My Coaching Philosophy

This coaching is intended to support efforts you are making to align your focus, decisions, and efforts with the results that are most important to your long-term success as well as to support your efforts to find and create joy and develop insight both through this process and through the decisions and changes that you make. The coaching process is also intended to increase your own awareness of what you value most in this moment (and beyond) and what that means for what comes next.  

Our coaching begins with the idea that you are highly knowledgeable about your own personal and professional development and are creative and resourceful. I will rarely offer unsolicited advice, because of my philosophy that what I might ‘do’ in a given situation has nothing to do with who you are and the unique challenges and opportunities you face.

As a coach, my primary role is to draw out your insights through inquiry, curiosity, and challenges that help you increase your capacity to notice what is important to you and make decisions by tapping into your inherent wisdom about your own life.

While your goals are work related, I will coach you as a whole person to any include personal issues that may impact your goals or your work life. We will work to ensure that our coaching efforts align with and support efforts in other areas of your life and enhance and deepen those efforts.  

Throughout the coaching relationship, I will engage you in direct, honest, and purposeful conversations and observations. I will be compassionate but honest — which means I might say things no one else will say and I may be very direct. I will seek to help you see things that you cannot yet see, notice things about what moves you, and support you to have more clarity about your options and your most sacred values. 

My overall intention is that the coaching process not only helps you realize the ‘ big agenda’ that we set at the beginning but further supports you to use all the challenges and opportunities you are facing to build a deeper, more meaningful, and more connected life. 

We will co-design work for you to do between sessions, which will be critical to realizing your coaching goals and outcomes.

Disclaimer

The client understands and agrees that coaching is not therapy, psychological counseling or social work, even though the coaching work addresses personal issues or life conditions. Client further understands and agrees that coaching conversations do not constitute legal, financial, or business advice. 

In the event the client desires any of the aforementioned services, it is client’s responsibility to seek a licensed professional in those fields.

Mutual Agreements

1.     Both the client and the coach jointly design the coaching plan.

2.     The client meets with the coach or calls the coach at the scheduled time.

3.     The client’s aspirations and growth are the coach’s primary focus. 

4.     The coach will periodically check in with the client to ensure that the coaching experience is productive and is value-added for the client and make adjustments as necessary.

5.     All client conversations are confidential. However, illegal behavior is not subject to confidentiality. 

6.     Either the coach or client may choose to discontinue the coaching relationship at any time for any reason.

Coaching Fee

Non-profit/mission driven rate = $2750 for 6-12 month package. Includes $250 “mates rates” discount.

Package includes:

• 12 one hour coaching sessions;

• access to coach for 1 year from contract date for ‘triage’ support by text or phone;

• resume and cover letter support as needed;

• tailored support (e.g. coaching prompts and reflections in between sessions, reading materials)

• 25% off a future Mindfulness at Work online course (next course starts September 2022).

• NEW: 1-2 hours of pro-bono CLIMATE COACHING

  Logistics

Coaching will be by phone/zoom (client decides preference for each session). If you are in the Washington DC area — I do hope we can meet in person soon!

Please try to cancel or reschedule with 48-hours notice so your coaching slot can be offered to someone else.