“God bless that potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it.”
Shirley MacLaine
Start-ups & Small Companies
“We are the cofounders of a fast growing early-stage health-tech startup. As first time founders and first time managers, Laura has taught us management skills, leadership skills, organizational planning, and even crisis management. She's been our go-to resource for any "oh-shit" moment that we often experience as founders, such as "oh shit, a key hire just quit and we don't know how to tell the team" or "oh shit, we need to hire 5 people this quarter but we have no management structure in place" and the list goes on and on. Working with her has increased our confidence, improved our communication skills, strengthened our relationship as co-founders, and renewed our passion. We couldn't recommend her more!”
— Morgan Hewett and Kyle Pierce, Co-Founders, Options MD
“Laura has been working with us as an advisor to our startup for over a year. Simply put, she has been a dream advisor from day one. Laura is accountable and present in all of her work and has impacted our company at all levels, ranging from recruiting, to product to sales. She is such a pleasure to be around! In Laura we trust (hands up)”.
— Co-Founders, Mento
“I'm very grateful to have met Laura. She has been an advisor to our business, and her presence has made an enormous impact on both my company and my self-esteem. Tangibly, her contributions paved the way for our first deal to close (BD!). The intangibles matter too. I've called her at odd hours, and she makes time for my thoughts; she welcomes ideas and turns them into action; and she is always able to offer a clear, thoughtful perspective on the matter at hand. Her presence and commitment marked a key turning point in the evolution of our company. Laura is a game changer.”
— Co-Founder, Mandela
“Laura facilitated a 360 Review Process for our leadership team. Laura's warm and engaging personality, as well as bringing her in as a neutral third party allowed our team to provide more honest feedback, which was critical for us to develop as leaders. Her guidance on navigating a complicated relationship in a way that acknowledged the needs of the company with our team member's personality and personal career goals resulted in a positive outcome that worked well for all parties.”
— Co-Founders, Pronto Housing
Medium to Large Companies
“With Laura's coaching, I have seen measurable growth in my ability to form strategic alliances across the company and advance the work of my team. Through our coaching engagement, I developed the confidence and awareness to apply my existing skills to be a better influencer and relationship builder, while still being authentic to my leadership style. I recommend Laura's coaching to any senior leader who wants to accelerate their growth or impact with additional skills, support, and guidance.”
— Data Operations Director
“Laura's encouragement was particularly helpful for transforming my mindset (which was sometimes quite defeated at the beginning of a session). Laura's ability to normalize and make space for big emotions was helpful for helping me calm my own central nervous system and be more receptive to coaching at large. In addition, Laura was able to ask helpful questions to tease out the internal coach in me. This is quite a skill because my work is pretty different from Laura's day to day and yet she was able to unlock great value despite not being fully steeped in my world. I think this skill would prove highly valuable in her ability to coach others from a diverse range of backgrounds.”
— Design Director
“The coaching sessions really allowed me to be intentional in how I approach different cross-functional stakeholders. This is to say, having a clear understanding of their working and communication style prior to an engagement and ensuring that our work together caters to their style (rather than my own). I've always applied this intentionality to my direct reports, but now understand how important it is to do with other leaders I engage with.”
— Project Management Leader
Laura is both a professional coach and strategic thought partner, with an enthusiastic, hands-on approach that makes her sessions energizing, fun and productive. She helped me navigate the full journey of my new job search by going beyond simple job hunting, but instead developing a full career action plan that utilized my strengths and developed my opportunity areas. With her help I received my dream job offer, surpassed my salary goal, and successfully negotiated an executive equity package. Most importantly her executive coaching pushed me to my full potential, never allowing me to settle. Whether you’re looking to change careers entirely or boost your momentum in your career, I highly recommend Laura!
— Digital Marketing VP
“Laura brings her full self to the table and allows you to do the same. Initially, I believed that my career challenge was an isolated item I needed to fix. I then realized that I had to see myself as a whole person (and contextualize that challenge) to make progress. Laura employs a technique that allows you to go at your own pace but also realize areas that you can work on and strengths that you may not have been aware of. I especially benefited from not only her knowledge on how to motivate and inspire people but also her technical knowledge of how companies work (from her HR background). Additionally, the amount of homework she does to create a plan for you is impressive, and I believe coaching with Laura truly is a holistic experience that allows you to detect patterns that you previously didn't recognize.”
— Product Leader
“Laura’s unique way of structuring our sessions allows me to extrapolate a small problem that I'm facing into the larger underlying themes that I need to focus on. I've already reaped benefits from a very tactical standpoint (giving difficult feedback especially). The attention to detail really is very helpful - I come out of a coaching session with Laura feeling like I'm her only client/coachee - that's how impeccable she is about remembering the smallest of details I mention. This helps me feel like my coach is genuinely invested in my development and when she gives suggestions which might not be the first thing I'd think of, I trust her to lead me the right way.”
— Engineering Director
“Laura has been a thought partner, coach, and support structure in my life for the last 6 months, and I have grown tremendously in her care. I’d recommend her coaching services to anyone who is looking to take that next step, but is having trouble parsing out either what that next step is or what is holding them back. I'd also add to be ready for hard work if you engage fully - I'd be wary and re-examine the engagement if you don’t feel stretched and challenged, as I don’t believe that you’d be fully seizing the opportunity for growth that Laura can help you shape.”
— chief of staff