“All leadership is personal. It’s about who you are, what you believe in, and how you show up in the world. When these three things are aligned, great leadership is possible.”
Grace is a highly trained and well-rounded coach of over 10 years. Her diverse life experience and ability to intuit and connect seemingly disconnected issues to get at the heart of things is uncanny and unusual. Her clients consistently find clarity, direction and alignment with their most important and self-identified values, allowing them to be more assertive, make strong requests and achieve promotion. While she is practiced at working with almost anyone, the clients who love her are introspective, open-minded, curious, self-directed, highly functional, motivated to experiment and invested in their long-term growth. She works well with developing professionals from ages 20-50.
Grace is honest, tactful, funny, highly intuitive and relatable. Her strong intuition allows her to be present with the whole person, including the systems that support and surround them. Insight from this type of listening allows clients to understand their drive, values, meaning and truly align with their most important goals and purpose in life. This results in dramatically improved prioritization, delegation, confidence, decision making, speaking up and speaking out. With a focus on personal development, Grace helps her clients deepen their relationship with themselves so they can lead from a strong sense of self and purpose.
Experience
Thirteen years of experience as a PCC Executive Leadership Coach.
2019-2020, Technology Worked as a temporary contractor for a startup technology company Hippo Health. Main responsibilities were to sell the platform to health care entities such as family practice and specialty clinics and to be the liaison between the client and the project manager. Sold and retained the first ten clients during the company’s launch.
2002-2021, Teaching Taught emotional intelligence to undergraduate students as adjunct faculty at the University of Denver.
2015-2019, Health Care Registered nurse at multiple agencies, including hospice and family practice, on a part-time basis.
2010-current, Entrepreneurship Launched coaching practice on a part-time basis.
2007-2010, Government Worked as the Senate Majority’s legislative assistant, managing the office and the majority leader’s schedule (two years). Worked as the lobbyist/legislative liaison between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado State Legislature (five years).
2007-2010, Teaching Taught clinical nursing at Concorde Career College.
1999-2007, Health Care Worked in various registered nurse capacities including hospital cardiac care, clinic cardiac care and home care. 2000-2001, Peace Corps/Teaching. Volunteered in Kazakhstan, teaching nursing school and English as a second language.
Education, Training and Certifications
BSN, University of Michigan MPA, Grand Valley State Certificate in Coaching, Newfield Network Coach Supervisor, Coaching Supervision Academy Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
Assessment Certifications
EQ-i/360 Assessment; LMAP
Personal
Skydiving. I am an avid skydiver with over 800 jumps in 6 years and expertise in multiple disciplines. Skydiving has taught me about adult learning, leading self and managing emotions in difficult situations. I have also learned so much about culture and culture change within the skydiving community locally and at large. Hiking/biking/skiing/snowboarding/swimming/crew. I have weaned off most of these activities to spend most of my time skydiving but have extensive athletic training and experience over my lifetime. I currently participate in group workouts at a gym three to four days per week to stay in shape and be in a community. Lives in Colorado with her husband and Goldendoodle, Sadie. Podcasting. I launched a podcast in 2020 called “What it Takes to Be Wild”, which features interviews with people from different backgrounds who overcame personal barriers to become who they have always wanted to be. The podcast is geared toward women but interviews men as well. I interviewed a professional mountain climber, a retired Coast Guard captain, a professional scuba diver, a professional caretaker and others.