Harvard-Based Adaptive Leadership Framework

Executive Coaching for Women Ready to Lead Boldly

Build confidence, develop critical leadership competencies, and pursue new opportunities with a coaching program designed for complex, real-world challenges.

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No commitment required · 30-minute virtual session
Dr Kirsti Samuels - Founder & CEO
Harvard Kennedy School Framework
Supervised Coaching Team
360° Leadership Assessment
Based in NYC ·Global Reach

Our Coaching Methodology

The Harvard Adaptive Leadership Foundation

Most leadership challenges aren't technical problems with known solutions —they're adaptive challenges that require people to examine assumptions, navigate competing values, and lead through uncertainty. This distinction, developed by Professor Ronald Heifetz at Harvard Kennedy School, is foundational to everything we do.

Our coaches help you diagnose whether you're facing a technical or adaptive challenge —because misdiagnosis is where most leadership efforts stall. From there, you'll practice the core moves of adaptive leadership: examining systemic dynamics, creating space for experimentation, treating tension as information, and co-creating solutions with people rather than for them.

The Insight 4D Framework

At the core of our coaching is the Insight 4D framework, which develops leadership across four interconnected dimensions:

Self Insight

How your personal history, identity, and internal patterns shape the way you lead and respond under pressure.

Self Action

The micro-skills of steady leadership: pacing responses, strategic silence, generative questions, and signaling clarity without shutting others down.

System Insight

Reading organizational dynamics accurately —where trust is strong, what losses drive resistance, and which informal authority structures shape decisions.

System Action

Structured moves that advance progress: clarifying decision rights, sequencing dialogue, pacing change, and naming unspoken dynamics that block progress.

Most leaders overdevelop one or two dimensions. Our coaching identifies where targeted development will unlock the most impact.

How Coaching Works

1
Free intro session

A 30-minute conversation to discuss your goals and determine fit.

2
360° leadership assessment

Confidential feedback from colleagues, managers, and collaborators mapping your strengths, patterns, and development opportunities.

3
Matched coaching engagement

Regular sessions focused on real leadership challenges you're currently navigating.

4
Supervised coaching model

Your coach participates in monthly mentor meetings with our senior team, so you benefit from collective expertise.

5
Applied practice

Between sessions, you experiment with specific approaches in your professional environment —because leadership capacity develops through practice, not theory alone.

What Executive Coaching Gives You

Our coaches don't just talk about complexity —they've navigated it. They've run teams, moved systems, and led under pressure.

New Perspectives on Leadership

Through targeted conversations, feedback, and problem-solving, gain fresh insight into how you lead —and where your greatest opportunities lie.

Critical Competency Development

Build skills in adaptive leadership, crucial conversations, negotiation, and influence —frameworks used by the world's most effective leaders.

Confidence to Tackle Complexity

Develop the confidence to navigate uncertainty, change, and complexity while pursuing ambitious new opportunities in your career.

Data-Informed Self-Awareness

Our Insight 360 Evaluation gathers feedback from colleagues, direct reports, and supervisors to give you a complete picture of your leadership impact.

Personalized Action Plans

Work with your coach to develop actionable, measurable strategies tailored to your unique history, goals, and leadership challenges.

Ongoing Team Support

Our supervised coaching model includes monthly mentor meetings to ensure your coaching engagement stays on track and delivers real outcomes.

How It Works

From first conversation to lasting transformation —here's your path.

1

Free Intro Session

Meet one of our coaches in a complimentary 30-minute virtual session. No pressure —just a conversation about your goals.

2

Choose Your Package

Select from our coaching packages —from a focused 3-session starter to a comprehensive 6-month program with 360° assessments.

3

Begin Coaching

Start your 1:1 virtual coaching sessions with your matched coach, supported by our team and proven frameworks.

4

Lead With Impact

Apply your new skills, confidence, and strategies in real-world leadership moments. Measure your growth and build on it.

Coaching Packages

Start with a free intro session, then choose the program that fits your goals and timeline.

"Toe in the Water"

$3,000
  • 3 virtual 1:1 coaching sessions
  • Insight Leadership Skill Assessment
  • Ideal first step for exploring coaching

"Inside Out" Group

$10,000
  • 6 live monthly group sessions
  • Small group (3-6 people)
  • Course materials included
  • Harvard Inside Out framework

Not sure which is right for you? That's exactly what the free intro session is for.

Book Your Free Intro Session

Tell us a bit about yourself and your goals so we can match you with the right coach. Takes about 2 minutes.

About You

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Your Leadership Goals

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