HARD TRUTHS ABOUT SOFT SKILLS
Great leaders deliver results and build strong relationships. I help you do both.
Executive coaching, leadership assessment, and team development for leaders who are great at the results part and ready for the rest.
130+
senior executives coached across most industries
350+
executive assessments performed
45+
team and leadership workshops delivered
TRUSTED BY LEADERS AT
Right Message, Wrong Delivery.
Maybe you heard it in your latest performance review, colleague feedback, or a hallway conversation you replayed for days.
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“Great at results, difficult to work with.”
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“Talented leader, but rubs people the wrong way.”
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“Driven and competitive, but the intensity makes collaboration difficult.”
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“Everyone respects the work. No one wants to be on the team.”
These phrases usually describe leaders who care a lot about doing great work. I know, because early in my career, people said them about me. Each one points to a gap in soft skills, and I’m proof they can be learned.
Maybe you’re a leader who finds these phrases all too familiar. Maybe you’re an HR partner, boss, or investor watching a talented leader struggle. Either way, I am here to help leaders build the relationship skills they need to reach their full potential, without all the office drama.
Where I Come In
Executive
Coaching
Coaching that helps you deliver results, lead change, and build the relationships it takes to reach your full potential.
Leadership
Assessment
Insight into how a leader thinks, works, and handles pressure, to guide hiring, promotion, and development decisions.
Team
Development
Practical tools that help leadership teams and boards build trust, handle conflict, and work together more effectively.
Workshops, Panels,
and Talks
Interactive sessions on the soft skills that drive results, from feedback and conflict to personality and networking.
What Clients Say
Hi, I’m Danielle
Honesty requires me to admit I’ve never been a natural diplomat. I’m very direct and plain-spoken. Early in my career, that helped me deliver results. It also left a lot of friction behind me, enough to earn me a few unflattering nicknames.
Over the years, I’ve preserved all of the things that made me successful. I also learned how to adjust my communication style and messaging to make sure my message makes it through, so I can work with others to accomplish common goals. It took me a lot of years to learn how to do that, and now I get so much fulfillment from helping others do the same.
So when a leader tells me they keep hearing “right message, wrong delivery,” I get it. I’ve been there, I know what it feels like, and I know how to help.
Experienced Leader
12+ years running multi-site operations for health and wellness companies, including all the HR work no one put in my title.
Trained Therapist
A master’s in behavioral health from Boston University School of Medicine, so I understand why people do what they do.
Certified Coach
An ICF Professional Certified Coach with 12 years of experience coaching senior leaders in nearly every industry, from Fortune 100 companies to growing businesses.
Every week, I share practical advice on the inner work of leadership and what it really takes to lead well.
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