Coaching for Teams in Trouble

 

Tensions reveal what strategy alone can’t fix--team issues aren’t just tactical—they’re personal and relational. 

 

Teams don’t fall apart overnight.
Trust doesn't suddenly erode.

 

Instead overtime communication slips and tension slowly builds.
Often, the root of the problem isn’t only what’s happening between people—it’s what’s happening within them.

 

That’s where I come in.

 

I coach leaders and teams who are navigating disconnection, misalignment, or breakdown and help them grow the self-awareness needed to move from reactive to responsive, from stuck to steady.

 

Whether you’re facing low morale, unclear roles, repeated conflict, or unspoken frustrations, self-awareness offers the first real foothold. It’s not just about personal insight. It’s about understanding how your inner world shapes your outer impact—on your team, your decisions, and your outcomes.


Why Self-Awareness?

 

Because leadership starts within. And the more stressed or uncertain a team is, the more that unexamined habits and hidden narratives take the wheel.

Through our work together, we’ll surface:

  • The operating stories you tell yourself and your team

  • The beliefs and assumptions driving unhelpful patterns

  • The strengths and shadows that shape your leadership

  • And the boundaries and communication styles needed to repair and rebuild


A Story-Based Approach to Clarity & Connection

 

I use narrative coaching techniques to help leaders and teams uncover the stories shaping how they see themselves—and each other.

This approach goes beyond personality profiles or surface-level fixes. It reveals the deeper truths influencing behavior, trust, motivation, and cohesion. It opens the door to realignment—and a renewed sense of purpose, presence, and possibility.


We Might Explore:

  • What’s the story you’re leading from—and is it helping or hindering?

  • How are your unspoken values and fears shaping the team’s culture?

  • What needs to be acknowledged so things can begin to shift?

  • What honest conversations are being avoided—and at what cost?


Coaching for Courage, Not Perfection

 

Self-aware leadership isn’t about having all the answers.

It’s about knowing when to pause, listen, and take ownership.

It’s about bringing steady presence to turbulent dynamics.
And it’s about helping your team feel safe enough to show up with honesty, creativity, and renewed commitment.


If your team feels stuck, tense, or off-track—

 

Let’s make self-awareness the starting point.

Because when leaders change the way they see, they change the way they lead.
And that can change everything.

 


Communication: Where Clarity, Connection & Courage Meet

Rewriting the story between you and others at work

 

Communication isn’t just about saying the right thing.
It’s about shaping the right relationship—one word, one gesture, one silence at a time.

It’s how we:

  • Express what we truly need
  • Make others feel seen, safe, and understood
  • Build trust—or quietly unravel it
  • Shape culture, belonging, and connection

And yet—it’s one of the hardest things we do, especially at work.


Every Conversation Tells a Story

Behind every exchange lives a deeper story—about power, safety, identity, and worth.
We speak through our histories.
We listen through our assumptions.
And when tensions rise or stakes feel high, we often fall into protective patterns.

Do I feel safe enough to be honest?
Will they hear me—or judge me?
Is this a space for collaboration, or competition?

These are the silent questions that shape how people show up—and how trust either grows or erodes.


From Protection to Partnership: A New Way to Communicate

Drawing from Judith Glaser’s Conversational Intelligence®, we’ll explore how to shift from “I-centric” to “we-centric” conversations—those that build shared understanding, deepen trust, and unlock creativity.

 

You’ll learn how to:

  • Notice which level of conversation you (and your team) are operating in—transactional, positional, or transformational
  • Foster psychological safety so that others can bring their full selves
  • Move from uncertainty and resistance to co-creation and forward motion
  • Identify the stories and mindsets shaping how you interpret and respond
  • Repair moments of rupture and restore trust after conflict

What Coaching Provides

Coaching gives you a steady, supportive space to unpack what’s happening beneath the words—to examine the stories you’re carrying into the room, and how you’re hearing the stories of others.

Together, we’ll explore:

  • Where communication is breaking down—and why

  • How to move from defensiveness to curiosity

  • How to listen for what’s unspoken

  • How to speak with clarity—without sacrificing connection

  • How to lead with transparency, emotional intelligence, and intention

I’ll bring tools from Conversational Intelligence®, narrative coaching, and team systems thinking—all tailored to your context.


This Work Is for You If…

  • You’re a leader whose team feels tense, disconnected, or unclear
  • Projects or outcomes are stalling because people are walking on eggshells
  • You sense that trust has been lost—and want help rebuilding it
  • You want to communicate more skillfully across differences or silos
  • You care about culture and want to lead with more courage and relational depth

Let’s Reclaim the Way You Communicate

Together, we’ll rewrite the story of how you relate to others at work—with clarity, compassion, and confidence.

 

Let’s begin.