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Making it Personal

I believe in the potential of people and organizations to make our working world better. In the potential to create person-centered experiences that are empowering and impactful. I believe in disrupting the status quo and reimagining success to help us thrive as professionals and humans.

When we meet, it won’t take long to feel the forward energy I bring to any challenge. I put my heart into what I do, say what needs to be said, and work hard to make a difference. Clients say they appreciate me for being authentic, taking a practical approach, and caring about their success as much as they do.

My professional development superpower, though, is empathy. And it comes from understanding failure as well as success. In the past 30 years as a leader and human, I’ve fallen short, misjudged, and messed up. I’ve also achieved big goals, evolved from constructive failure, and honed my ability to help others drive success.

Experience and Credentials

As a coach, scholar, facilitator, and strategist, I’ve built a career around people, communication, and organizational behavior. This includes:

Three decades of leadership and business experience
Professional Certified Coach accreditation from the International Coaching Federation
Teaching and mentoring for coaching, undergraduate, and graduate students
B.S., M.A., and executive education in communication, leadership, diversity, and organizational behavior
Assessment training and certification, including DISC, Emotional Intelligence, and Clifton Strengths
Non-profit board leadership
International speaking, coaching, and consulting
Women’s leadership awards and recognition

Where I’m Coming From

Whether born or made, leaders develop over time. I’m no exception.

Spending my early years as a vocal and underappreciated disruptor, I entered adulthood as an insecure communicator who excelled at writing and worked hard to avoid any other type of communication. In growing a career in marketing, I gained confidence and became increasingly interested in the people behind the experiences I was promoting.

Pivoting to organizational behavior consulting provided me with life-changing exposure to the dynamics of executive leadership, people management, team performance, work cultures, and entrepreneurship. It’s where my talents of empathy, achievement, and activation coalesced into a drive to improve workplaces. It’s also where I eventually became the obstacle to my future success.

When I got stuck, investing in my leadership development moved me forward.

Through continuing education and coaching I learned to get comfortable being uncomfortable. I discovered the power of facilitating–rather than forcing–individual change. And I got to refine what, who, and how I want to be: a person-centered partner who combines brains, experience, and passion to make professional life better. Someone who empowers others to increase their impact by shining a spotlight on them instead of standing in it myself.

Success Stories

"Miranda has been an effective and empowering mentor to me. She is an incredibly effective communicator, who actively listens and provides concrete suggestions on my goals. Miranda is also very empowering and has helped me overcome my mental barriers to success. She is compassionate yet strong, genuine, brilliant and very approachable. I highly recommend her as a coach, leader and sounding board!"

Julie

"Working with Miranda helped me re-focus on the mission of my business…working with women entrepreneurs. Miranda brought passion, thoughtfulness, and strength to each coaching session…she asked the hard questions that forced me to think about my business – and myself – in a new light."

Susan

"I have had the privilege of working with Miranda for many years. Miranda's ability to understand me personally as well as my professional strengths and weaknesses is what makes her so effective. She doesn't tell me the answer, she facilitates it out of me so I figure it out on my own and therefore I own it - a true talent and quintessential coach! Miranda has been instrumental in helping me identify the core issues I face as a leader and work through adjustments I need to make to become a stronger leader. "

Patrick

"Working with Miranda was key to my self discovery and growth. She is a keen listener and an astute observer: She can hear the fear behind your problem and see the obstacles in your way. And she knows just what questions to ask to get you to see them, too. Then, with gentle guidance, and no judgement, she shows you a new path. I would not be where I am today were it not for her insight and encouragement."

Lara

"It’s been really valuable to say the least, some of it is discussing things that I’ve noticed about myself and trying to overcome them. Been very enlightening and I have become more structured about how I think about my own growth. I feel I have a plan that came together from a lot of what we talked about. Miranda helped me structure my thoughts tremendously on where and what I want to do and how to push for it. I also noticed a lack of confidence made it harder to achieve my goals, so I have gained lots of awareness. I understood how much this is affecting my ability to achieve my goals and this awareness will help me resolve that"

Mor

"Miranda is an awesome coach and our sessions have been going really well. She has helped me instrumentally, I have even received positive feedback from [my boss] Brent and my team. The primary focus was self-advocacy, developing personal brand and confidence. Miranda will ask me questions, then I will figure things out for myself and Miranda will give perspective. I am able to put into practice Miranda’s advice then reflect on what went well. All three goals are intertwined into how I can advance within Turbo. the feedback from Brent is that I am more confident, he wasn't sure of the exact reason, but thinks it may be coach-related. I worry less about what others are thinking and I’m more vocal about my opinion. Titles really trip me up, but I am currently realizing there are other powers, i.e. expertise on people. Just because I am meeting with VPs and SVPs, doesn't mean I don’t have power."

Sultana

"Miranda has provided individual coaching for our staff in an area of specialization: women in leadership. She is great to work with and has excellent skills. I have recommended her to several friends and associates."

Jim