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Right for me, right now?

You're busy. Deadlines, a demanding job, family, life, mental and physical health all want your attention. "Do I even have time for this?"

You might not have the time. Continuing onward with the crazy deadlines, intense pressure, burnout and stressful thought loops that eat up time and energy is certainly an option.

I'm sure you wouldn't have read this far if that felt like maintaining the status quo is the right choice for you.

What if I told you that by taking time for yourself, you can create more space in your life?

Imagine this: Your mind is quiet, focused and calm, and when it's not, you have tools to quickly ground yourself. Your creativity gets to shine because your thought loops aren't hogging the spotlight. You have the presence to thoughtfully respond to challenge and change, instead of frantically reacting because you "have no time."

You have the confidence to authentically articulate your vision, advocate for yourself or your team, and have a voice in the outcomes.

Your presence in the room has an energy boosting and inspiring impact.

You leave work feeling happy, calm, and relieved that things are on track. You have time to take care of yourself, your family, and you aren't lying awake at night zooming around the thought loop roller coaster in your head.

Would you be the best version of yourself (the one who matters most to you, your family, your team, and your job) if you made the time for this?

What would happen if you didn't?

Who is this for?

You're a creative, work with creatives, or live in the apparel industry. You love your job, your team, the career you've worked so hard to build.  You're a creative leader who's working to establish or shore up your leadership skills, cut the noise and manage stress effectively, get better results from your cross-functional relationships, and find more time in your day. You want that just-out-of-reach creativity to come back into your grasp. You want hope, agency, and choice in how you manage your time so you can connect with your life outside of work.

If you see yourself in the above, The Go Forward Leadership program is right for you.

You don't need to have all the answers, and you definitely don't need to continue your leadership journey alone. Just bring an open mind to get to know yourself better, be willing to step outside your thought loops, and have support every step of the way. We'll do this together.

Intake Form & Coaching Contract

Within 24 hours of signing up, you'll receive an Intake Form. Along with general information, this form asks for your key values and goals for our work together. We will use it in later sessions. Plan on 10 minutes to fill out.

Our coaching contract outlines the duration of our engagement, cancellation policies, confidentiality agreements, refund policies, and so forth. If there is a corporate sponsor involved, the contract will outline their role in our work together.

ELI (or ELI 360) Assessment

You'll be emailed a link to take the ELI Assessment. Plan on 20-40 minutes to fill out, and doing so in a quiet, relaxed space is encouraged. Once completed, we will schedule our first session - a 90 minute debrief to review your results.

If you opt for the ELI 360, you'll be emailed an ELI 360 link, with a second document to provide up to 25 feedback participants. Once the self-assessment and participant feedback is gathered, we will schedule our first two sessions: a 60 minute ELI debrief, followed by a second 60 minute session to review the leadership competencies and participant results.

We will do a Milestone ELI at the end of our engagement to measure progress, change, or future work to think about.

Coaching Sessions

Once we've completed our ELI debrief(s), we begin our weekly 50 minute coaching sessions. Typically, we meet weekly for the first 4-6 weeks to build momentum and rapport. After that, we move to every-other-week sessions.

Boosters

Program includes 15 minute booster calls throughout our engagement. These quick calls are useful during stressful times or anytime you need support.

General

Outside of ELI Assessments, our sessions are 50-minutes in duration. You may also exercise 15 minute Boosters weekly.

Homework (wait, what??)

Like physical training, the real benefits of coaching show up between our sessions. Outcomes of our sessions may include "homework" that involves writing, implementing & tracking new habits, or other accountability measures determined by you, the client. Typically this takes an hour or less per week (and good news-some weeks there may not be actual homework, just practicing new skills).

CPC (Certified Professional Coach):

In 2022, I graduated as certified professional coach from a IPEC, a 1-year coach training program. It is ICF accredited, meaning there is both ongoing training and a code of ethics I must adhere to. The coach training transformed my leadership style, my career, and impacted all areas of my life. i know that it is not just a "woowooo" thing - there is immense transformational opportunity in learning about yourself and taking 100% responsibility for your experiences in life and career. With over 100 hours of coaching for creative leaders, as well as consciously observing my own mind drama along my own leadership journey, I understood core themes that tend to show up and hold you back the most.

ELI-MP (Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner):

Rated one of the top 3 assessments "every executive should take" by Forbes, the ELI (Energy Leadership Index) Assessment is a one-of-a-kind assessment designed by IPEC. It takes something abstract - the way you experience the world - and turns it into a tangible metric with profound and practical insights that you can use to reshape your view of the world around you, and transform your life into the ideal one you envision. Coupled with a 90 minute debrief with me, this powerful tool provides hope, agency, and choice as we build your customized roadmap to transform your leadership. Available in both individual and 360. As an ELI-MP, I have received over 30 hours of training and given more than 25 assessments to clients.

Creative Experience:

Throughout my 30+ year career that includes 10+ year roles at both Ariat and Levi's, I have led, collaborated with, built or developed an incredibly broad range of areas. This spans the spectrum of creative visioning, product design and product development to global brand marketing, sourcing, wholesale, retail, and ecomm platforms, to innovation, and project management. This gives me insight and understanding into all aspects of the apparel industry. Why is this important? Because as your coach, we can dig right into what's important instead of spending sessions building an understanding of how you work.

Leadership Experience:

I've been a VP for many years, and I started leading creative teams over two decades ago. Some teams were deeply established, and some were teams that I built from the ground up. Every step of the way, I picked up habits, good or bad, that have bubbled up over the years. This has made me both a good leader and at times, one who bumbles through and makes difficult errors. My own coaches, mentors, and willingness to continuously learn have helped me lead teams of highly talented people who have created cultures we're proud of, products that are loved, and processes that work. Along the way, I've dealt with anxiety, creative burnout, leadership challenges, and crippling self-doubt. I've been lucky enough to lead, work with, and coach folks who have been through the same.

Walking the Talk

Everything I preach and teach reflect methods I've tested and done myself. Every coaching tool, exercise, or practice we work on are ones I've used. Our work is designed to be highly practical with a hack-free approach. The goal of our work together is to give YOU a shift in perspective, repeatable tools to use for yourself, and skills to build long-term growth.

Plan on becoming a more authentic, confident, and relaxed leader. Clients report feeling happier, relieved, and that they've found renewed meaning not only in their work, but in all aspects of life.

If you don't experience significant improvements in your leadership skills, work-life balance, and overall well-being within 30 days of completing the program, you'll get 3 additional one-on-one coaching sessions at no extra cost.

In accordance with my own ethics and ICF (International Coaching Federation) guidelines, our work together is completely confidential. Your name, occupation, title, company name and any other personal information are strictly protected, as is the content of our conversations. This also applies when coaching is company-funded. I am only allowed to reveal whether or not a client has completed the sessions.

As our work progresses, if you'd like to provide feedback, testimonials, or referrals, your name will be used only with your written permission.