Yesterday over coffee, one of the fellows in the Full Potential Leadership program told me “working with Mia is changing my life!”. She was not the first to say that. The way that Mia is able to help emerging and growing leaders better understand themselves and how they can bring the best of themselves forward into their work environments is the perfect compliment to the work we do to support leaders who want to be brave, bold, and people-centric. Her combination of compassion and directness make her feel like a safe person to explore and grow with, and I am proud to have her as our lead coach.

Mia helped me find my own inner compass and actually listen to it. As a result of our work together, I trust my own ideas more and understand what I bring to the table. I also understand that I don’t have to stay or play small; I have areas of strength that I wasn’t aware of and I can use them in my work as a strategic leader.

During my year with Mia as my coach, I experienced the worst year of my professional life….Thanks to our coaching, I deepened my understanding of my Why, made decisions that were not only life changing for me, but for my team and my organization, and have learned how to be the kind of inclusive, trusting leader I want to be led by. Mia’s championing, pushing, laughter and genuine connection made my journey of growth not only fun but transformational.

Mia met me where I was at and reminded me that if I slowed down and dug deeper, all the tools I needed to achieve my goals were already within myself. She is a master guide of thoughts and energy, and I’m ridiculously lucky to have her in my corner!

In one of our first sessions, Mia encouraged me to pay attention to areas where I felt tension.  That focus led to some major “aha!” moments throughout our months of coaching.  When we started working together, we talked about changing my work schedule.  By the end, our focus had expanded to a vision for my professional future.  For the first time, I have a real, tangible vision of what I want my professional future to look like.