The challenge to achieve breakthrough results is real, but the journey to growth is worth taking.
Nothing inspires me more than supporting positive culture change for organizations, helping to optimize your impact professionally and personally. It’s all connected: business strategy, collaboration, learning and development, purpose-driven careers, compassionate leadership, optimism, high performing teams, belonging and wellbeing. When we are flourishing ourselves, we can help others to do the same. Through many leadership roles, from serving as the internal Chief Leadership Coach role in a high-growth company to teaching leadership and communication at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, executive coaching and life experiences, I’ve gained a compassionate perspective and the desire to pay it forward.
I take a design thinking approach to my work, empathizing with the current situation clients find themselves in, helping them gain clarity about the layers of challenges and opportunities at hand, and implementing change approaches founded in research but validated in the real world. This includes helping to develop emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, communication skills, executive presence, overcome limiting beliefs, foster team effectiveness, develop a coaching mindset and implement approaches for more diverse, equitable and inclusive teams.
My coaching approach is founded in positive organizational best practices, mindful self-compassion, positive intelligence, emotional intelligence, and the latest research in applied neuroscience. My personal mission is to unleash the untapped potential we are born with, through the compassionate partnership of coaching.
Favorite Quote
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” – Colin Powell
Specialties
I’m passionate about helping executive leaders optimize their impact professionally and personally, as they create a legacy of helping others to do the same. My work involves assessment, program design, client relationship management, business development, high stakes interpersonal communication strategies, communication at scale, coaching, training, workshops, retreats and more.
Education & Awards
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, MBA | Central Michigan University, BA in Accounting | Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation | Awarded University of Michigan Provost Teaching Innovation Prize (2018)
Additional Training
- Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute Certified Teacher
- Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Training
- Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program, Cornell University
- Team Coaching International Certified Coach
- Positive Intelligence Coach Program
- Hogan Assessments Certified Practitioner
- Designing Your Life Training, Stanford University
- Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach Certification
- World Institute in Action Learning
On a Personal Note
As the daughter of an Indian immigrant and a Midwestern farm girl, I was raised with a diverse worldview that fostered a lifelong interest in people and cultures across the globe. Some of my greatest life lessons lie in my relationships with my family, especially as the mother of three children I adore.
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