Executive Coaching

Senior STEM leaders face diverse challenges, balancing organization-wide responsibilities with managing their own teams. You may answer to Boards, shareholders, or Congress, while guiding the organization toward strategic goals, managing substantial assets, and shaping the culture, mission, vision, and values.

Too often, leaders rely on instinct and hope for the best. This isn’t the most effective strategy. Even if you have consciously shaped your leadership approach you might be surprised to learn that in 19 out of 20 managerial categories, leaders overestimated their abilities compared to the perceptions of their employees.

Nearly 60% of managers believe they are good at giving recognition; 65% of their team members disagree.
Only 20% of U.S. employees strongly agree that they trust the leadership of their organization.

So whether you’re aware of areas for improvement or seeking to uncover hidden blind spots because what you don’t know might be holding you back…I’m here to help!

Executive Coaching with me...

leverages my practical executive leadership experience and my coaching expertise to help STEM leaders like you through the challenges you’re facing.

Associate Director, National Cancer Institute-Frederick

Oversaw a Campus of 2900 Personnel
$1 Billion annual contract for Frederick National Laboratory
>25 Scientific and Operational Programs
>$200 Million Budget
23 team members
Presidential award-winning STEM mentoring program

Executive Director of Research Administration, Chief Administrative Officer

Challenges We Can Tackle Together:

Create a clear organizational identity.
Develop your mission, vision, and strategic goals and secure buy-in.
Cultivate a positive organizational culture.
Encourage innovation and implement impactful changes.
Strengthen your organization's or department's national standings.
Accomplish more with limited funds.
Build trust with advisory boards and stakeholders.
Enhance your leadership strengths and uncover blind spots.
Consciously align your actions with the organizational mission.

Balance institutional responsibilities with research priorities.
Attract and retain top talent.
Assemble a cohesive, effective leadership team.
Empower managers and individual performers.
Foster productive collaborations.
Boost team motivation, engagement, and productivity.
Resolve conflicts and manage team dynamics.
Communicate expectations and evaluate performance.
Recognize and reward high performers.
Prevent burnout and promote work-life balance.

Services for you

I provide remote and on-site 1:1 executive coaching for senior STEM leaders and group coaching for their leadership teams. Additionally, I deliver team-building workshops for your research groups to enhance collaboration and productivity.

When you work with me, you’ll receive personalized reports that rank order your 1-34 talents, along with a leader report and a manager’s report tailored to these distinct roles. Since the chance of another person having the same top 5 talents in the same order as you is 1 in 33 million, I customize your coaching program to fit your goals and talents because let’s face it, what works for others might not work for you.

Your leadership team also possesses a distinct blend of talent that through targeted coaching, can be fully aligned and leveraged to achieve your strategic organizational goals.

Additionally, I offer customized workshops or coaching for your research team, revealing not only their collective strengths but also how to energize and motivate each individual. You will gain insights into the unique strengths of your staff and trainees, allowing you to target your mentorship and maximize their growth, productivity, and career satisfaction.

Outcomes You Can Achieve:

An inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and contributes their best.
A competitive, adaptive, and future-focused organization.
Greater recognition, influence, and competitive standing nationally and globally.
Clear organizational identity with defined values, mission, vision, and strategic goals to provide structure and guide actions and decisions.
Strengthened collaboration, support, and strategic guidance from advisory boards.
Robust leadership team collaboration, commitment, and camaraderie.
Improved recruitment and retention.
Tactical approaches for financial sustainability and cost effectiveness.
Increased self-awareness to leverage leadership strengths and address weaknesses for career and organizational success.
Successfully manage both institutional priorities and research objectives.
Enhanced team morale, engagement, and productivity, resulting in an environment where individuals excel.
Skills to resolve conflicts allowing for focused clinical practice and scientific research.
A shared strengths-based language simplifies performance reviews and fosters motivation.
Systems to recognize and reward top performers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous achievement.
Tools to eliminate burnout and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Impact of Strengths

Leaders and team members who routinely use their strengths are 6X more engaged and report 3X higher quality of life, happiness, and better overall well-being. In fact, in a work culture that honors individual strengths, burnout is reduced to near zero among engaged employees. Likewise, when managers provide weekly feedback, team members are 3.6 X more motivated to excel. On top of utilizing strengths, data shows that coaching can lead to additional increases in performance. ³

My approach is designed for STEM leaders who are driven by continuous improvement and innovation, not just settling for the status quo.

Ready to elevate your leadership impact and align your team for peak performance?

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Complimentary, No Obligation!