Leadership & Talent Development

Effective at building high-performing teams that thrive in complex organizations. By focusing on both behavioral and technical skill development, I help talent enhance their operational efficiency, business acumen, and executive presence across the organization.

Select work

Partner with product leaders at Google

Supporting team operating models, managing up to executive leadership, organization design, portfolio alignment, business operations, and internal go-to-market approach.

Designed and scaled a high-performing team formula with repeated success

Developed an operational blueprint for teams to help them work better together towards a common goal. It leverages individual strengths, team diversity, personal accountability, effective collaboration, and continuous growth to deliver their best creative work.

Developed and scaled leadership programming for women and BIPOC

Consisting of 1:1 and group training that resulted in 20% growth towards the next band, 10-40% knowledge gained, & 13 promotions.

Collaborate closely with the CPO and CEO of MiSalud
(early-stage startup)

Contributing to top priorities including strategic planning, stakeholder management, and talent development. Drove process improvements in operational velocity, collaboration, prioritization, product feedback, psychological safety, and supporting high-functioning teamwork.

Supported executives in upskilling their entire business unit

Lead the strategy and design of leadership development programs to accelerate talent readiness. Identified cross-functional pain points, developmental opportunities, and remediation approach. Programs resulted in stronger leadership bench, strength to meet long-term organizational objectives, and succession planning.

Partnered with the President, CFO, and executive team at KCAI

Facilitated operational improvements in organizational transformation and customer experiences including strategic planning, vision, product-market fit, growth, stakeholder management, and executive development. In 18 months, established key metrics for psychological safety, boosted strategic thinking by 30-40%, and fostered an environment of collaboration and innovation.

Drove culture transformation efforts at leading FinServ

Orchestrating a shift from a toxic environment to one that fostered inclusion and innovation within a span of 9 months. Achieved notable enhancements in Strategic Clarity (41%), Role Clarity (35%), Personal Ownership (57%), and Psychological Safety (53%).

Reinvigorated and scaled the global design community at GE (by 40X)

Improved program operations and user experience (98% satisfaction). Leveraged research and data to develop high-impact engagements, improve inclusivity and collaboration, and foster a culture of design innovation.

Talent Development Toolbox

I believe an effective leader needs a wide variety of tools, techniques, and approaches for talent development. This toolbox allows me to effectively work with all levels, from junior talent to high performers. I have a proven track record of elevating design cultures and helping people develop individually, together, and at scale.

Tools, techniques, and approaches

Licensed in executive coaching & leadership coaching for organizational performance

15+ years of facilitating workshops with product teams, principal leaders, VP, and C-suite leaders. Select clients at Google, Amazon, Adobe, Citi, Mastercard, Visa, Microsoft, PwC, Mural, Target, and VC-backed companies.

Relationship and trust building

With an extensive career in design leadership and a background in executive coaching, I’m skilled at developing strong, trusting partnerships with stakeholders cross-functionally. I also have a demonstrated ability to reduce friction between groups so they can collaborate better together and produce higher-quality work.

Custom diagnostic tools

I have developed custom diagnostic tooling and playbooks tailored to the needs of talent, aligned with HR, and built to accelerate the organization’s business strategy. Tooling has targeted improvements in organizational dynamics, business acumen, executive presence, strategic thinking, collaboration, productivity, calculated risk-taking, experimentation, creative thinking, and influence & persuasion.

Understand individual challenges in relation to the organizational ecosystem

Strong root-cause identification skills, with a deep understanding of organizational dynamics, navigating politics, and stakeholder management. Data and employee input are used to diagnose problem areas and then co-create the developmental plan of specific skills and capabilities to drive transformational results.

Individual & large group coaching

Facilitated in-person and virtual coaching sessions to develop leadership capabilities and elevate craft. I provided weekly 1:1s of strategic planning, developmental dialogue, performance reviews, design critiques, and detailed project reviews.

Continuous improvements

Leverage a variety of approaches to ensure continuous improvements and the development sticks. This includes ongoing coaching, 360 reviews, culture values design, establishing team norms & rituals, large format events, executive retreats, leadership roundtables, lunch-n-learns, masterclasses, and summits.