My approach.
My hope is that coaching gives you a place to think clearly, with someone in your corner who will also ask the questions you've been putting off.
From transition to transformation.
Transition is what brings people to coaching. Transformation is what they leave with.
Most people come to coaching because something has shifted.
Sometimes it's announced: a new job, a move, a graduation, an ending. Sometimes it's quieter, a growing sense that the path you're on no longer fits. Either way, the habits that got you this far start to feel like the wrong tools for what comes next.
I've seen this in my own career and in the careers of hundreds of residents and colleagues. A transition asks you to grow into someone new, and that can feel unsettling even when it's a change you wanted.
What transformation can look like.
A shift in perspective
Often the situation stays much the same, and what changes is how you see it and what you believe is possible.
A strength, seen differently
The thing that carries you forward may be something you already do well and haven't fully put to use.
A decision you can stand behind
Many people I coach arrive with a decision that has been waiting for months. We work toward one you've made on purpose and can stand behind.
Meaningful professional growth starts with curiosity.
I don't hand out prescribed solutions. In my experience, the answers that hold up are the ones you reach yourself, so my job is to help you see your situation more clearly: the perspectives, habits, and assumptions that shape how you lead, decide, and understand yourself.
“People support what they build.”
Together we look at what's working, name what's getting in the way, and work out what to try next. That might mean putting a strength to better use, getting clear on your values, finding your footing in uncertainty, or approaching a familiar problem in a new way. Watching people find their way through that process, at the start of careers, in the middle of them, and near their end, has been one of the great privileges of my career.
What guides the work.
Start with strengths
We begin with what you already do well. CliftonStrengths gives us a shared language for it, and a way to spot when a strength is being overused.
Question the assumptions
Most stuck points rest on an assumption no one has examined. Often it sounds something like “if I don't do it, it won't get done.” We find it and test it.
Move with intention
Insight matters most when it changes what you do next week, so we end each session with something concrete for you to try.
Effort without strain
In yoga, a good posture is described as steady and at ease at the same time. Many of the people I work with have mastered steadiness, and coaching is a chance to work on the ease.
How an engagement unfolds.
Introductory call
A free 30-minute conversation to see whether we're a good fit.
Getting oriented
We set goals together. Most clients also complete the CliftonStrengths assessment.
Regular sessions
We meet regularly to focus on the situations in front of you, with practical steps to try between sessions.
Looking back
Together we look back at what has changed, what you want to keep doing, and what comes next.
What we discuss stays confidential. Coaching focuses on your professional goals and is not medical care or therapy.