Laura H., PCC

Laura brings over 20 years of practical business experience drawn from past executive and leadership roles. As an entrepreneur and former CEO of a privately held company, Laura is a skilled leader of individuals and teams engaged in being more effective, creative, and innovative in the workplace. As a coach, Laura’s style is warm, honest, results-focused, and engaging.  She is known for facilitating transformational growth in leaders by creating an environment that engenders trust, self-awareness, and the safety required to take the risks needed for long-term change.

MY PASSION TO COACH

  • Laura provides the space for leaders to explore and grow and accompanies them on their journey of transformation.
  • Laura coaches the whole person, body, mind and spirit; she believes any issues we are grappling with in our business lives require insight into who we are in our entirety. Her coaching focuses on deepening self-awareness to become conscious of how we relate and what is driving our behavior.  Only when we see and understand our patterns can we be at choice as to how we want to do things differently going forward.
  • Her experience as a business leader informs her work.  She brings a deep understanding of the impact that an individual can have on the organization and how the organization’s culture can impact the effectiveness of every individual.

MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Extensive experience coaching in Fortune 50 to mid-size companies, ranging from C-Suite executives to mid-level managers.
  • Industry experience includes: energy, financial services, technology, insurance, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, banking, telecommunications, healthcare, aerospace, media, hospitality, construction, manufacturing, automotive, and legal services. 
  • Over 20 years experience as a leader in business and organizational development. 
  • As CEO of a leading eldercare company, Laura has a strong record of increasing revenue and profits and a reputation for building exceptional, supportive, high-performing, organizational cultures.  She is a strategic and systemic thinker. 
  • From her earlier career in organizational development, Laura has extensive experience facilitating individuals and teams in professional growth and change.

MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Cliffhouse Consulting, Executive Coach in private practice
  • Center for Creative Leadership, Executive Coach
  • CEO, Age Concerns, Inc.  
  • Senior Organizational Development roles at Bank of New England and Tufts University.

MY CREDENTIALS

  • International Coach Federation, Professional Certified Coach
  • Coaches Training Institute, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
  • San Diego State University, Masters in Clinical Social Work, MSW
  • Georgetown University, B.S. in International Relations
  • Certified trainer, Mindfulness Meditation