What was the leap you took to land in your current leadership role? The leap is the push into the uncertain territory. Are you unsure how your past success will influence your future success?
Every leader has a leap story. You need to know yours.
Today I will share my leap story to help you build yours
Mine is a story about transition, clarity, and making the leap from one life chapter to the next.
Today, my mission is simple: I help leaders build clarity.
Clarity about where they’re going, why they’re going there, and how to get there.
But I didn’t start here.
For 23 years, I served in the military. During that time, I had the privilege of leading at every level — from small teams to larger organizations — often in environments that were fast-moving, high-pressure, and filled with risk. Leadership wasn’t theoretical. It was real, immediate, and deeply human.
After retiring, I began a second career in education. I spent 11 years as an administrator in an independent school, once again focused on leadership — helping people grow, bringing teams together, and developing others so they could succeed.
And then came a moment many leaders eventually face.
I chose to leave education… and suddenly I found myself asking a question I hadn’t needed to ask in decades:
“What do I do now?”
For the first time in a long time, the path forward wasn’t clear.
My daughter, recommended I look into coaching.
Which I did.
I researched coaching, and concluded that since I had been leading leadership coaching aligned with my experience. Hence, I pursued professional certification. During that process I discovered there are many kinds of coaches: life coaches, wellness coaches, transition coaches, career coaches. But the work that resonated most with me was executive leadership and career transition coaching.
Because I had lived it.
I had experienced leadership from every angle — leading and being led, working in both small and large organizations, and operating in environments where decisions mattered.
Here is the Leap
During that certification program, I came the realization that leadership coaching is not, leading, teaching leadership, or directing others how to lead.
What is it then? It is working with others to help them discover their leadership, test it, and create their own mission, vision, and purpose.
Much different than leading an organization myself. I was in unknown territory.
That was my leap – ten years ago.
Since then, I’ve had the privilege of working with leaders and high performers — people who are already successful but want to become better. Leaders who want stronger organizations, clearer direction, and greater impact.
I repurposed my leadership skills and experiences from leading to assisting individuals discover, develop, and test their leadership. Repurposing my leadership skills has been the foundation of my success.
How your previous experiences and expertise bring value to current role, is an important story to capture.
Take a little time to reflect and answer these questions:
What is the story that brought you to where you are today?
What was the leap you took to arrive at this chapter?
How are your previous experiences contributing to your success?
Understanding your story is often the first step toward creating your next leap
