Leadership Development Advisory + Coach

The problem isn’t always what you think it is.

Leadership development and coaching for consumer, retail, wellness and beauty brands.

For the leadership problem you’ve already tried to fix once. I help CEOs, executive teams, and People leaders at mid-size consumer, retail, wellness and beauty brands find what’s really holding their leaders back, build what fixes it, and make it stick.

See how I work with organizations

You’ll leave with a clear read on what’s driving the problem and where to start.

Get clear, then get somewhere.

SHRM-CP · Certified Coach · Certified Group Coach · NLP Practitioner

Built inside global organizations: Benefit Cosmetics (LVMH), Lagunitas Brewing Company (HEINEKEN), H&M

Sound familiar?

If you’ve said any of these out loud, we should talk.

You don’t need to know exactly what’s causing it. Figuring that out is literally my job.

01

“We’ve grown faster than our leaders have, and it’s starting to show in missed targets and turnover.”

02

“Our managers were promoted for being great at the work, not at leading people, and their teams are paying for it.”

03

“We’ve spent real money on leadership training, and six months later nobody leads any differently.”

04

“We keep having the same conversation about accountability, and the deadlines keep slipping.”

05

“One leader is dragging down everyone around them, and we can’t put our finger on why.”

06

“We know exactly what needs fixing. We just don’t have anyone with the time or expertise to fix it.”

07

“My leadership team agrees in the room, then does their own thing.”

08

“Since the re-org, nobody’s sure who owns what.”

What it’s costing you

Small problems get expensive when they’re ignored. Most leaders don’t see them until there’s a fire.

Training that doesn’t transfer

Budget spent on programs people enjoy and forget. Satisfaction scores go up. Behavior stays the same.

Good people walking out

People leave managers. Every regretted exit means recruiting, ramp time, and a team picking up the slack.

Decisions that stall

When ownership is murky, work waits on the few people everyone escalates to, and the business can’t move at the speed it needs.

A People team stretched thin

Your HR team keeps the function running. The leadership work keeps getting pushed to next quarter.

Fixing the right thing first costs far less than fixing the wrong thing well.

How I work

I diagnose before I prescribe. Get clear, then get somewhere.

We get clear on the real issue first, then build what addresses it. Four areas of work, not four required steps.

01

Diagnose

What is actually getting in the way?

Surface the root causes and the few priorities most likely to create movement.

02

Define and Align

What does the business need from its leaders?

Clarity on expectations, ownership, priorities, decisions, and ways of working.

03

Develop and Equip

What will help leaders operate differently?

Development, coaching, and tools built around the real gap.

04

Embed and Sustain

What will make the change last?

Talent practices, operating rhythms, and ongoing support that hold the new behavior.

In practice

Done at scale, inside global brands.

DIAGNOSIS

Diagnose before you design.

Most development problems aren’t training problems.

Talent pipelines · early-career development · manager readiness

90% of the cohort advanced in two years.

SUCCESSION AND TALENT REVIEWS

Make talent decisions run on evidence.

Ask “ready for what, specifically?”

Succession planning · talent reviews · calibration

Every ready-now call backed by evidence, VP and above.

Over a decade

inside global consumer brands

500+

leaders developed across three global brands

20

years leading and developing teams across four retail formats

1st

person to hold every HR seat I’ve had

Ways we work together

Two doors. One philosophy.

Door one

For organizations

Strategy Sessions, Leadership Effectiveness Diagnostics, Alignment Intensives, bespoke leadership development and ongoing advisory, for brands of 500 people and up.

Door two

For leaders

Executive and leadership coaching, from a free 30-minute Next Move Session to Blocked to Bold, 3-month and 6-month coaching.

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Manager tools

Kits, templates and the free Manager Reality Check for the hard parts of managing, for new and growing managers on any team.

Bring me the messy leadership problem.

30 minutes. You’ll leave with a clear read on what’s driving it and the most useful place to start. You don’t need to have it figured out first.

On Substack

Resourced Humans.

Rethinking how we work, lead, and live well.

Fresh perspectives on workplace culture, human performance, and life beyond the job title. Practical, a little spicy, and never business as usual.

Nina Walters & Co. · Leadership Development Advisory + Coach

San Francisco & Arizona. Working everywhere.