Unlock your superpowers to be your best self at work
Discover, clarify and own your work purpose, hopes, mastery and goals. Face your obstacles and fears. Soar.
Coaching is a sacred space. It’s your time to be totally safe to reflect, grapple, unload, question … in service to your unique work journey. This process is tough and requires a trusted colleague to listen with rapture and raise deep questions. We believe in growth mindsets and strength-based development. Whether you’re an executive, an entrepreneur, new to the workforce or considering a pivot, we understand how to support you to imagine your preferred future and navigate the journey.
Executive ≠ hero: every leader deserves a coach
“We never learned this at business school,” one executive lamented after she explored with her coach why control is a fallacy. Increasingly we hear leaders express doubts that they have the answers to the complex issues their organizations face. Many of our clients share that coaching is the one space where they can be vulnerable. Many are taking a hard look at blinds spots, and reconsidering their understanding of racism and their own role to perpetuate systems that discriminate and exclude. Our coaching work has never been more meaningful, and we know that to be true because our clients tell us.
Be your best self at work
We don’t define our work as career coaching but we notice that many people who seek our support are in search of a pivot. Some are thinking about a second career. Others are pursuing a startup while chugging along at an unsatisfying day job. Sometimes coaching is provoked because of a boss or colleague who’s a bully. If today’s work situation isn’t where you express your talents, feel supported and make a difference, then let us help you figure out what changes you need to make to equate work and joy.
Our awesome and eclectic clients are zealously committed to purpose and progress.
Their diversity is astonishing, across sectors, stages of growth, size and geography. Social impact nonprofits and B-certified companies, foundations and corporates, startups and leaders.
We’re powered by clear purpose and enduring principles
Our core purpose is to enable people and teams of teams to master better ways to make progress on their vision though persistent learning, evolving and thriving.
Our principles are our center.
Partnership
Our clients are partners - we co-create their preferred future. We also partner with a global network of superlative practitioners. We deeply value this robust ecosystem and strive to be dot connectors and contributors to invent better, human-centered ways to work and to achieve equitable social impact.
Interconnection
Organizations and communities are complex systems where all the parts are interconnected and change is emergent. We honor interconnection as integral to our approach to transformation as well as our understanding of how we live and work in our global world.
Perpetually learning
We are driven by curiosity and openness, persistently challenging the status quo and experimenting with ideas and creative approaches. We are committed to personal reflection and attention to our own biases and blindspots. We seek to understand others’ perspectives, appreciating that there is no single approach that serves complex contexts and diverse human experiences.
Stewardship
We generously share our time and talent to support people and communities, especially those that have been marginalized historically. We are active stewards of and advocates for our precious natural environment.
Integrity
We strive to show up and communicate in ways that foster respect, trust, compassion and transparency to develop authentic and positive relationships.
“When you are new to the business world having someone who really listens to your dreams is invaluable. I started Savory Fare at 60 and pivoted the company at 70 years old. MJ has listened and guided me every step of the way. She generously shares her wisdom and support to make our success possible.”
Mary Wise Hughes, Founder, Savory Fare
“MJ is one of the most supportive and influential mentors that I’ve worked with throughout my journey as a social entrepreneur. Her superpower is her unique ability to analyze tough questions through the lens of a compassionate educator, a knowledgeable researcher, and a grounded practitioner. When I felt stuck, MJ listened and helped me transcend binary options. Mj is collaborative, caring, and impact-driven. I highly recommend her as a coach.”
Myron Lam, Co-founder X.O.I Juices and Global Shaper