The conversation you’re avoiding usually doesn’t get easier by waiting. This private strategy session is designed for leaders who need to prepare for a difficult, sensitive, or high-stakes conversation and want to approach it with greater clarity and confidence. Bring the actual situation. It might involve an underperforming employee, conflict between team members, accountability, feedback, boundaries, a peer relationship, organizational change, or a conversation with your own leader. Together, we’ll clarify: What actually needs to be addressed — separating the core issue from frustration, assumptions, and emotion. What outcome you want — defining what a successful conversation looks like before you enter it. What needs to be said — identifying the message, questions, boundaries, or expectations that need to be communicated. How to say it — developing an approach that is direct without being unnecessarily confrontational. How to respond when it gets difficult — preparing for defensiveness, disagreement, emotion, or unexpected reactions. I bring 40 years of leadership experience and 23 years as a professional coach, including experience as a business owner and former Chief People Officer. I’ve spent decades helping leaders navigate the human side of leadership, communication, accountability, and conflict. This isn't about giving you a canned script. It’s about helping you enter the conversation clear about your intention, your message, and the leader you want to be while having it. Have the conversation you need to have — with clarity, courage, and purpose.

Professional Qualifications

Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation Gallup CliftonStrengths Certified Coach EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360 Certified Practitioner Master Life Coach Master NLP Practitioner Executive Coaching University Coach Training Alliance Executive Coach University Former Chief People Officer Entrepreneur and former business owner Author of Elevate Under Pressure™: Regulate. Reframe. Decide. Execute. 23 years as a professional coach 40 years of leadership experience