Coaching
I can help you write, re-write and re-frame your story. Whether you are looking to level up your research, writing, or public impact, or if you are seeking personal growth and transformation I can help you achieve your goals and make lasting impact in your life.
Coaching can be tailored to your needs or to the needs of your organization, partnership, or family. Scope of work and cost customized to each individual.
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Academic coaching for professors, researchers and teachers can help with a variety of goals, including:
· Career advancement
We will work together to set goals for career advancement, such as leadership roles, teaching, research, and work-life balance.
· Productivity
I will help you improve your writing process and time management to increase productivity.
· Research
I can identify research opportunities, grants, foundations and also assist in preparing research papers for conferences and manuscripts for publication.
· Leadership skills
I will work with you to develop leadership skills, such as delegation, communication, and consensus-building.
· Social identity
I can help you understand how your social identities can impact your experiences and the experiences of the department, school, university, or research group.
· Academic norms
I will facilitate learning how to work effectively within the expectations of academia.
· Burnout
I can help you avoid burnout, which can lead to stalled career advancement.
Academic coaching can be beneficial for faculty at all stages of their careers, including professors, postdocs, and lecturers.
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As a writing coach I can help you improve your writing skills and achieve your writing goals. We can work together at any stage of the writing project, from brainstorming to editing and publishing. I will help you identify and overcome your fears, and figure out why you're stuck. Our work together will include help with:
Writing craft: Provide in-depth analysis of your structure, scenes, and prose and offer a series of writing ‘hacks’ to craft the perfect toolbox
Time management: assist in finding time in your schedules to write and create a writing routine
Writer's block: learning to overcome writer's block and fight self-doubt and impostor syndrome
Authenticity: finding your voice, being authentic and effective in your writing
Developmental editing: helping hone in on the manuscript, crafting an outline, and working on sample chapters
The Publishing Process: walking you through the process of identifying publishing outlets, agents (if appropriate), drafting query letters, and putting together a ‘pitch package’
Draft editing: conceptual and line edits of your draft at various stages
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Public impact coaching focuses on helping individuals or organizations create positive, large-scale change within a their own work or lives, community or society for maximum impact on the publics in their lives. I will work with you and/or your organization to:
Focus on systemic change:
Offer strategies and skills to achieve your aims to address broader issues and create lasting improvements within a target audience, system, or community.
Data-driven approach: Provide insights on data systems and how you can use data analysis to identify areas for improvement and measure the impact of our coaching interventions.
"Opportunity Culture" model: Develop a road-map for creating optimum culture change for maximum public impact
Narrate your impact: Offer ways for individuals and organizations to better tell their story that will resonate with the publics that they would like to reach