COACHING
MY APPROACH
There is a particular moment that many ambitious leaders experience, often quietly and alone. On paper, things are going well. The career milestone has been reached. The résumé tells a strong story. Your LinkedIn is crackling. From the outside, life looks full and successful. And yet internally, something feels off. The work no longer energizes you in the way it once did. Decisions that used to feel straightforward now feel heavier. There is a persistent sense of dissonance between who you know yourself to be and the life you are actively living. The internal buzzing you feel isn’t a five-alarm fire. This is not a call to blow everything up, but the sound only you can hear is too real to ignore. Chasing the next podium will not fix this tense vibration.
I work privately with leaders navigating this kind of success-driven dissonance. This is advisory work for people who are ambitious, capable, and still very much in the arena, but who know that continuing in a straight line is no longer an option. Together, we slow the noise enough to surface signal. We work together to create clarity through honest reflection. This sets the stage for intentional movement, without leaving wreckage in your wake. The goal is not to abandon responsibility, ambition, or relevance. The goal is to realign how you lead and live so that your outer life can better reflect your inner truth, without shattering the systems and relationships you care about.
This work is opt-in and confidential. It is not therapy, performance remediation, or a call to burn everything down in the name of purpose. It is sense-making and decision support for leaders who want to stay ambitious while becoming more aligned, more grounded, and more intentional about what comes next. If you recognize yourself here, this may be the right moment to pause, listen more carefully, and choose your next chapter with agency.
I come to this work with two forms of credibility that rarely coexist.
First, I have lived this season myself. I have reached highly visible career milestones, including senior executive roles in higher education and global technology companies, only to discover that achievement alone does not resolve deeper questions of alignment, meaning, and agency. I know firsthand how destabilizing success-driven dissonance can be, and how real the risks feel when you begin to question a life that looks “right” from the outside. I also know that it is possible to realign without disappearing, self-sabotaging, or sacrificing ambition. This work is informed by experience, not theory.
Second, my professional life gives me a wide and unusually clear view of how ambitious leaders navigate change. For years, my work has placed me in close relationships with senior executives and leadership teams across sectors, helping them operate more effectively under pressure, disruption, and complexity. In parallel, as a board member of NYU Stern’s Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing, I stay grounded in the research and real-world inquiry behind what helps high-performing leaders sustain meaning, energy, and integrity over time. That vantage point has given me excellent pattern recognition about why capable people get stuck, what stories keep them frozen, and what actually helps leaders move forward without damaging their credibility, careers, or relationships. I understand the systems leaders are embedded in, and the real constraints they must honor while making change.
This is not generic coaching. It is private advisory work grounded in lived experience, strategic perspective, and respect for the stakes you carry. I work best with leaders who are serious about staying in the arena and who want to make thoughtful, integrity-driven changes. If you are looking for someone to help you think clearly, listen honestly, and act deliberately in the face of success-driven dissonance, this work is designed for you.
WHY WORK WITH ME?
HOW THE ENGAGEMENT WORKS
Most engagements run for six months, with two private sessions per month. This cadence allows enough space for meaningful reflection and integration, while maintaining momentum and continuity. Between sessions, there is access for brief check-ins or reflections as needed. Our relationship is intentional, focused, and respectful of your time and responsibilities.
The emphasis throughout the engagement is not on quick fixes or radical disruption. It is on slowing the noise enough to surface signal: your inner voice. We will test assumptions without panic, and make choices that align your inner truth with the life you are actively living. We will look honestly at ambition, identity, responsibility, and constraint, and work toward changes that are thoughtful, sustainable, and grounded in the realities of your work and personal life.
A THOUGHTFUL NEXT STEP
If this work resonates, the next step is an exploratory conversation. This is a chance for us to talk through what you are experiencing, what feels misaligned, and whether this engagement is the right support for you at this moment. There is no obligation and no pressure to proceed.
If you are navigating success-driven dissonance and want to stay in the arena while choosing what comes next with intention, you are welcome to reach out.