Executive Coaching

We love coaching. Each one of our coaches are standouts in their field, with impressive histories of working as executives themselves. This foundation of experience coupled with true caring for professional growth is our magic formula. We are deeply passionate about helping leaders fulfill upon their potential. Our approach is a personalized and collaborative process, designed to unleash each leader's full potential.

Ingredients for Coaching Success:

Clarity

Clarity is a very powerful force. Once we are clear it's easy to take action. So much of coaching is helping our coaches get clear so that they can take postfire action with confidence.

Desire

Coaching can only be successful when there is a honest desire to change. Sometimes we need to help our coachees find that desire and once they do, real change happens.

Trust

Trust is the cornerstone of coaching. We know that we need to first and foremost build a trusting relationship. It's from this basis, that the magic can happen.

Our Starting Line-Up of Coaches

Depending upon your industry and your objectives, we recommend a coach that we believe would be the best fit for you. Sometimes one coach might coach an individual for a time and then switch to another coach to grow a different skill.

Chris Chekouras

An accomplished, values-centric, healthcare executive with broad leadership experience, Chris Chekouras has a proven history of achieving results through collaboration, transparent communication and personal accountability.

Mark Pennington

For almost 30 years, Mark Pennington was the beating heart of Gardner/Fox Associates in Bryn Mawr, PA. Mark started his career as a high potential in GE’s acclaimed leadership program. He left GE to help start Gardner/Fox Associates. Mark’s role was to handle all business matters within the organization in order to facilitate the everyday functions of the company, architects and builders.

Joe Dougherty

After an impressive professional career in leading large organizations, Joe Doherty is now interested in giving back. Joe was the President of Scapa Healthcare. While at Scapa, he oversaw a B2B business ($200M P&L) focused on developing and manufacturing medical devices and consumer wellness products for global market leaders. Scapa Group was sold to SWM in April 2021 for $550M.

Anne Schumann

A C-level executive with over 25 years of experience leading companies and organizations through transformations, Anne Schumann is the former Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Information Technology Officer for Ashland Global Holdings Inc., a multibillion-dollar global specialty chemical company. During Anne’s tenure with Ashland, she also led the company’s administrative services, security and facilities management organizations.

Ken Branch

Being successful ‘on purpose’ is a key theme to Ken’s coaching. A veteran player in the insurance space for over 36 years, Ken Branch has a track record for unparalleled success. His most recent positions were Vice President of Sales for Allstate and Encompass, running a $5 billion business. Ken combines a systematic approach, practical solutions and deep compassion in his executive coaching.

Evan Marcus

Evan Marcus has spent the last 25 years working hand-in-hand with Senior Leaders, helping them to clarify strategy, build powerful teams and overcome barriers to success. Early in his career, Evan studied with a number of world-renowned scholars in the field of personal transformation & group dynamics. He specializes in helping others overcome workplace anxiety. A teacher at heart, Evan was a popular adjunct faculty member for MBA students at Rutgers University for almost a decade.

Tara Marcus

Tara Marcus, a GE Capital Alumni, Tara brings her organizational expertise to her coaching. As Vice President at Knutson Mortgage Corporation, Tara advised the President regarding the corporate vision, organizational structure and strategic plan. She built an Inside National Sales Center with annual production of $820 million. Tara holds a Masters in Training & Organizational Development, is a former Adjunct Professor in the Rutgers MBA program and is a former instructor for the iconic Dale Carnegie® course.

Brittany Histing
RN, BSN, MSN

A former Emergency Room nurse for over six years, Brittany Histing understands workplace stress firsthand. During her confidential coaching sessions, she provides methods and tools to help individuals who are dealing with workplace stress themselves. With an emphasis on shifting your mindset, Brittany teaches workplace professionals how to replace fearful, insecure and judging thoughts with more balanced, secure thoughts.