Build a Team That Can Navigate Anything
Team development built for your specific people, challenges, and goals — not a template.
Get Clear on Where You're Going
Strengthen How You Work Together
Lead Through Complexity as a Team
Your team is navigating real complexity. Their development should too.
In ever-shifting work environments the state of our teams must be an ongoing priority, not a check-box.
But with how busy we are, this can be easier said than done. You deserve a partner in creating a scope of meaningful development for your team.
Hey, I’m Claire.
I've engaged with dozens of teams as a participant and a leader. I know that no matter how clear the vision or strong the plan, it is the state of our team that most influences what we can accomplish.
With a Master's in Education and 13 years of experience guiding talent development and designing customized leadership programs, including for top-tier educational institutions and national organizations, I partner with organizations to support their leaders and teams in enhancing strategy, engagement, and performance.
Let's make sure nothing holds you or your team back.
Real Teams. Real Challenges. Real Results.
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I design and lead a small-group coaching arc that couples with a seminar-based leadership development program.
Seminars engage leaders on topics such as networking, influential communication, financial acumen, and managing conflict. Group coaching provides leaders the space to explore how they will integrate and apply learning in their context tomorrow.
Group coaching took this from a leadership program at work to a place where I felt I belonged, I could grow and stretch into myself, and I could get to know other members on a deeply personal level. Those are things that made this a really incredible experience for me. I could chart my own growth and development as a leader and a human in a way I didn't expect at the beginning. The coaching component is so incredible and Claire was the greatest partner to all of us that we could have ever dreamed of in that setting!
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I am a founding coach, collaborating with a team of coaches to provide group and 1:1 coaching to leaders in a seminar-based leadership certificate program.
In group coaching, I ensure leaders create more powerful connections with one another and the content. 1:1 coaching offers the space for individual assessment debrief and exploration of how to put takeaways into action in their context.
“My coach was excellent. I was impressed with how insightful she was and able to see challenges as opportunities. I was most skeptical about the group sessions and individual coaching, but I think this was valuable to the course and ultimately helped solidify the lessons I was learning along the way.”
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I coach two PhD researchers collaborating in execution of a 5-year longitudinal study funded by a USDA Grant (Total Award >$7M)
I blend 1:1 coaching and dyad coaching so each leader has the space to explore their unique strengths and goals, as well as their their dynamic and presence as a dyad. Beyond coaching, I observe team meeting spaces to prompt deeper reflection on team interaction.
We focused on these Key Focus Areas for Coaching (as a starting point):
Case studies that can have broader application
Leveraging our complementary strengths to share leadership role
Empower team to work at their individual top/full capacity
Dealing with requests from team for “things” we don’t really want to give – when their needs don’t align with our preferences (e.g., requests that feel micromanage-y, hard deadlines)
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I designed a professional development series for faculty to bridge institutional goals into their department culture, communication and shared expectations.
"Claire has an uncanny ability to disarm those in the room and immediately create a safe and trusting space, meeting individuals where they are in their journey. Her warmth, care, and holistic approach to development allows those she interacts with to truly be themselves using empathy and grace to engage in meaningful conversations to ground others in their vision and values to allow everyone to reach their full potential."
What Your Team Can Build Together
Team accelerators include team coaching, team building, and strategic planning engagements that elevate cohesion, clarity, and collaboration. Common Outcomes:
Greater empathy, trust, and accountability — across differences in role, style, and perspective"
Clarified strategy and processes that allow the team to drive toward more powerful and sustainable outcomes
Deeper connections among the team, supporting engagement and retention
“We hired Claire to facilitate an annual planning session with our team of 14. Claire took the time to understand our needs and context to develop a strong plan. As a facilitator, Claire was engaged, flexible, and allowed room for shifts in our discussion while keeping the agenda on track. We left with an outline of our annual goals and key early steps needed to drive them forward.”
~ Medical College of Wisconsin Office of Community Engagement
Your Team Accelerator Plan
Schedule a Call
Tell me what your team is navigating. We'll figure out the path forward together.
Engage in Team Strategy
Gain clarity in how we can uniquely support your team.
Receive Custom Coaching
Know that our next steps are designed with your team in mind.
Great Leaders Create Space for Growth
We used to consider team development as a means to an end: develop the team to get a better result. Today, it's an essential benefit and engagement driver for our teams. More employees are looking for leadership development, pathways to growth, and strong connections to their teammates.
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Many organizations have internal leadership development programs or thematic workshops to support leaders in developing their teams. When you want something customized to your team's specific needs, we’re here to be on your team!
Our partnership will accelerate your team's impact. You share where you want your team to go; we’ll focus on mapping the learning and development journey to get there with customized keynotes, workshops and/or small-group coaching to fit your team's goals.
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Over-communicating, double-checking, micro-managing, conflict-avoiding, and worrying not only detract from your team's results, they also waste time. Investing in team development will reduce all of the noise and allow your team to focus on what matters most: Reuniting on shared purpose, learning how to lead through collective strengths and accelerate your impact.
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Today's workforce isn't looking for swankier offices or breakfast buffets - they're looking for substance in the work they do, the cultural environment they share, and the development they receive. Investing in team development keeps your focus on people and substance.
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Our work together isn't about box-checking. Through a coaching lens, we work from the inside out with a focus on thoughts, feelings and behaviors. No matter the topic, teams take-away enduring reflections that shape how they lead in many facets. The development arc we co-create will have long-term benefits for your team.