what i do
conscious leadership coaching for executives & teams
Change is inevitable; it is the one constant that we can expect.
Intellectually we all know this. As professionals we see it all around us. Your star employee leaves the company, a client finally implements a strategy your team has been recommending for a year and the partnership evolves, a change in your industry ensues panic, you launch a new product that kickstarts the trajectory of your business…the list goes on and on.
Yet if we pause and look at our lives with honesty and openness, we will recognize that some things have not changed.
Despite your best efforts you:
Still don’t have control over your schedule,
Continue to see the same issues recycle among your team,
Have an abysmal work/life balance,
Aren’t having as much fun as you used to
...and underneath it all is this inner knowing that something needs to change. You find yourself saying you want to make that change, but the results of your life indicate otherwise. YOU ARE STUCK.
Perhaps this is one way the covid pandemic was for you – it forced you to slow down, begin to recognize how often you are on autopilot, and wake up to your desire to transform.
The truth is that much of what happens in our lives is out of our control (whether we want to believe it or not). However, as Viktor E. Frankel, Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor, stated:
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
If you are a successful executive that recognizes the results you are seeing in your career and personal life don’t Fully align with what you most want and are ready to take the first step towards growth and freedom, I can help.
my approach
aligned decision-making
Do you know that you have 3 brains? Our head, our heart, and our gut work in collaboration with one another to live a healthy and joyful life, however traditional workplace environments have long praised focusing on our heads and discounting the wisdom of our heart and gut. By learning how to listen to all three brains you better equip yourself to make decisions that not only feel data-driven, but align with your values and core identity.
POWER OF THE MIND
Our cephalic brain is great for thinking, cognitive perception and making meaning of things; at its best, it is the seat of creativity.
WISDOM OF THE HEART
Our heart brain is meant to take the lead on emotional processing, on values and on our connection with others; at its best, it is the source of passion and compassion.
FEELING OF THE GUT
Our gut brain is designed to focus on our sense of self, on self-preservation and mobilization; at its best, it is the root of courage.
Note: To learn more, I recommend that you read Change Leadership: Why Your Head, Heart And Gut Are Critical To Listen To by Brian Gorman.
YOUR OPTIONS
coaching sessions
Coaching requires curiosity, commitment and an openness to change. We’ll focus on the context of your issues (how you are relating to them) versus the content (the details of the issue itself). To aid you on your path to self discovery we’ll also leverage the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a sense-making tool or a framework that enables the development of self-knowledge and meta-awareness. I offer a variety of flexible coaching options, whether you're interested in a one-time session or ongoing support for yourself or for your team.
Intro Package
Ongoing Support
Enneagram Assessment
testimonial
TUNE INTO YOUR STRENGTHS AND YOUR ABILITIES
“Nicole is a holistic coach who will guide you to listen to yourself. She is capable of gentle guidance or a strong push, depending on what you need. Her key strength is getting you to tune into your strengths and your abilities. While it is clear that she has a style and process for coaching, she also has instincts and a feel for what you need at the moment. I recommend Nicole to anyone seeking true internal confidence and resolve, and to anyone who needs to be reminded of their talents and abilities and how to align them with their heart and what matters most in their lives.”
TRAVIS HEAD
work with me
My heartfelt desire is to help you become who you are.
meditation
an analogy for life
One of my favorite meditation teachers and authors, Joseph Goldstein, says “The ups and downs in the practice...that is all part of the unfolding path.”
A meditation practice is a great analogy for life. We sit with great intention and before we realize it our mind begins to wander, there is an itch behind our left knee, we are suddenly focused on our to-do list and have completely forgotten what we are doing there in the first place. We may or may not get frustrated. We choose to bring our attention back to the breath and begin again. Just as in life, through all the ups and downs in our practice we move forward.
By meditating regularly we “develop a mind that can hold all of that with greater ease.” We develop equanimity so that as leaders we can handle everything that comes our way without getting so thrown off when what happens in life is out of our control (spoiler alert: it usually is).
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FAQ
have questions?
How many coaching sessions do you recommend?
I recommend we meet twice a month until you feel ready to proceed independently. I am also open to exploring other custom options that will best support your needs.
How do I prepare for our first session?
Please reach out to me to book a chemistry call so we can explore whether we are a good fit to work together. It may be helpful to ponder the question, “How will I have grown after our time together?” prior to our call. Should you decide to move forward, I’ll share some resources to help you better understand the conscious leadership coaching method I leverage as well as a link for an Enneagram test.
What is the Enneagram and how will we leverage it?
The Enneagram is a powerful, internationally recognised coaching tool encompassing nine diverse archetypes of leadership rather than a single style, or assumption, of what good leadership looks like. Each of the nine Enneagram Types represents a worldview and an archetypal way of thinking, feeling and acting in relation to the world, others and oneself. It is more than a profile of traits or behaviours, as it delves deeper into the motivations, defences and fears that lie in the often-unconscious area of our personality.
Discovering your Enneagram Type will lead you to greater self-awareness. At this deeper level of self-discovery, you have the ability for unlocking change at the level of "why we do things" to enable behavioural change. This enables consciousness shifts. I’ll invite you to complete an Enneagram Test through Integrative Enneagram Solutions prior to our first session.
What challenges can a coach help me work through?
I can support you to explore a wide range of topics that arise in your role as a leader inside and outside the workplace. This can range from recycling work issues to frustration over lack of balance in your work and personal life. What will support you in creating lasting change is our focus on the context of your issues (how you are relating to them) vs. the content (the details of the issue itself).
Do you offer training for teams?
Yes! I love working with teams. This may include team coaching, leadership circles, seminars, workshops and offsites. Please reach out to me to discuss what you are looking for and we can come up with a plan that is optimal for your team.