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Helping Organizations Develop Their Leaders - Leadership Facilitator, Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host

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Talent, Leadership & Workplace Executive Coach, Speaker & Facilitator. Passionate about inspiring leaders to build organizations that develop and grow their people, and using new ways ways of working that bring employees together to achieve collective business outcomes.

I'm the Owner of The Edge of Work, a leadership development consulting firm, and partner with organizations to solve the following challenges:
- Designing and delivering leadership development programs to identify and build the next generation of leaders
- Training and equipping new managers on how to lead and develop their people in today's workplace
- Facilitating new ways of working and team effectiveness for leaders of cross-functional teams
- Supporting upskilling initiatives of key power skills for all employees (ex: influence, emotional intelligence, collaboration career management, communications)

My mission is to inspire leaders to build better and more human companies that unleash the potential and performance of their people. I do this by consulting leaders on workplace trends, and through leadership training, helping employees each day how to effectively navigate and thrive in today's workplace.

Previously, I worked at Salesforce and Deloitte Consulting helping Fortune 500 companies use digital technology to drive organizational transformation.

I'm interested in topics such as leadership, talent development, the future of work, & learning, culture, and people development. My work has been cited in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, MIT Sloan Management Review, Time, Fast Company, Inc Magazine, and The World Economic Forum.

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Education

  • UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Graphic

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

    Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

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    Activities and Societies: Vice President, MBA Student Association, Admissions Advisory Board, The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellow, Business Communications Center (BCC) Consultant, Tar Heel Talks (Founder) Career Mentor.

  • Boston College Graphic

    Boston College

    Bachelors Marketing, Theology

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    Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) Student Body President, Senate President, Senate Vice President, Senator, Resident Assistant, Orientation Leader, KAIROS Program, Pedro Arrupe Immersion Program

  • McQuaid Jesuit High School

    High School

    Activities and Societies: Campus Ministry, Executive Council

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Graphic

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Honors & Awards

  • UNC Kenan-Flagler Class of 2015 Leadership Core Value Award

    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

    In the 18th Century, the people of North Carolina founded UNC - the first state university in the nation. In the 20th Century, UNC created one of the nation's first schools of business. In the 21st Century, we will build on our heritage by providing innovative leadership in the education and research, and by inspiring and developing leaders of the future.

    In recognition of the Class of 2015 Graduate who best exemplifies the Core Value of Leadership

  • Brian D.A. Hall Leadership Award

    Boston College

    To the individual, by who both in action and accomplishment in co-curricular life, has created positive change within a student organization and its student membership, as well as contributed to the overall quality of student life

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