Coaching for Founders
It’s exhilarating to build a company—and it’s also lonely and exhausting.
As a founder, you’re likely doing things you’ve never done before. Every single day. You’re dealing with people, culture, financials—and perhaps you’re still at the stage where you have to fill a lot of the gaps yourself.
You may struggle to balance the short and long term, the tactical and the strategic, the weeds and the big sky. What got you here may not be what gets you to the next level. To succeed—and thrive—you might need to develop new muscles.
Being a leader is equal parts practical (getting great at the mechanics of your job) and emotional (growing into the leader you aspire to be).
Insight
Without self-awareness, there is no growth. As a trained therapist and coach, I support founders who want to continue to evolve (and thrive!) in the face of the demands they face.
These are some topics that tend to come up in our conversations:
Understanding how you tick: learning how to leverage your strengths and mitigate your blind spots
Managing stress/creating sustainable work
Developing/discovering new strengths instead of relying on the same skills that got you here
Imposter syndrome
Values aligned work and leadership
Facing/overcoming fears of failure (and of success)
Making brave decisions even when you’re scared
For women and POC: navigating the biases you face
Dealing with isolation and loneliness in your role as CEO
But it’s not enough to be self-reflective: to be successful you also have to master the practical skills. I’ve been in the trenches as an operator, and I bring that experience to support my clients. Having difficult conversations, giving meaningful feedback, scaling your relationship with the team as the company grows, hiring and developing leaders, building a culture that reflects your values and enables people to thrive—these things don’t happen just by looking inward. But these are practical, learnable skills. I promise.