"I started ListenForward to help CEOs, executive leaders and teams strengthen their performance, deliver sustained results, and make positive impact with and for the people they lead, the organizations they represent, and the customers and communities they serve."
Executive leaders and teams who "ListenForward" are values-driven.
They lead with context and purpose, they communicate with clarity, and build cohesion, and systems of "co-ownership". They take an outside-in approach and balance a discipline for continuous improvement with divergent thinking.
They are adaptive, decisive, and committed to a better future.
A former senior business leader, accomplished chief people officer, and graduate faculty, I spent four decades building, growing and transforming premier and high-growth global organizations across technology and Al; non-profit services and sports, digital media and publishing, and financial services. Now, as a multi-certified executive and team coach, I am passionate about helping my clients reach their individual and collective potential.
In addition to my practice, I serve as a retained Operating Partner and Head, Leadership Center of Excellence with Edison Partners, a premier growth-equity firm targeting high-growth financial technology, healthcare IT, and vertical SaaS and marketplace companies. I assess, coach and advise portfolio CEOs, executives and teams, and support chief people officers as they build and grow their companies. I serve as a board member with Fingercheck, an all-in-one workforce management platform for small and medium businesses with "deskless" workforces. I am a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches Agency. I also serve as executive coach and trusted leadership advisor with The DeLozier Group, a boutique talent practice focused on senior-level golf club and resort leaders and teams. I've coached social entrepreneurs and mentored leaders across the globe.
I draw inspiration and gain wider context from a love of history, understanding world events, photographing people and places, modern art, my always growing and eclectic music collection, urban architecture and design, the innovative local business owner, and the personal stories of people I meet.