Invest in strong, valued leaders as their responsibilities grow.
One-to-one coaching can help capable leaders strengthen judgment, take greater ownership, and handle broader responsibilities more effectively.
I work especially with leaders in public health and related clinical and scientific settings, including highly trained professionals moving into broader responsibility.
My coaching is informed by more than three decades of experience across nursing, public health, and public service, including more than two decades at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I served as Chief of the Field Support Branch in CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health.
When coaching may be useful
Coaching may be useful when a valued leader is:
- Taking on a larger team, program, or portfolio
- Setting priorities across competing demands
- Delegating more effectively and developing others
- Handling difficult relationships or conversations
- Making decisions when the right path is not obvious
- Being asked to take greater ownership and work more independently
These are often development challenges, not performance failures.
What an organization may notice
Depending on the leader’s goals and circumstances, coaching may support changes a sponsor can observe, such as:
- Taking clearer ownership of decisions and next steps
- Making appropriate decisions with less need for repeated confirmation from senior leaders
- Delegating work that does not need to stay with the leader
- Handling difficult conversations more directly and constructively
- Communicating priorities and recommendations more clearly
- Showing greater readiness for expanded responsibility
These are examples of developmental shifts, not guaranteed outcomes.
Why one-to-one coaching
Leadership development is most useful when it connects directly to the work a leader is actually doing. One-to-one coaching gives the leader protected time to examine current decisions, relationships, priorities, and patterns while continuing to lead.
How organization-sponsored coaching works
Align
The leader, organizational sponsor, and coach agree on the broad purpose and desired outcomes of the engagement.
Coach
The leader develops the specific coaching goals and owns the coaching work. Private session content remains confidential within the boundaries established in the coaching agreement.
Review
Progress can be discussed against agreed goals. The sponsor receives only the progress information agreed among the leader, sponsor, and coach; private coaching conversations are not reported back.
Standard engagement: The base one-to-one engagement is six virtual sessions over approximately three to four months. See the Coaching page for what is included.
Additional organizational scope, such as extra sponsor meetings, assessments, reporting, or administrative requirements, is scoped separately.
Experience relevant to your leaders
I have led people, programs, and partnerships and worked extensively with physicians, scientists, epidemiologists, nurses, researchers, and other highly trained professionals.
My experience helps me understand the pressures and constraints many leaders bring to coaching while keeping the work focused on strengthening the leader’s own thinking, judgment, and leadership.
“Her ability to listen deeply, challenge assumptions, and guide thoughtful reflection helped me approach decisions with clarity and confidence.”
Evidence
Research reviews and meta-analyses generally find positive effects of workplace and executive coaching on learning and development, performance-related outcomes, and a range of leadership and personal outcomes. The evidence base is positive but heterogeneous; findings vary by study design, outcome, and context, and coaching does not guarantee a particular result.
Considering coaching for your leaders?
We can start with a brief conversation about who you are developing, what has changed in their responsibilities, what you would like them to handle more effectively, and whether coaching is a good fit.
Schedule an Initial Conversation30 minutes · Confidential · No cost · No obligation