Executive Coaching & Team Development

EXECUTIVE COACHING

Inspiring those with the call to lead

Do you feel that you are moving at such a fast pace that your relationships are transactional and you and your team at work are feeling burned out?

Would you like to work smarter, not harder so you lead from a place of grace and confidence?

Would you like to push re-set and live and lead from greater meaning and purpose?

If so, it is now more important than ever to make centering yourself and connecting with your internal world a priority. Work is endless, your life is not. Truly effective teams, and yes, even tight-knit families, place a high degree of importance on slowing down and creating space for presence, reflection and connection. The time is now to make a shift.

I am so glad you are here. It takes courage to pause and say “No” to what isn’t working ,to look up and reach out for support so you can be the leader and person you were meant to be.

I started my business in 2010. In the beginning, I did not have the tools nor had I developed a conscious inner game to be the leader I was meant to be. For the first five years of my business, I was working 60 hour weeks and I prioritized my clients and work over my personal relationships, rest, play, & sleep. My inner task master and critic was in full drive. I am passionate about my work, but I burned the candle too brightly into “burn out”.

As the founder of a company and team, I needed a big re-set to lead from my wholeness. Therefore, I developed a conscious leadership framework that I practice and now have taught to hundreds of leaders and over 15 purpose driven organizations including: Capital One, Intuit, Bank of the West, Advent Health, Asana, Pixar, Clif Bar, Hopelab, and many more. As an executive coach and leadership consultant, I partner with leaders and business to cultivate a conscious inner game that inspires business to be best for the world.

Our inner game rules our outer game as I write in my book Shine- Ignite your inner game of conscious leadership. It can feel daunting to lead from our heart if the challenges we face at work and in the world are more complex than the qualities and resources we have on the inside to meet them. If we can evolve and grow our inner game, and hence our leadership, to be as complex as the challenges we need to solve together, we can flourish.

Conscious and inclusive leadership comes from being connected to the deepest parts of ourselves. A conscious and inclusive leader is one who takes time to cultivate stillness, self-awareness, gratitude, love, generosity, authenticity, well-being, and wisdom. A leader who embodies these qualities on the inside, shines on the outside.

I don’t just support my clients, I awaken conscious & inclusive leaders.

I am 100% committed to guiding and
challenging you in the most resourced and
compassionate way.

Over the past 14+ years, I have partnered and coached C Suite and senior leaders at many incredible companies and various industries.

As a coach, I work with leaders and teams in the areas of conscious leadership development, team leadership and influencing skills, effective communication and presence, change management and career transitions, culture development, and awakening their unique purpose for meaningful impact.

I observe my clients accomplishing profound change in our work together.

I am 100% committed to guiding and
supporting you in the most resourced and
loving way possible.

Over the past 14+ years, I have partnered and coached C Suite and senior leaders at many incredible companies and various industries.

I observe my clients accomplishing profound change in our work together.

11 things that lead me to this work

I have spent almost 20 years of my life practicing and studying Buddhism. I am a graduate of the 4th offering of the Dedicated Practitioners Program by
Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Since 2013, I have been teaching on various classes related to leadership at Stanford University and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
I love research. I have been a lead consultant on 5 different NIH approved studies with UCSF’s Osher Center of Integrative Medicine and others observing the long term benefits of mindfulness as it relates to weight loss, emotional intelligence, telomeres, stress resiliency, and well being.
I have created validated research measures to assess important leadership competencies and team health & trust. Psychological safety is essential to support high performance, trust, and inclusion within teams and culture.
I am deeply driven to support the next level of leadership and business to be a force for good in the world. My new and acclaimed book- Shine-Ignite your inner game to lead consciously at work and the world will be a wonderful resource for you to become a conscious and inclusive leader.
I have developed and scaled conscious leadership & well being programs for purpose driven companies including: LinkedIn, Clif Bar, Pixar, Capital One, and Bank of the West.
I work under the umbrella of executive coach. I blend my training and over 3,000 supervised hours as a psychotherapist in CA, my deep meditation and dharma wisdom, over a decade of experience as an executive coach, neuroscience research, embodiment, and organizational psychology into my coaching. I have successfully coached hundreds of leaders in how to access the greatest possibility for their leadership and lives.
I have been studying the Enneagram for a decade and I am certified in the Integrative Enneagram Assessment (IEQ-9). I love using this tool with leaders and teams. It has the ability to uncover blindspots, show your core motivations, fears and essence while understanding the importance of personality and in the context of business, decision making, conflict, and relationship.
I am certified in Healing Collective Trauma with Thomas Huebl and I am a certified Team Coach.
I find joy and refuge in nature and you can find me weekly hiking, walking barefoot, trail running, or meditating in beautiful places in nature.
I am deeply committed to being an ally and I love working with all types of people and invite my clients to lead from their whole self. All identities and parts are seen, heard, and welcome here.

1:1 EXECUTIVE COACHING

1:1 executive coaching. I partner with leaders and help them identify their biggest challenges and blindspots, while focusing on shifting mindset, leading from heart, and expanding their innate strengths and potential for their life and leadership.

SCALED LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR TEAMS

Learning and development requires self awareness, individual and group practice. Our evidence based training and development supports greater trust, psychological safety, collaboration, belonging, insight, and innovation.

TEAM COACHING

Leaders share many of the same challenges, one person’s work is everyone’s work. This group is a place for leaders to practice conscious leadership tools, identify goals, create agreements for trust, interpersonal risk taking, healthy conflict, and build belonging. a>

At your level of success, the next stage of development is to cultivate a strong inner game so that your outer game as a leader and in life has lasting positive impact. Whether you are leading a major corporate initiative or deeply immersed in a humanitarian or mission driven project, your internal resources will make all the difference for how you show up.

I observe my clients accomplishing profound change in our work together. My clients and I work as a team where we both invest equally to ensure success and growth. Most of my clients call me “a one stop soul coach“.

In your work with me you will learn how to:

Develop self awareness
Shift your unconscious patterns
Heal and grow
Lead from heart
Inspire safety, trust, belonging, and authenticity with your team and organization
Be the calm in the storm when the pressure is on
Model emotional intelligence and resilience
Lead with joy
Create the positive impact you were born to make

My style is inquisitive, compassionate, direct, and fortifying. I will support you to shift your mindset, resource you with the tools you need now, reinforce your unique strengths and genuine brilliance, and encourage your greatest potential and purpose to the world. You are ready.

Be the light,

Carley

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