What Got You Here Has Done Its Job 

At some point, doing more of what has always worked stops being the answer. You’re facing different decisions, greater responsibility, or a change you can’t solve by relying on old instincts and patterns. 

1:1 coaching with Lisa gives you dedicated time to focus on your own development as a leader. It’s a place to think out loud, get an outside perspective, and work intentionally on how you want to lead now. 

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“Lisa stepped into my career as I pivoted into a new leadership role that I felt a little too inexperienced to tackle.

She empowered me to lean on my strengths, guided me to tap into leadership skills that I had yet to practice, and helped me navigate tricky situations with confidence. I’d highly recommend Lisa to anyone who is interested in growing their career, improving their communication skills, or elevating their team. She’s someone who you want to have in your corner!”

B.S., 

Director of Marketing

LISA IS TRUSTED BY

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WHO THIS IS FOR

This is coaching for people standing at a pivot point, not people who've already arrived at one.

You're stepping into a new leadership role, or want to get to the next one:

The title changed faster than your confidence did or you're doing the work but not sure what the next level actually requires. Either way, you're figuring out how to lead people who used to be your peers, or operate at a level you haven't before.

You're leading through organizational change:

Restructuring, growth, a shift in strategy, a culture asking something different of you. You're expected to bring people along but no one gave you a playbook for how.

You want to communicate with greater confidence and influence:

You have the ideas and the instincts. What's missing is the ability to say the hard thing, own the room, or stop second-guessing yourself in the moment that matters.

You're at a pivot point and need a thinking partner for what's next:

No crisis, no clear playbook, just an itch you can't quite name, a big decision on the horizon, or a sense that your next chapter requires a different version of you. You don't need someone to hand you an answer, you need someone to help you find your own.

You're a founder who needs support from someone who's built something too:

Founder isolation is real. You want a coach who's actually sat in the seat, not just studied it from the outside.

If any of that sounds like you, you're exactly who this work is for.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Information about executive coaching for leaders, including leadership assessment and ongoing development work.

Lisa works with leaders at every stage of growth and responsibility, from professionals preparing for their next opportunity to executives making decisions that shape entire organizations

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WHAT CHANGES

The work starts with one leader. It doesn't stay there.

Here's what shifts for you, and what your organization feels because of it.


what changes
For you:

  • You stop rehearsing the hard conversation in your head for three days and just have it

  • You make the call without needing five people to sign off on it first

  • You know your zone of genius and you stop spending your energy anywhere else

  • You walk into the room you used to shrink in and take up the space you've earned

  • You can finally name what "more" means, instead of just feeling the itch for it

  • Change stops flattening you, you move through it faster and come out steadier, not depleted

  • You know exactly what to let go of, and exactly which skill to build next to level up

  • You look back at the person who started this work and don't recognize her, in the best way


what changes For
your organization:

  • Fewer fires, because problems get named while they're small instead of after they break

  • Decisions get made in days, not dragged out over weeks of second-guessing

  • Your top talent stops getting spread thin and starts getting used where they're strongest

  • Your rising leaders stop asking permission and start owning outcomes

  • Your strongest people can see their next step inside the organization, so they stop looking for it outside of it

  • Teams move toward change instead of quietly waiting it out, and what used to cost months of stalled momentum now costs weeks

  • The leadership bench actually has depth, you're not one resignation away from a scramble

  • The shift doesn't stop with one leader. How they lead becomes how their team leads

why lisa

Lisa Tarkington

300+ speaking engagements | Nearly 1M podcast listeners | 12,000+ leaders impacted

Lisa has spent her career inside the kinds of decisions leaders bring to coaching. She’s led within large organizations, built businesses of her own, managed teams, and made plenty of moves without the luxury of knowing exactly how they would turn out.

That experience comes into the room with her, but the answers stay with you. Lisa listens for what’s underneath the conversation, asks the questions that are easy to avoid on your own, and knows when to challenge the thinking that may be keeping you in place.

Her approach is backed by formal training and the professional standards of the International Coaching Federation.

Lisa is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through ICF and a CTI Certified Coach, with additional training in positive psychology, wellbeing, and Mental Health First Aid.

ICF credentialing requires coach-specific education, hands-on experience, demonstrated competency, and adherence to professional ethics. For clients, that brings meaningful standards to the relationship, particularly around confidentiality, boundaries, and a process that keeps the work centered on their own goals and decisions.

REAL RESULTS

“Working with Lisa as a leadership coach has been a transformative experience in my career.

Her guidance has pushed me to grow not only as a professional, but as a person. Lisa’s consistent support has continued to shape the way I show up as a leader in every area of my life. I am incredibly grateful for her wisdom, encouragement, and unwavering belief in my potential. I cannot recommend her enough.”

H.S., Director of Operations

“Working with Lisa helped me hone in my leadership skills and style.

She helped us navigate culture shifts and staffing shifts as our company evolved in a balanced and objective way. With our conversations I felt better situated to lead our organization.”

M.F., Operations Manager

“Lisa's coaching abilities and knowledge as a coach far exceeded my expectations

Lisa's coaching abilities and knowledge as a coach far exceeded my expectations when I was her client. Her coaching has helped me while living with breast cancer. Her tools implemented have given me confidence to know that I can achieve all that set out to do.  Highly recommend Lisa!"

R.L.

“Prior to working with Lisa, I was overthinking and at times, procrastinating every big decision that was put in front of me.

This did not only affect my team but my growth as a leader. She helped unpack many of the internal obstacles that I had and help build my confidence to move the needle forward and focus more on the big picture. I now have better focus, have the ability to make quicker decisions and have seen an overall growth with the success of our team. I would recommend Lisa to anyone that is struggling to take the next big step as a team leader.”

D.S., Senior Estimator 

“Lisa is a true inspiration.

I went from minimum confidence and unsure how to organize my thoughts – to – increased confidence, stronger boundaries, appreciation for my journey, intentions, goals, and a more defined path forward. Lisa’s guidance and expertise was the catalyst I needed to bring clarity to what I truly need and want, organize my thoughts and set goals, and ultimately increase my confidence. I encourage anyone trying to evolve and elevate to contact Lisa. Invest in yourself. I’m so glad I did.”

K.C., Senior Global Events Manager

“Working with Lisa was a huge asset to our organization.

She helped us work through specific instances and also big picture planning. She worked with our company executives and many other team leaders. I would highly recommend working with Lisa; her ability to relate to all levels and situations was a huge benefit.”

M.S., Chief Operating Officer

Case Studies of Clients Success

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THIS IS YOUR PIVOT POINT

You don’t have to know exactly where this goes before you begin.

If you’re ready to give some real attention to how you’re leading, where you’re headed, or what you want to do differently, start with a conversation with Lisa.

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