Leadership Coaching for Founders, Executives, and Mission-Driven Leaders
Presence is the practice. Clarity is the outcome.
You've built something real. You're holding more responsibility than you planned for, making decisions with incomplete information, and leading people through complexity — all while trying to stay connected to why you started. The pressure doesn't stop. And somewhere along the way, you stopped trusting your own read on things.
That's where I come in.
Why coaching matters
Growth under pressure without support doesn't produce clarity — it produces survival.
The leaders I work with aren't failing. They're carrying too much, moving too fast, and leading from a place of depletion rather than enoughness. They've built something real (often inside systems that weren't designed for them) and they've kept going because that's what they do. But the cost quietly compounds.
Coaching creates the conditions for something different: the space to slow down enough to see clearly, get honest about what's actually happening, and move forward with intention rather than reaction.
My approach
My coaching is grounded in sixteen years of working inside complex systems — public education, organizational design, community organizing, and somatic practice. I've led through crisis, navigated state-mandated disruption, co-founded two community ventures, and coached leaders through some of the hardest seasons of their professional lives.
What I bring to every engagement:
Presence amidst paradox— I hold both the system and the person inside it. Most coaches work at one level or the other. I work at both simultaneously, because that's where real change lives.
Synthesis — I don't simplify by leaving things out. I find the thread running through the complexity and hand it back to you as clarity and next steps.
Embodiment — Transformation that only lives in your head doesn't last. I integrate somatic and neuroscience-informed practice because your body holds information your mind hasn't caught up to yet.
I am an ICF-certified coach (ACC), trained in Presence-Based Coaching, with an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instructional Design. I am also trained in somatic practices and certified as a yoga teacher with advanced training in community and family practice. I've been coaching for eleven years — long enough to know that the most important thing I bring to every coaching engagement is deep presence and true partnership in a collaborative container.
Pillars of Impact: How I Support Sustainable Action
| Pillar | Service Focus | Value to My Clients |
|---|---|---|
| I. Leadership Coaching & Presence | Leading from a Regulated Core (Individual Leader) | I cultivate resilient, adaptive leadership by strengthening self-awareness, professional clarity, and the courage needed to navigate complexity and high-stakes decisions. |
| II. Organizational Strategy + Learning & Development | Designing Cultures of Growth (Team/Organization) | I ensure learning moves beyond training to build sustainable organizational infrastructure, translating directly into improved performance and closing opportunity gaps. |
| III. Community & Embodiment | Alignment Through Shared Experience (Teams/Groups) | I facilitate profound unity and relational trust by guiding groups through custom retreats and restorative practices, fostering shared vision and sustainable collaboration. |
Who I work with
I work with founders, executives, and leaders who are good at what they do — and exhausted by what it's costing them.
You've been carrying more than your share for a long time. You built something real, often inside systems that weren't designed for you or the people you serve. You've led through hard seasons — transitions, restructures, personal upheaval, moments where everything broke open at once. And you've kept going, because that's what you do.
But somewhere along the way the gap between who you are and how you're leading got wide enough to notice.
That might look like:
Making decisions from depletion instead of clarity
Building something successful that no longer feels like yours
Leading a team through change while privately unraveling
Preparing for an exit and realizing it's as much about identity as it is about finances
Coming back from a rupture — a loss, a displacement, a season that cracked something open — and knowing the old way of leading won't hold anymore
I'm not the right coach if you're looking for a framework to optimize your productivity or hit your next revenue milestone faster. I'm the right coach if you're ready to lead from a place that's actually true — and you need someone who can hold the complexity of what that requires.
The leaders I work with are mission-driven, high-capacity, and deeply human. They care about their people, their communities, and the long game. They've often been the last line of defense for someone else for so long they've forgotten what it feels like to be held themselves.
That's the room I create.
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The leaders I work with don't often slow down long enough to ask themselves what they actually need.
Not because they don't want to — but because the questions are complex, the pressure to perform is constant, and somewhere along the way leading became something they do alone. There's always something more urgent than their own clarity. So they keep moving, keep carrying, keep building — and the cost quietly compounds.
That's where we start.
I create the conditions to slow down — not as a luxury, but as a strategic act. Because the decisions you make from depletion look different than the ones you make from groundedness. The leader you are when you're running on empty is not the leader you actually are.
We slow down together. We get honest about what's actually happening — in you, in your team, in the systems around you. And then we move. Not faster. Differently.
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What's included
12 sessions to be used within 6 months — biweekly and scheduled around your life.
Intake Assessment
Twelve 60-minute coaching sessions
Email support between sessions
Presence-based and somatic practices integrated throughout
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Coaching is a real investment — in yourself, your leadership, and the people and work you're responsible for. I work with a small number of clients at a time so I can show up fully for each one.
All engagements are 6 months. Pricing details are shared during the application process.
Standard Rate For established founders and executives ready to engage at full investment.
Sliding Scale A small number of spots are reserved each year for leaders from underrepresented communities, educators, and nonprofit leaders doing mission-driven work. If cost is a barrier, say so in your application — we'll figure it out together.
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More ways to work together
Learning & Organizational Strategy For teams and organizations ready to build sustainable learning infrastructure — beyond training, toward real cultural change. Custom curriculum design, strategic facilitation, and systems redesign for L&D teams, HR departments, and school networks.
Community Building & Team Retreats For leadership teams, ERGs, and community coalitions seeking deep alignment through shared experience. Custom retreat design, restorative facilitation, and embodied practice for groups navigating transition, conflict, or the need for renewed purpose.
Coaching for Founders & Executives
I use a Presence-Based Coaching framework and integrate somatic and neuroscience-informed practices—because transformation must be felt in the body to last in your leadership. We co-create a Coaching Containers designed for sustained growth.
Group Coaching & Facilitating
I partner with you to design custom sessions that transform your organization's learning culture for collective alignment and performance improvement.
Community Building & Team Retreats
I design and facilitate custom retreats and community-building sessions focused on navigating conflict and strengthening the relational core of your group. The photo above is me sharing yoga in community at the inaugural Future Front Creative Retreat at The Line Hotel. Photo by the wonderful Yvonne Uwah