Howard has a wonderful gift of being able to ask insightful, penetrating, and purposeful questions that encouraged me to explore my values and recognize the type of leader I wanted to be. He adeptly guided me to unpack (and embrace) the challenges of complexity in a safe-to-fail environment, encouraged experimentation with new tools, and ultimately, helped to provide more clarity and resilience as a leader. Simply put, I’m a better leader today because of my time with Howard.
— Finance Professional, Washington, DC
Howard asks me the questions no one else is brave enough to ask. And with each of those questions, I see more clearly and learn more about what actions I can take to better support my mission and my team. As my business has grown over 10x since I started working with Howard, his coaching has grounded me and made me a better leader, husband, father, and friend.
— Senior executive, health care, Nashville
As we moved through the initial sessions, my goal became clear — learn more about me. Howard allowed me to use real-time issues and situations to learn more about me while I developed my strategy for those issues. Knowing who I am has allowed me to be a better executive but also husband and father. Howard is a great listener, thoughtful, trustworthy, sage and confident. I felt comfortable while being challenged. I felt safe while being vulnerable.
— CEO of national company headquartered in Washington, DC area
Howard helped me think through the dynamics of how I interacted with executives in my company. Because of Howard’s coaching, I was able to better move projects forward and improve my team’s effectiveness.
— Investment fund founder, San Francisco
Howard was very helpful with a framework to self-assess my strengths and weaknesses as a leader of a quickly growing company. I’ve become better equipped to be a ‘corporate athlete,’ self-observe my mood and tone, and to apply my skills to the company and to my team in the most beneficial and efficient way. I’ve become more confident and clear in my verbal communication among my peers and team, and I’ve learned how to use reflection to re-center my professional and personal life on what’s important and reconnect with my identity and values.
— Chief Financial Officer, Inc. 500 company, Richmond, VA
I loved how Howard asked the right questions that helped keep me focused. With these different exercises I not only found out a lot about myself but how I function as a leader. I can now watch how I spend my energy, and have a healthier way of spending it on what really matters.
— Director, music marketing and branding enterprise, Washington, DC