Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Renewal I’m happy to share that I’ve earned a three-year renewal of my Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I originally earned the PCC designation in December 2020. The ICF renewal process is every three years and requires continuing education credits to maintain certification, as well…
Bridging the Leadership Gap
How to Succeed When an Executive Leaves Before Their Successor Arrives When a senior executive retires or exits on a fixed date before their external successor is in place, the organization enters a uniquely vulnerable period. There’s no internal successor deemed ready to step in, and the placement of an external leader may be weeks…
The Real ROI of Acting on Stakeholder Feedback
Ten Outcomes That Transform a Leader’s Career and Life As an executive coach, providing stakeholder survey results is one of the vital steps in my coaching process. This is a moment of truth – when the coaching client decides to accept the feedback and move forward in the coaching process. The client and I then…
Entering the Executive Transfer Portal?
Seven Strategies to Thrive in a New Organization College athletics is experiencing a record number of athletes entering the transfer portal to test the market and take their talents elsewhere. More than 4,500 Division 1 football players entered on January 2, 2026— the first day of the portal for this period. Public and private employers…
2025 Has Not Gone as Expected. Will 2026 be Different?
Five Strategies for Leaders Facing Uncertainty As leaders, we often close out the year with a mix of reflection and anticipation. Yet, 2025 has been anything but predictable. Most leaders I work with faced significant changes in their markets or in the economic environment they work in. Some common areas included struggles tied to unanticipated…
From Feedback to Transformation
Five Steps to Turn Insight into Lasting Change As an executive coach, I use data to help clients elevate their leadership by focusing on strengths they want to keep or amplify while also targeting the top one to three areas to develop further. The data comes from leading tools, such as discovery interviews, personality assessments,…
Acting on Bold Dreams Shapes Leaders
Lessons from My Immigrant Grandparents I had the opportunity to travel to Norway in August. Part of my trip included learning more about my heritage by exploring the areas where my maternal grandparents were born and raised before they immigrated to the United States in 1904. When they set sail from Norway, my grandma and…
Asking for Feedback Doesn’t Work
What High-Performing Leaders Do Differently If you’re a VP or senior executive looking to elevate your leadership, you’ve likely done the thing most well-intentioned leaders do – you’ve asked for feedback. You pulled aside a colleague, peer or maybe a direct report, and asked, “What am I doing well? Where could I improve?” That instinct…
Six Primary Benefits of Executive Coaching
Organizations Invest in Coaching to Help Leaders Succeed Leaders often get all the credit for positive team or organizational results. Likewise, leaders face scrutiny or are deemed the reason for failure when poor or unacceptable results happen. Leaders rise or fall based on team or enterprise results. I was in a coaching conversation recently with…
Strategic Delegation for Leaders
Delegate to Enhance Your Leadership As an executive and leadership coach, I have a unique window that allows me to see into the working world and personal lives of many leaders. I get to hear about and applaud their successes and to listen to and understand their struggles. Helping leaders turn their struggles into triumphs…