Everyone has the right and the capacity to thrive and grow at work and in their personal lives. I’m here to help you do just that.
To create the career and life you want, you need to know your story and how to shape it as you move forward. I help my clients to craft resonant career and leadership narratives. Here’s a bit of my story:
Since childhood, I have been driven by learning and self-determination, values that continue to guide me today. Even as a young student, I instinctively recognized that learning was the pathway to empower me to succeed on my own terms. My version of success is doing fascinating and fulfilling work that brings light to the world while enjoying my lifestyle and relationships to the fullest.
Early in my career, I observed and experienced that work can be a source of both fulfillment and suffering. I wanted to understand the mechanisms that shape people’s experiences at work and learn to shift them in a positive direction, both for myself and for others.
I earned a PhD in organizational behavior at Cornell University, developing deep expertise in work psychology and pursuing research on what helps people succeed and thrive. I worked as a management professor in the US and Europe, helping executive education participants grow into inspiring leaders and create enabling environments where people can perform, learn, and thrive.
But after a few years in my last faculty appointment, I burned out. As my performance and well-being declined, I faced the wrenching decision of accepting suffering and depletion as the price of job security or leaving—not just my employer, but potentially the career in which I had invested years of training, hard work, and my whole professional identity.
Coach training and certification rocketed me from despair to embracing a positive pathway forward. I delighted in the intimacy and co-creative power of coaching conversations as a change of pace from sharing expertise from behind the podium. I committed myself to a fully sustainable career, intentionally reshaping my career around work and working relationships that energize and fulfill me. I have selected and created conditions of work that enable me to perform at my best and to have a meaningful impact on my clients, a sound foundation for business success as well as personal fulfillment.
Thousands of hours of conversations with hundreds of coaching clients have produced rich learning about how to help people and teams navigate the trickiest challenges.
