JLD Coaching

Executive Coaching (EC) is the facilitation of self-awareness and subsequent change with a professional focus.

If you are facing a career transition (whether you want to or not), need to beef up your leadership or presentation skills (you're evolving from being a Founder to a CEO or are getting a promotion), hate difficult (but necessary) conversations, or you are stuck in a professional rut, EC may be a great approach for you to navigate towards favorable and sustainable choice and change.

My EC Certification is through The Hudson Institute. The Hudson Institute’s coaching methodology is holistic in nature, backed by quantitative research/ROI stats, with a strong philosophy of coaching the “whole person.” It provides a strong methodology, while allowing the agility and flexibility necessary to create a unique approach for each person. The coaching relationship is one of deep trust and strict confidentiality. Coach and client are peers and partners in crime, working towards meeting the client’s agenda and objectives.

• Executive Coaching is not therapy, as it’s primarily focused on the now and your goals of the future, versus doing deep dives into your past. That said, where you are now and where you are going is inherently predicated by who you have been and where you came from. There will absolutely be times when realizations come through in coaching, with deep connections to your past. But rather than digging deeply into that past, we will use those realizations as a launching pad towards effecting change.
• Mentoring and Consulting have overlap with coaching, however, both tend to be models where you are being told what to do by someone who is a subject matter expert, or simply someone with more experience than you. Executive Coaching is peer to peer. It’s a conversation where a neutral party (that would be me) can lead you to self-discovery and subsequent change.

• First we have a freebie conversation to see what you are trying to tackle, and decide if we are well matched to facilitate that together.  If we decide to move forward in an EC engagement, we can discuss the frequency of meeting, cost, length of engagement, etc. We come up with a joint coaching contract and plan.
• Then the fun begins….

• Entrepreneurs - especially if you need to transition from being a Founder to a CEO - think Richard on Silicon Valley
• Leadership –  you name it, we can tackle it - improvement of presence, organization, team management, delegation, and other leadership skills – think Joffrey on Game of Thrones
• Corporate Culture, Organization and Group Dynamics - think everyone on The Walking Dead
• Women in Business - think Peggy on Mad Men
• Career Coaching - think Walter on Breaking Bad
• Pitch Coaching - think anyone who goes on Shark Tank

I'm an LA native. Born at UCLA Medical Center, and grew up with the baby oil crew at Will Rodgers State Beach. Can't get much more native than that. Growing up, I was lucky enough to do well in all subjects, but was obsessed with art, reading, writing and all things creative as a kid. Then some practical switch flipped, and I ended up majoring in Math in college. Go figure.

I seem to have a 15 year career itch, and have successfully transitioned to three careers (so far). Here is a quick summary of each:

• Career Number 1: Technologist - In my Accenture (Andersen) "class picture", I was the one wearing the red silk shirt in a sea of gray suits.
• Career Number 2: Technology & Executive Recruiter - I have always been a natural matchmaker. At the time I switched to recruiting, I knew I was done with technology, and figured I might as well give this a try. Worst case, I could just get myself a job if I didn't like it, right? :)
• Career Number 3: Executive Coach & Advisor -  Pretty sure this one is going to put the 15-year itch out of business.

Values:

• Golden Rule
• Personal Freedom & Choice
• Practice what you preach
• Do what you say you're going to do
• Be real, honest, trusting and trustworthy
• Keep the mind open, and the critic in check
• Always follow your intuition
• Your way is your way, not the way

Passions:

• Natural curiosity about people
• Wit - the dryer, the better
• Helping others to find their creativity, passion and purpose
• Dogs, Horses, MiniPigs and Dolphins
• Unique thinkers and unique thoughts
• The ocean
• Words
• LA KINGS - GKG!

Random Tidbits:

• I'm an introvert, but everyone thinks I'm an extrovert
• I like to make up words
• INFJ (no matter how many times I try to trick the test, I'm always INFJ)
• Enneagram - main course of 2  (Helper) with a healthy side order of 3 (Achiever)