Over the last twenty years, I’ve advised founders and leadership teams across dozens of industries. Whether the challenge is a rebrand, cultural drift, succession, or stalled growth, the work rarely begins where clients expect it to. So before we decide what needs to change, we first uncover what should never change.
The gaps between what the founder believes and what the organization experiences
Which values show up in decisions, and which exist only on the website
Where the language changes from one leader to another
What people repeat, and what they avoid saying out loud
Not just what people say. The patterns underneath that point us toward the work that matters most, so we solve the right problems, not just the most visible ones.
I'm listening for the things other people often overlook.
How I listen
"I'm where I'm at today because I worked with you. You were like a Sherpa, guiding me to my own personal Everest. You walked beside me and helped me co-create a new narrative for my story in my work, in my business, and in my life. "
"I'm where I'm at today because I worked with you. You were like a Sherpa, guiding me to my own personal Everest. You walked beside me, helped me co-create a new narrative for my story in my work, in my business, and in my life. "
No question is off limits, and no question is ever too big. Truth is never afraid to be challenged and sifted, so I’ll embrace the wrestling, because it’s in the close-up examination where the greatest growth always happens.
Examine everything
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Because when you do this first, you create space for others to show up as 100% real. Grace prioritizes forgiveness and understanding, mercy and love, and there’s no other world I wish to live in than the one that’s been colored by the power of grace.
lead with grace
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And not the woo-woo kind of love, either. I’m talking about the self-sacrificing, going-to-the-mattresses kind of love that believes wholeheartedly in that ancient maxim: the first shall be last and the last shall be first.
Show up with love
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My academic training and decades of experience have shaped my approach, but the deepest truth I’ve learned in nearly fifty years of life is this: I couldn’t do this work without my own values leading the way.
Three values I couldn't do this work without.
what leads my work
Here are a couple of things you should know about me, friend!
I’ve played piano since I was 8 years old and secretly wish I had become an opera singer. In fact, I’ve convinced myself that if writing had not found me first, I’d be traveling the world, giving all the Pavarotti-sound-a-likes a run for their money. (Of course, all the patrons would need to be tone-deaf to appreciate my singing skills.)
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I once found a 4-karat diamond ring that had been lost in the sand. The woman who had lost it had surrendered to despair, and although I didn’t know her, I knew I couldn’t let her give up. I crouched down and dug through the hot Bahamian sand, searching for any glimmer of gold or diamond. “It’s lost forever,” she kept saying. Twenty minutes later, I found her lost treasure. Turns out that's still my work, just with companies instead of diamonds.
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Here are a couple of things you should know about me, friend!
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I once found a 4-karat diamond ring that had been lost in the sand. The woman who had lost it had surrendered to despair, and although I didn’t know her, I knew I couldn’t let her give up. I crouched down and dug through the hot Bahamian sand, searching for any glimmer of gold or diamond. “It’s lost forever,” she kept saying. Twenty minutes later, I found her lost treasure. Turns out that's still my work, just with companies instead of diamonds.
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I’ve played piano since I was 8 years old and secretly wish I had become an opera singer. In fact, I’ve convinced myself that if writing had not found me first, I’d be traveling the world, giving all the Pavarotti-sound-a-likes a run for their money. (Of course, all the patrons would need to be tone-deaf to appreciate my singing skills.)
The first conversation is just a conversation.
Tell me what you’re carrying. I’ll listen. And if I’m not the right fit, I’ll tell you.
