accelerating perspective and performance
Our approach includes individualized assessments, 360-degree feedback, understanding behavior patterns, emotional intelligence, elements of neuroscience, and conversational intelligence. Our coaches are experienced in relating to executives at all levels and coaching outcomes include measurable changes in behavior as determined by key stakeholders at the conclusion of coaching engagements. For those seeking career transition to a new company and role, outcomes include navigating the job search/interview process as well as successfully transitioning to the new role.
Our coaching is designed to help you or your leaders:
Increase self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Improve executive presence and impact
Improve your communication and interactions for influence and results
Prepare for career advancement
Create greater trust and engagement for stronger teams
Successfully transition to a new role or career
Executive Coaching
Executive Presence Coaching
360 Degree Feedback Coaching
Career Growth Coaching
Career Transition Coaching
Team Coaching
Executive coaching
Our executive coaching is designed to accelerate leadership effectiveness and impact in a new or existing role. Our focus includes elevating those communication and behavioral skills that creates trust and connection within your teams for better performance and bottom-line results.
- Grow emotional and conversational intelligence for improved communication and effectiveness.
- Develop agility in navigating difficult people, conversations and situations.
- Create stronger relationships with boss, colleagues and direct reports.
- Improve trust, engagement, accountability and results.
- Accelerate team performance.
- Create great work/life balance.
- Develop personalized action plans for greater influence and leadership.
What people are saying about us
"Hiring Shirley was the best decision I ever made to help me with employee focus groups and senior leader coaching with my team. She helped our organization become more effective and productive. She made recommendations for improvement within the teams and helped us to develop employee recognition programs we are still utilizing to this day.
I rely on Shirley for my own personal executive coaching and support in my hectic role. She has a strong commitment and desire to help others become their best."
Executive VP, Operations, Healthcare Analytics and Technology
"Alison has been exceptional to work with, encouraging me to open my mind and look at things from different perspectives. I have very much enjoyed our conversations and found the sessions to be most beneficial."
Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Gift Cards and Stored Value Services
“Shirley has been a pleasure to work with over the past year. She has helped me discover new insights into myself that have helped me grow and expand my thinking personally and professionally. With her help, I have been able to create more focus on the important aspects of my business and family life.”
Senior Leader, Home Healthcare
“Working with Shirley has been pure pleasure! She brings together a unique skill set – she is a savvy business leader with the ability to keep her eye on the big picture AND she is one of the best listeners I have every come across. The combination of these skills allows Shirley to help you set achievable (stretch) goals, identify the things that may be holding you or your business back from success and then design a step-by-step plan to help you reach your overall vision.”
CEO, Home Texiles
Executive Presence Coaching
Our executive presence coaching focuses on helping you to show up as a leader from the inside-out.
- Define your authentic presence by getting clear on your core values.
- Achieve and demonstrate confidence through developing a foundation a strong technical and behavioral skills.
- Create greater connection with others.
- Project competence and composure by managing your emotions.
- Communicate with clarity for greater influence and impact.
- Demonstrate professionalism in dress and personal appearance.
360 Degree Feedback Coaching
Our 360 Degree Feedback Coaching is designed to identify strengths and opportunities in behaviors that impact a leader’s effectiveness. This process allows the leader to view his or her effectiveness from multiple perspectives. We work with leaders to leverage this perspective, to develop a personalized leadership action plan, and to accelerate progress toward identified goals.
What people are saying about us
"Working with Alison has been a wonderful and an enlightening experience. My working and personal relationships have vastly improved while working her. If I had to highlight the one thing I value most about our coaching sessions, it would be the power of effective communication. It has helped me to better understand a person or situation, enabling me to resolve differences, build trust and respect, and create environments where creative ideas, problem solving, team work and caring can flourish. It has enabled me to communicate even negative or difficult messages without creating conflict or destroying trust. I feel that my directness is often misunderstood, which can cause conflict and frustration in my personal and professional relationships. By learning these effective communication skills with Alison’s coaching, I am more successful in all aspects of my life and have a better understanding of self. I highly recommend her. . . "
Senior Director, Design, Apparel Manufacturing
Career Growth Coaching
Our career growth coaching is designed to help you accelerate advancement in your current organization, successfully transition to a new role or find more fulfillment in your existing role.
- Develop career road map and measurable goals.
- Improve communication for increased effectiveness.
- Create stronger relationships with boss, colleagues and direct reports.
- Successfully navigate difficult people, conversations & situations.
- Improve executive presence for greater influence and impact.
- Create greater work/life balance.
- Develop a personalized action plan.
What people are saying about us
"Alison has been an incredible resource to me and I have tremendous confidence in her coaching expertise. We have done some powerful work together in transforming my business relationships, growing my self-confidence, and creating substantial momentum in my career and leadership development. I was very impressed with her ability to go beyond the obvious and provide perspective to me that I alone would have never been able to see. The tools Alison provided me and her guidance were and will always be invaluable as I move through my career. I am confident that our work together will have an impact in any organization in which I am involved.”
Director Design Operations, Apparel Manufacturing
"Coaching with Alison has been the best career investment I have ever made! Alison helped me understand my DISC profile, showed me how to be more effective in my communication with others, and, most importantly, allowed me to understand myself on an entirely different level. Knowing myself and how I am perceived helped me transform from being looked at as the hardworking, good, employee to an approachable leader."
Environmental Coordinator, Energy Production
Career transition coaching
Our career transition coaching focuses on helping you evaluate your current career fit and explore additional career options. We work with you to understand and successfully navigate the complexities of the job search process and also to ensure a strong transition to your new roles.
- Individualized Assessments
- Discovery
- Resume Review & Rewrite Strategies
- Personal Branding and Marketing
- LinkedIn Profile Review
- Networking Strategies
- Interview Preparation
- Successful Transition Action Plan
What people are saying about us
Marketing Manager, Retail
Researcher/Epidemiologist, Public Health
Medical Education Manager, Regional Healthcare System
School Counselor, Public Education
Team Coaching
Our team coaching is designed to help you and your teams increase levels of engagement and collaboration leading to greater productivity.
- Elevate trust, engagement, and commitment.
- Appreciate individual differences and leverage strengths of all team members.
- Transform conflict into powerful conversations.
- Develop team communication and behavioral agility to accelerate performance.
- Hold each other accountable for results.
What people are saying about us
"Understanding the dynamics of team building, time management and motivating people are all aspects critical to success in the environmental consulting profession. Alison excels as diagnosing team dynamics, identifying what works and what needs to be improved and how. Through her coaching and mentoring, we were able to grow a 4-person office operating in the red, to a 25 person, $9m annual profitable operation.”
Senior Environmental Consultant and Mid Atlantic Business Development Lead, Environmental Consulting
"Hiring Shirley was the best decision I ever made to help me with employee focus groups and senior leader coaching with my team. She helped our organization become more effective and productive. She made recommendations for improvement within the teams and helped us to develop employee recognition programs we are still utilizing to this day. I rely on Shirley for my own personal executive coaching and support in my hectic role. She has a strong commitment and desire to help others become their best."
Executive VP, Operations , Healthcare Analytics and Technology Industry
