Executive Coaching
We love coaching. Each one of our executive coaches is a standout 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. For over 25 years, we've been deeply passionate about helping senior leaders and executives across Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley fulfill their potential. Our approach is a personalized and collaborative executive coaching process, designed to unleash each leader's full potential -- whether working one-on-one with a C-suite executive or delivering executive team coaching services and senior leadership team coaching to an entire Executive Team.
Ingredients for Coaching Success:
Clarity
Clarity is a very powerful force. Once we are clear, it's easy to take action. So much of executive coaching is helping our coachees get clear so that they can take purposeful action with confidence.
Desire
Coaching can only be successful when there is an honest desire to change. Sometimes we need to help our coaches 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. The beauty of our line-up is the breadth and depth of their experience and skillset. With your input, we always find the perfect match-up!
Chris Chekouras
With over 25 years of executive healthcare leadership -- including serving as CEO of multiple hospital and hospice systems --
Chris Chekouras brings a values-centric, results-driven approach to his coaching practice. He partners with leaders to build cultures of collaboration, transparency, and personal accountability, drawing on his own experience navigating organizational change, strategic planning, and team development at the highest levels.
Mark Pennington
For nearly 30 years, Mark Pennington was the beating heart of Gardner/Fox Associates in Bryn Mawr, PA. He began his career as a high-potential participant in GE's acclaimed leadership program before leaving to help launch Gardner/Fox Associates. In his role, Mark managed all business matters for the organization, ensuring the everyday functions of the company -- and the architects and builders it served -- ran smoothly.
Joe Doherty
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 transformation, 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 her tenure at Ashland, she also led the company's administrative services, security, and facilities management organizations.
Ken Branch
Evan Marcus
For the past 25 years, Evan Marcus has worked hand-in-hand with senior leaders, helping them clarify strategy, build powerful teams, and overcome barriers to success. Evan specializes in helping individuals overcome workplace anxiety, drawing on this deep background to help leaders unleash their full potential. A teacher at heart, Evan was a popular adjunct faculty member for MBA students at Rutgers University for nearly a decade. He is also the author of three books — Pheel the Love!, Addicted to Struggle, and Happy God.
Tara Marcus
For more than 25 years, Tara Marcus has partnered with organizations, leaders, and leadership teams to strengthen strategy, structure, and performance. A GE Capital alumna, Tara brings deep organizational expertise to her coaching practice. As Vice President at Knutson Mortgage Corporation, she advised the President on corporate vision, organizational structure, and strategic planning, and built an Inside National Sales Center that reached $820 million in annual production. Tara holds a Master's in Training & Organizational Development and is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). She is a former Adjunct Professor in the Rutgers MBA program and a former instructor for the iconic Dale Carnegie® course.
Brittany Histing
RN, BSN, MSN
A former Emergency Room nurse with over six years of frontline experience, Brittany Histing understands workplace stress firsthand. She draws on this clinical background, along with her certification in Healing Touch, to bring a holistic, mind-body approach to her coaching practice. In her confidential coaching sessions, Brittany equips individuals with practical methods and tools to navigate workplace stress. With an emphasis on shifting mindset, she helps professionals replace fearful, insecure, and judgmental thoughts with more balanced, grounded perspectives -- building resilience that lasts well beyond the session.
Ann Mokris
Ann Mokris is a facilitator, executive coach, and organizational development consultant dedicated to helping individuals, teams, and organizations understand and leverage their strengths to achieve meaningful professional and personal growth. She holds a Master's in Education, an MBA, and is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation. Ann's coaching approach is grounded in three simple principles: meet people where they are, identify where they want or need to go, and co-create a plan for getting there. She is certified in Crucial Conversations, DiSC, EQ-i 2.0, EQ360, and the Change Style Indicator, and previously held her SPHR, Series 7, and Series 63 certifications.
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