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I collaborate closely with Chiefs of Staff, COOs, and Heads of People & Culture to elevate senior leadership teams and individual leaders in expanded roles or leading change. My approach blends observation, advising, team facilitation, and 1:1 coaching within your existing meeting dynamics. I craft sustainable solutions to enhance team effectiveness and offer stand-alone workshops and leadership retreats. 

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My clients tell me they value working with someone who gets it. I've been where you are—juggling customer demands while trying to lead a team well. It's tough to do both effectively.

I'm here to help you bring out the best in your team. See how I do it…

Core Services:

  • 1:1 coaching provides a supportive space to reflect on learnings and challenges, cultivate vision, and advance leadership goals. Together we will work on effective communication, prioritization, team building, and conflict management. We will ensure you're advancing toward both your short and long term goals and help create sustainable practices to avoid burnout.

    The result: A more centered leader with increased credibility and influence, in touch with their purpose and satisfied in its pursuit.

  • The fast paced world of work doesn’t give leaders taking on a new role a long runway to achieve results. Through a smaller package of customized coaching sessions, emerging and seasoned leaders in new roles will receive my support to build a plan, develop trusting relationships with key stakeholders, identify system level issues, integrate your learnings and accelerate your ability to make an impact.

    The result: You’ll receive the support and structure you need to show up as the leader you know you are.

  • Leadership teams don't just guide an organization—they define its culture, drive its performance, and shape its future. As an expert in team dynamics, I assess the unique challenges and opportunities within each leadership team I work with, providing tailored retreat design and facilitation support to elevate your team's effectiveness and exceed your strategic goals. More details on my approach can be found here.

    The result: a high-functioning and effective leadership team with clear priorities and the tools to increase the team’s performance, value, and organizational impact. The team fulfills its mission and team members feel fulfilled in the process.

  • I work with your leadership team to hone your vision and storytelling to inspire your organization through change. We’ll define the shifts that are needed at the individual and the system level, and prioritize them for maximum impact.

    The result: A more sustainable change, led and championed for and by internal changemakers like you.

    Our work will include the following elements:

    • Team and leadership coaching, as applicable

    • Development of From/To Behavior Shifts and change narrative

    • Identify and cultivate change champions

    • Draft metrics for measuring progress

    • Workshops to help embed new behaviors within the organization

  • Investing in and building leadership capabilities within your organization can be more efficient and impactful in a group setting. These interactive sessions equip leaders with practical skills and resources they can apply immediately.

    Result: Leaders will emerge more confident, grounded and capable of launching high-performing teams, effectively managing change efforts, and coaching their teams proficiently. Additionally, they will gain a supportive community of trusted peers for ongoing support and guidance.

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CHALLENGE:

Grace (name changed for privacy), a visionary leader with technical prowess and a deep commitment to her team, set high standards for herself and her recently formed senior leadership team.

The team faced the daunting task of shaping a newly created role while navigating pressure and skepticism. Team sessions had become unproductive, with little forward momentum.

Case Study No. 1
From Struggle to Success

Empowering Grace’s Leadership Journey

INTERVENTION:

  • Team & 1:1 Coaching

  • Defined strategic experiments to structure meetings effectively.

  • Facilitated a workshop on coaching and feedback.

  • Empowered Grace to delegate effectively and navigate performance and structural issues.

  • Provided a safe space for processing feedback.

RESULT:

  • Improved team collaboration and trust amidst ongoing uncertainty.

  • Grace’s leadership flourished, leading to her promotion to a senior leadership role.

CONCLUSION:

Coaching yielded increased team effectiveness, leadership empowerment, and career advancement.

“I am fortunate to have worked closely with Laura through multiple major organizational changes at Genentech. Without her thoughtful planning, structured problem solving, expert coaching, and courageous candor, we would not have delivered organizational priorities that are so clear, bold and timely.”

— Jonathan Witt, Senior Vice President, Genentech Business Operations

Case Study No. 2
Navigating Transition

Relaunching a Disjointed Team

CHALLENGE:

The sudden departure of a key executive left the organization in a state of flux. In her absence, her manager took on an interim leadership role. The team struggled with a lack of cohesion, siloed operations, and unhealthy conflicts.

INTERVENTION:

  • Team Coaching

  • Facilitated collaborative sessions to define and communicate shared priorities across the organization.

  • Fostered psychological safety and improved communication within the team by establishing norms, instituting regular in-depth check-ins, and creating a dedicated space for offline collaboration.

  • Maintained close communication with the interim team leader, providing insights into team dynamics and helping focus his limited time effectively.

RESULT:

The team now engages in honest and vulnerable conversations, exemplified by a pivotal headcount discussion. The transformation has been profound. A new executive joined a significantly more cohesive and effective team, ready to tackle challenges collaboratively. One team member remarked, "It's like night and day compared to before."

CONCLUSION:

Leadership transitions present a critically important time for teams to receive coaching support and emerge stronger than how they began.

“I will forever be grateful for the special gift of having Laura as my coach during one of the hardest phases in my career. The conversations I had with her anchored me to a deeper core of positivity that kept me going. Laura's empathy, openness, optimism, and relentless support during a turbulent time built my resilience as a leader.”

— Ridhima Tagoria, Genentech Healthcare Market Director

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“Over four months of coaching with Laura, I noticed that the critical voice in my head had quieted and my capacity and confidence had increased. Laura helped me think strategically about how to support my team during a leadership transition and demonstrate my readiness for a promotion. A few weeks after we wrapped our coaching, I earned a promotion to VP that I feel prepared and excited to take on thanks in large part to the coaching support Laura provided.”

— Melissa Teng, Natera