Talent Development & Organizational Coaching

Better leaders. Stronger teams.
Braver culture.

I'm the person who starts the conversation nobody else will.

Mary Ellen Ball, Founder and President of Open Delta Group
The Deal

Most organizations have a people problem they can't quite name.

The team feels off. A manager is struggling and nobody's saying it out loud. The culture that used to work just… doesn't anymore.

You're not imagining it. And you're probably not the first person to notice.

I come in, I listen, I ask the questions that have been sitting in the room, and I tell you what I actually think. Then we figure out what to do about it together.

That's it. That's the whole thing.

It depends on what you need. We figure that out together.

Fractional

Fractional People Ops

I step in as your VP of People while you figure out your next move.

Development

Leadership & Team Coaching

Or a culture audit that tells you what's actually going on.

Community

Brave Circles

Peer cohorts for the managers and leaders inside your company who are ready to stop going it alone.

Choose the door that fits.

For your organization

Fractional people operations & leadership development

Scoped to what you actually need, not what looks good in a proposal.

For your people

Brave Circles

Cohort-based peer learning for the leaders and managers inside your company who are ready to stop white-knuckling it alone.

Mary Ellen Ball, warm portrait
"I've led organizations. Sat in the CEO chair. Built teams, lost teams, started over."

I've been in rooms where nobody was saying the true thing, and I've learned how to be the person who says it.

I'm direct. I'm warm. I will absolutely swear if the moment calls for it. I take this work seriously but I don't take myself too seriously, and I genuinely believe that a little honesty and a lot of courage can change the shape of a team.

I'm not here to make your organization look better on paper. I'm here to make it actually better.

Mary Ellen Ball, Founder and President
ICF PCC  |  CliftonStrengths  |  Zenger Folkman 360

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Let's talk.

No lengthy intake form. No automated response. Just a real conversation about what you need and whether I'm the right person to help.

The best way to reach me is email. I read everything and I respond personally.

Not sure where to start? That's fine — most people aren't. Send me a note that says where you are and what's going on, and we'll figure out the rest together.