these days). I am passionate about connecting people and ideas, and you can see how my ideas have progressed over the last 20 years on my blog.
“Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences.”