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The problem

You are a thoughtful, ambitious leader navigating transitions or growth in a high-pressure environment. Perhaps you're stepping into a new role, expanding your leadership scope, handling tough interpersonal situations, or re-evaluating how to work sustainably after burnout. You're ready to have more impact and feel confident and fulfilled. You might be a:

• Mid-to-senior level Product Manager, UX leader, Eng leader, or startup operator navigating complex environments looking for a more sustainable and impactful way to grow. 

• CXO, Founder, Head of Product, or Director who wants to maximize their impact, unlock the next stage of growth, and lead with more strategic clarity, executive presence, and authenticity.

• New manager or senior individual contributor aiming to develop strategic leadership, confidence, influence & communication, and executive presence.

• Career pivoter who wants to clarify direction and transition with purpose.

What we'll do

We will partner to evoke lasting transformation in you, and your teams -- focused on impact + fulfillment. I will help you change your ways of seeing, feeling, and behaving in situations you deem to be problematic by listening, asking you open-ended questions, proposing exercises, and offering up observations. We may:

• Identify your values and how you want to lead and live

• Get to know the most authentic and powerful leader inside you (and your leadership brand)

• Build your executive presence

• Build skills to manage your inner critics

• Build and practice key skills in leadership, communication, and strategy.

• Use all of the above to bring clarity to any tactical challenges you're facing now and in the future

Learn more about my coaching approach and background here.

The problem

You are a current product manager who is looking to (1) get advice & thought partnership on your PM job and career and/or (2) build confidence, balance, and fulfillment in your work and life. You may want tactical feedback on your PM work and help navigating the day-to-day challenges you're facing. Perhaps you're feeling overwhelmed or stuck: chaotic work environment, interpersonal conflict, a challenging product. Perhaps a tough relationship to your job, or struggling to make decisions about your next career steps. Or, you're just eager to grow your PM skillset or ace your new role. I focus on mid-to-senior-level PMs. 

What we'll do

I'll combine coaching with tactical PM advising, which means I'll guide you through open-ended questions but also give you concrete tips and tactics to build your skills as a PM, which may include reviewing work product together. I will help you find success and confidence in your job while we solve tactical problems you're facing. We may work on specific PM skills - like influence, communication, building 0 to 1 products, etc. - as well as general skills like confidence, leadership, and productivity. 

Learn more about my coaching approach and background here.

Note: I can support you through a variety of issues, but if you're looking for a coach to help you find/land a PM job (resume reviews, interview prep), I'm probably not the right fit for you. A resource I'd recommend checking out though: Exponent.

What I help with:

I help teams run more effectively -- hitting business goals but also feeling empowered. I especially focus on product teams/orgs and leadership teams, but love working with any team that is needing to level up.

I will partner with you, the leader of the team, to diagnose the areas to focus on before we put together a plan for how to support your team. I take a look at people, process, and the product(s) you're responsible for. Our solution may include any or all of the following:

• Consulting on people/org structure and strategy

• Thought partnership on product / strategy / KPIs

• 1:1 coaching/training of individuals, including the leader

• Facilitating workshops to spot-treat weak areas

• Facilitating team meetings (like retrospectives, retreats, etc)

• Facilitate 360 team feedback

What I help with:

I work with tech companies who need some product management or product strategy help in a contract or part-time way. I will partner with you to figure out the best way to integrate into your team to make maximum impact. Examples:

• Early-stage tech startups: especially if you're a founder with subject-matter expertise but no tech background-- I help you get your product function and process off the ground. This includes anything from teaching your team best-in-class product practices, helping you form and build your MVP, creating your first product strategy and roadmap, identifying a product hiring plan, to coaching your product hires.

• Interim PM support (you have a PM on leave, or you're hiring for a full-time PM but need someone in the meantime to see a few things through)

• Specialist PM expertise (consumer, consumer subscription businesses, social/community products)

As a former top-performing product manager, I bring a wealth of experience and expertise, particularly in building business-moving consumer tech products, successful subscription businesses, and ML-powered, technically-complex products. As a leadership and executive coach & facilitator, I bring in expertise on how to grow people, as well as insights on how to improve team effectiveness.

The problem

You have a meaningful goal or change you're trying to make in your life or work, but you're feeling stuck. You're eager to try something new!

We may especially work well together if you identify with any of the below:

• High-achieving with perfectionist tendencies

• Children of immigrants trying to break the mold

• Experiencing burnout or ennui

• Has a creative and emotional side that you want to nurture, or

• Is in transition, or want to make a transition

How I can help

Coaching is an intentional collaboration that evokes lasting transformation in whatever you want to change. Think of it as growing your capacity to move towards your best life. This particular modality of coaching will involve:

• Being more present with your emotions, even the hard ones, which will help you come to new insights

• Helping you reframe and claim new perspectives that better serve you

• Discovering what you really want and what is in your control to get there

I will ask you open-ended questions, nudge you, and most importantly, hold your dreams for yourself even when it can be hard for you to face them.