A bit about me ...
A bit about me ...
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Who am I?
Who am I?
My family calls me a planner, and my clients call me a people strategist. I'll admit, I like the fancier work title! The pattern continues: HR Business Partner leader inside a company, now Founder of my own coaching and consulting practice. Same work, fancier title.
So, what does the fancy title actually mean? In non-HR words, being a people strategist means I'm someone who understands what a business needs and knows how to build the plan to make it happen. I bring together talent strategy with business strategy. Big-picture thinking, solving problems, and building for long-term success. In my new world, the same work goes by coaching and consulting. Instead of supporting internal clients I deliver it for you, or your company.
I spent my career as a recruiter, a leader, an HR Business Partner, an advisor, and a coach inside corporate organizations. Along the way, I partnered with internal clients across every level and capacity, all the way up to C-suite leaders.
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How did I get here?
My mother told me I should go into HR. I didn't listen. Not until a few years out of college, when I landed in an interim leadership role with zero experience, did I start paying attention. The experience was amazing, and taught me the importance of leadership: guidance, training, development. I had none of it, and figured it out through reading, incredible mentors, and trial and error.
How did I get here?
My mother told me I should go into HR. I didn't listen. Not until a few years out of college, when I landed in an interim leadership role with zero experience, did I start paying attention. The experience was amazing, and taught me the importance of leadership: guidance, training, development. I had none of it, and figured it out through reading, incredible mentors, and trial and error.
Eventually, I took her advice. I found my way into HR as the executive assistant to the head of recruiting: what better way to learn the possibilities in HR than from inside recruiting itself? A year in, I was promoted to recruiter for a key growth initiative, my first real taste of strategy in practice. I never looked back!
Eventually, I took her advice. I found my way into HR as the executive assistant to the head of recruiting: what better way to learn the possibilities in HR than from inside recruiting itself? A year in, I was promoted to recruiter for a key growth initiative, my first real taste of strategy in practice. I never looked back!
Recruiting was just the beginning. Most of my career has been spent as an HR Business Partner: embedded with the business, translating strategy into people plans, and eventually leading my own team through enterprise-wide transformations.
Recruiting was just the beginning. Most of my career has been spent as an HR Business Partner: embedded with the business, translating strategy into people plans, and eventually leading my own team through enterprise-wide transformations.
Along the way, I supported a wide range of clients: Audit, Brand, Community teams, Corporate Communications, Facilities, Marketing, Regulatory-facing teams, and Sales. I often joke: who needs an MBA when you've been at the table with so many different functions?
Along the way, I supported a wide range of clients: Audit, Brand, Community teams, Corporate Communications, Facilities, Marketing, Regulatory-facing teams, and Sales. I often joke: who needs an MBA when you've been at the table with so many different functions?
I sat in all the rooms imaginable: building candidate profiles, hiring decision meetings, promotion panels, reorganizations, rebuilding teams, performance and talent management, succession planning. You name it, I was there.
I sat in all the rooms imaginable: building candidate profiles, hiring decision meetings, promotion panels, reorganizations, rebuilding teams, performance and talent management, succession planning. You name it, I was there.
Through it all, I learned one thing about myself above the rest: I'm a lifelong learner, and it's part of why I do this work now. Coaching and consulting mean the learning never stops. I get to learn through the people I work with, in every session and every engagement. It feeds the same need that's driven me all along: keep learning, and make a difference.
Through it all, I learned one thing about myself above the rest: I'm a lifelong learner, and it's part of why I do this work now. Coaching and consulting mean the learning never stops. I get to learn through the people I work with, in every session and every engagement. It feeds the same need that's driven me all along: keep learning, and make a difference.
After 20 years, I'm taking everything I learned and putting it to work for you: the person or company looking to grow, the individual navigating a career pivot, the first-time people leader stepping into a new role, the executive starting at a new company, the senior leader looking to transform their team.
After 20 years, I'm taking everything I learned and putting it to work for you: the person or company looking to grow, the individual navigating a career pivot, the first-time people leader stepping into a new role, the executive starting at a new company, the senior leader looking to transform their team.
Coaching the individual. Consulting the team. Delivering outcomes.
Coaching the individual. Consulting the team. Delivering outcomes.
Want to know more about coaching and consulting?
Want to know more about coaching and consulting?
What's my philosophy?
What's my philosophy?
The right answer is within you or your team!
You bring openness, honesty, and dedicated time to the table. In return, you get a dialogue driven by your needs, thoughts, and desired outcomes, paired with 20 years of corporate experience.
Together, we get you to the new job, the next level, the stronger team, the reimagined people strategy and practice.
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