Modern Career Coaching

I am the Founder of Modern Career and a former Chief Human Resources Officer.  I have a 30+ HR leadership career at some of the world’s leading companies.  I have worked in the US, Europe and Asia. I most recently was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Rolls Royce Plc based in London.  I am also a Senior Advisor to Accenture on Talent and Organization.

I specialize in 

• leadership, 
• executive coaching, 
• professional & personal development, 
• all aspects of career development

Many are ready to take the next step in their careers, businesses, or lives but don’t always know exactly what that is or how to do it. Others simply want to talk about their career path or considerations with an unbiased expert. 

I help enable individuals to find and excel at what’s next for them, guiding them through transitions while supporting them to enhance overall effectiveness. I’m confident I can help you help you make progress on positive, sustainable change.

I’ve coached individuals across all levels from those in earlier stages of their career to very senior executives and those transitioning into retirement. As we work together, I will recognize the importance of your unique experiences, backgrounds, and goals. 

I am extremely passionate about helping individuals reach and live their fullest human potential. I’d look forward to the opportunity to work together.

I’ve worked as a human resources leader of global teams for over 20 years and my role nowadays is to support international leaders and their teams by providing coaching to help them to create positive change and achieve remarkable results in both their work and personal lives.  Integrity is at the core of coaching for me and I have a strong interest in helping leaders and teams operate with integrity to work and live in accordance with their values.

People say that I have a supportive pragmatic approach and that I intuitively challenge them to think outside-the-box and gain deeper insights to help them move towards their desired goals.   I like to learn new ideas and ways of working and I offer resources like tools, concepts, models, literature, reports and articles that help them reflect and gain insights into new ideas that helps them sustain the change and resilience beyond their coaching sessions.  

I began my new journey working as an independent consultant and Director of my own company in 2010 after a successful career with a global multinational business, Applied Materials, for twenty years and prior to that I worked with other SME’s.  My own personal career journey has helped me experience first-hand the rewards and challenges of leadership, building trusting relationships, transformation, building team capability, creating a culture of career development, developing high performing teams, leading change, increasing agility and resilience, increasing team competencies, building networks and team collaboration, creating a learning culture and driving innovative and continuous improvement initiatives.   I get great pleasure in living these experiences with my clients now and helping them to achieve their goals and successes.

I am qualified with diplomas in business and personal coaching, management and employee relations and therapeutic counselling. I am certified in team coaching and level A & B+ accredited by the British Psychological Society for occupational, personality and ability assessments, Innermetrix advanced profile assessment, Thomas International DiSC, emotional intelligence and 360 feedback and The Booth Company (now TruScore) for The Task Cycle® methodology supporting executive and leadership development and 360 feedback and I am accredited by the International Coaching Federation, British Psychological Society.

I believe that embracing the full range of our personal and professional potential requires compassion as well as commitment. 

Through guided introspection and supported implementation, my holistic approach helps clients negotiate a journey of transformational growth. Typical topics include: career transformation/growth; leadership development; improved communication; life balance; and the creative process. My relational coaching style is supportive but holds clients accountable as they: identify values and goals; silence inner critics; and unleash the power of their authentic identity.   

My methodology is informed by decades of experience in full-scope Human Resources, providing consulting and executive coaching for individuals and teams from diverse business environments such as global manufacturing; interdisciplinary architecture and engineering; and marketing and technology. 

*Certified through The Coaches Training Institute (CPCC) 

*Certified DiSC® Trainer and Administrator

Do you want to perform optimally? Are you overwhelmed in work and in life?

I am an internationally recognized peak performance coach who specializes in the mental and physical conditioning of elite performers. I am also a peer reviewed author, university lecturer in sport and exercise psychology, executive coach, and speaker on optimal human performance. Over the past twenty years, I have coached high-level individuals and teams, including professional athletes, internationally acclaimed artists, CEO’s and hedge fund executives. I am an author, university lecturer in sport and exercise psychology, and speaker on optimal human performance. I received my Bachelor’s degree from LaSalle University, my Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Temple University, and Transformational Leadership & Executive Coach training from the University of Texas at Dallas Business School. I am also an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist and a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach.

Offering: I offer a science-based, holistic approach to improve your overall performance in all aspects of work and life that focuses on cognitive, physiological, and emotional development. Our work together will include a review of current performance, habits, routines, practices and health with the goal to build a more measurable and sustainable system for your work and life. A key outcome of peak performance coaching is increasing flow states which can include greater focus, attention, energy, sleep, decision making, central nervous system operation for greater resilience for the road ahead. These new capabilities for greater peak performance will help you now and enable you to achieve your longer-term aspirations and potential.

This program will be the catalyst to guide you in the right direction, especially if you think you have no time.

About the program:
– Begin with a self-reflective survey that will be leveraged in your first session
– Includes four 50-minute sessions, every 2 weeks
– All sessions are on Zoom, with additional follow on exercises

Your whole career is a negotiation. Negotiating in a variety of situations is a key career skill, and negotiating your compensation can have a significant compounding effect throughout your lifetime.

How do you begin to lay the groundwork for a future promotion, strategize your salary negotiation, or prepare to ask again after a past “no”?

Regardless of your professional level or background, I can help you to negotiate in a way that feels empowering and impactful. In a 50-minute session, we can cover your top concerns and I will provide strategies that you can employ immediately in your work and career.

I am a facilitator, consultant, writer and business coach with 24 years teaching corporate professionals to have more authentic and connected conversations. I have spent 18 years teaching communication and negotiation skills with industry leaders in the Fortune 500, including Cisco, Owens Corning, Honeywell, UPS and many others.

I know the power of negotiating well and I look forward to working with you.