Executive Coaching
Some leaders operate in predictable environments with straightforward decisions. Not you.
The complexity of your world as a leader is dizzying. You face impossible tradeoffs, and finding time to zoom out and look at the big picture isn’t happening, even though it needs to. You don’t want anyone to question your commitment or ability, but you’re treading water.
Through all of this, you have even less time to get everything done than your peers without kids. You're managing high-stakes decisions while also managing bedtime meltdowns and workday interruptions.
What you're in the middle of are wicked challenges.
No, they’re not evil. But they are full of ambiguity and partial information. Every decision creates three new problems, plans change mid-flight, and 'urgent' fires pop up hourly.
Not everyone gets your world, but I do. I’ve lived this story over and over in startup leadership roles. I've been the leader juggling board meeting prep with family commitments, scaling systems while scaling back my own sleep.
As a coach, I’ve helped hundreds of leaders learn to make decisions from clarity, not chaos.
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Imagine a year from now...
The messiness of your work context may or may not have changed, but you have.
Instead of reacting, you’re able to take even one breath and make a choice before plowing ahead.
Your ability to be intentional has changed how you show up, and you’re truly proud of the leader and human you’ve become.
I work with tech leaders navigating wicked challenges who have young kids at home.
- Stepping into a new role, facing much higher stakes and heightened visibility
- Knowing the leader you want to be, but daily chaos has you running on autopilot
- Inheriting a new team, and you need to build trust fast
- Navigating an acquisition or layoff, and you need to steady the ship
Being a parent means the context of your work life is that much more complex, all while the stakes are even higher.
Unlike traditional executive coaches, I move between helping you source your own wisdom, and being your leadership thought partner. I speak your language, and can personally relate as a leader and a parent.
to create a new era in your leadership
Step 1:
Coaching Session
We have one, 60-min coaching session.
There's no catch.
This is a full coaching session, like I have biweekly with each of my clients.
There are two goals coming out of this session:
For you to walk away with something of value
To help you and I both decide if coaching together feels like the right alignment
Step 2:
You Decide
At the end of our chemistry coaching session, you decide between three options:
You feel complete. We part ways for any reason.
You're curious to talk about how we'd work together, and we set up another call to dive into specifics customized to you.
You didn't quite get enough information from our session to decide either way. We set up a time to help you get the information you need.
Step 3:
Define Outcomes
If you decide you want to explore how we'd work together, in our follow-up call we will:
Define what you want to get out of working with a coach
Outline all the details of working together
Discuss the investment to coach together
I'll support you in making whatever the best decision is for you, including other coach referrals if you need.
Ready to build new capacities and skills
that work with your real life, not against it?
What People Are Saying About Nalani's Work
Working with Nalani has been life changing.
She's helped me become more thoughtful in my work and in my life. She has helped me gain clarity on what I really want, pushes me to think differently and more deeply, and has given me the confidence to make meaningful change. My fiancé even remarked, "Nalani is the best thing that has ever happened to you."
Katie M. Venture Capital Director
[Nalani] takes the business perspective in mind, and contextualizes issues instead of just dealing with my perspective only. Nalani shared her own [leadership] journey with me....which was important to allow me to overcome the urge to poke holes in [her] reasoning. This allowed me to focus on the value she was providing.
Mikus Krams Co-Founder || Trace.Space
Nalani is one of the best active listeners...she shows me that she is listening by asking clarifying questions and holding me accountable to things I've said in the past. By doing that, she's able to direct me to new realizations and help me make sense of my sometimes overran mind.
Nalani helped me tap into my body and understand what situations create what thoughts and feelings. By uncovering this I'm now able to respond from a place of empowerment rather than reaction.
Unlike talk therapy where I have often felt like I'm getting nowhere, Nalani gave me tools that created real change.
Marie Lunney Director of Digital Customer Success || Chili Piper
Before, I felt like I was floundering. Now, I am an entrepreneur.
I needed help to understand why I felt so unsatisfied...despite being lucky enough to land top jobs [at Google and Amazon].
Nalani's pointed questions quickly helped me see that I hadn't been giving myself permission to be the entrepreneur that I want to be.
Being more deliberate about understanding [what was possible] helped the months that followed [my transition] feel like the most productive I have ever had.
Adam Stober Founder || Heroic Services
I am always accountable to what I am feeling and what is most standing in my way [when I'm with Nalani]....I leave with a clear image of what the roadblock is (and what it isn't) and what I am going to do to remove it. I have had some of my most productive, difficult, and rewarding professional conversations of my life following my sessions with Nalani.
Joey Williams Director of Sales Development || Chili Piper
Nalani's superpower is that she's able to make a difficult, stressful, or seemingly unwinnable situation feel approachable. She is empowering without lecturing. She asks thoughtful questions without steering. She acts as a guide to identifying the root of problems, and developing solutions. Her thoughtful and personal guidance was not only incredibly helpful in navigating work situations, but her lessons transferred seamlessly into my personal life as well.
Lauren R. Sales Leader || Chili Piper