coaching change leaders,

who want to lead themselves first

I believe that soulful work is critical to making a better world. Through healing conversations, I coach change leaders who want to hold space for soulful work to happen.

I help motivated leaders rediscover their own satisfying balance, resonant values, and clear personal vision. Together we co-create personalised coaching sessions that challenge and strengthen their unique gifts. Within weeks, my clients are more relaxed, tackling their challenges with renewed confidence and energy.

I particularly love to “coach the coaches,” to multiply my impact – but not just coaches! Also mentors, managers, catalysts, guerilla change agents, team leads, parents … and anyone intentionally making good things happen, personally and professionally. I know from my experience as an Agile Coach how feels to be “out front, – it can be hard to find grounded feedback and encouragement when one is leading the charge. I now offer this support to my change agent peers, confidentially and with empathy and skill. I help change agents navigate the challenges of their important, and often poorly supported, work.

Read what clients have said
about their one-on-one
live video-coaching experiences with me.

I’m currently taking on individual coachees for coaching and mentoring, and I am a mentor-coach for members of the International Coaching Federation. I also coach leaders and individual contributors at CoachHub, and at mid-sized tech companies.

Ethics

Coaching thrives when there is a clear and easy-flowing relationship between coach and client. To this end, I maintain clear distinctions between coaching, mentoring and other professions. I’ve been a Certified Co-Active coach (CPCC) since 2009, and an ICF credentialed coach (PCC) since 2013, and I am a registered ICF Mentor Coach. I uphold the ICF Pledge of Ethics.

Where to find me: 

I live in Toronto, Canada and I work worldwide, in English, French and German, on Zoom. I keep flexible hours to reach far flung time zones, and it’s easy to view my calendar and book a chat online. I’m easy to reach by email or phone or video conference.

What else am I up to?

To support change leaders in their daily work, Lyssa Adkins and I have created the beautiful InspireMe! self-coaching card deck, with encouraging and challenging messages about the work of bringing change in teams and organisations. Now also available as an iPhone app.

I’ve developed an online Intervision (peer-coaching) format for Agile Coaches together with German colleagues.

In 2018 teamed up with Lyssa Adkins and Carolyn Dragon, creator of  @TenWomenStrong, to bring  online group coaching to our #womeninagile community.

I teach basic coaching skills to help leaders influence change more intentionally.

In 2010 I created and continue to support the FearlessJourney Game, which helps teams (and their leaders) get unStuck, fostering curiosity and optimism that gets them back in motion. It’s available for free in 6 languages!

Together with Naresh Jain in 2008 I created the viral AgileCoachCamp unConference meme, which has run over 100 times on four continents.

In 2003 I founded CoachingCocktails.com, with is now managed by my friend and co-conspirator, Steve Holyer.