Lead with more clarity, confidence, and ease
I coach senior ICs, directors, and VPs.
You're already good at what you do. You're carrying high-stakes work through complexity and unknowns, and doing your best. Maybe you're ready to reach for more. Maybe you want to evolve, or do things differently. Or maybe you feel stuck. Together, we find what's really in the way and grow through it.
I've spent 20+ years in tech, 16 of them at Meta, including 7 as a Director of Product. I have been a people leader for over a decade. I have coached senior ICs and managers up to L9. Now I'm here to support you.
What people say
“[…] you changed the trajectory of my career by helping me see who I already was. You held up a mirror with such care - helping me articulate my problems, my asks, my gaps - and made me feel comfortable owning all of it.”
“You gave me the single hardest piece of feedback of my career and it became the turning point everything after was built on. You saw me clearly before I could see myself, and you kept believing in me even in the stretches where I didn't.”
“I feel like you've really found your niche in our org — everyone you touch gets better. […] This is a force multiplier for the org, because it creates additional capacity over time as people get more resilient, independent and self-healing.”
“Linda has a knack at getting at the "reason behind the stated reason" - the real thing that's blocking progress beyond what folks say is going on when they walk into her virtual office.”
Coaching focus areas
Senior IC performance coaching
For director+ (L7, L8, and L9 using Meta/Google terminology): strong performers carrying high-stakes, complex scope who want to grow and sharpen their own performance.
- Managing up and sideways through complex stakeholder dynamics
- Influencing without authority
- Executive communication with confidence and clarity
- Managing your inner critic and showing up at your best in high-stakes, stressful moments
- Driving alignment and decisions when incentives clash
- Making strong performance sustainable
Manager and org leadership coaching
For leaders who want to grow and retain talent and build orgs that operate with increasing effectiveness.
- Managing up and sideways through complex stakeholder dynamics
- Leading people with different styles and teams at different stages of maturity
- Uncovering and delivering critical feedback
- Hiring and retaining top talent
- Leading through fast growth and change
- Building enduring strategy and operational structures
Succeeding in a new role
For senior high performers landing in a new role, whether you're joining a new company, in a new situation after a reorg, or taking on a new challenge. Accelerate your ramp and start strong.
Parenthood transitions
Welcoming a new baby can be both an exciting and a stressful time. Whether it's your first or your third, juggling it all is hard. This support helps you navigate it with more intention and success.
How we work together
Together, we work through the real problems in front of you and build the path forward: where you want to go and how you'll get there.
Part coach, part advisor. As a coach, I help you see what really matters, understand yourself more deeply, and practice new skills with support. As an advisor, I bring a candid perspective, practical frameworks, and real operator experience. I move between the two depending on what you need in the moment.
I work with a small number of clients at a time, so I can go deep with each one. We start with a 15-minute intro chat to see if we're a good fit.
- Start with what's hard. You bring what's on your mind: where you feel stuck, or the help you want. We talk it through, to understand it and to support you.
- Find the patterns. We meet every 2–3 weeks. As new and old challenges come up, themes emerge, and we give them more shape and clarity.
- Spiral up. On the outside, we set short-term goals, and you practice and test new skills. On the inside, we work on the deeper stuff: your North Star, mindset, identity, values, and how you make decisions.
- Graduate. You try things, learn what works, and integrate it to build more capacity and resilience. We build toward coaching graduation with intention and help you feel confident about where you are and where you're going.