About Me
Hi, I’m Vanessa!
I’m so glad you’re here.
I am an Executive Coach and Organizational Development Consultant, with 18 years of experience leading teams, advising leaders, and helping people navigate their careers.
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I'm also a Mom, trying to balance it all. I live in Northern Virginia with my husband, two daughters, and our dog, Daisy.
What I Do
I help people:
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Clarify what they want and how they're going to get it.
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Lead their teams and organizations effectively.
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Increase their confidence and resilience.
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Know their value.
Why I Do It
I believe self-worth, confidence, empathy, resilience, and creativity are essential to leadership and well-being yet are too often diminished. I get joy from developing these attributes in others.
I help people lead in ways that positively impact employee engagement and organizational culture because I am passionate about creating healthy workplaces where people thrive.
I’m passionate about developing confidence in leaders and
creating workplaces where people thrive.
How I Do It
By helping you:
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Defining your purpose
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Envisioning the future you want
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Develop a strategy to get there
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Leveraging your strengths
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Vanquishing imposter syndrome​
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Increasing your confidence
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Enhancing executive presence
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Increasing your influence​​​​​
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Celebrate your successes
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My Professional Story
​As an Organizational Development Consultant, I specialize in supporting Federal Clients with strategic planning, change management, leadership development programs, and global transformation projects. I design and deliver retreats that empower teams to be more collaborative, strategic, and innovative. I advise Executive leaders as they navigate the complexities of their organizations, competing demands, and stakeholder management.
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​Before Federal Consulting and Executive Coaching, I worked at two of the nation’s premier art organizations, The Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Washington Ballet. My background in the performing arts influences my unique coaching and facilitation methods. My coaching practice grew out of my signature class, Acting for Business Professionals, at The Shakespeare Theater Company. I taught acting techniques that helped my students convey executive presence, engage their audiences, tell compelling stories, and overcome imposter syndrome. My class became so popular, it was featured in The Washington Post and on NPR. The next thing I knew, I had a thriving coaching practice.
Over the years, my coaching practice evolved from public speaking coaching into leadership coaching. I enrolled in an International Coaching Federation (ICF) training program and got a Master's Degree in Organizational Development and Knowledge Management at George Mason University. ​​