NEXT BASE COACHING
Helping Leaders Discover the Strength Within Themselves to Lead with Conviction, Integrity, and Purpose
Helping Leaders Reach Their Next Level
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Leadership is a journey of continuous growth. Coaching helps leaders develop self-awareness, clarify purpose, strengthen effectiveness, and advance their mission. Includes audiences: nonprofit CEOs, business executives, entrepreneurs, education leaders, diocesan leaders, and emerging leaders.
About Tom
Former President & CEO of NCEA and former Secretary for Education for the Archdiocese of Washington. More than three decades of leadership experience in education, nonprofit management, Church administration, and international educational business development.
Why I Became a Coach
Sustainable leadership depends on integration of values, purpose, relationships, well-being, and professional responsibilities. Coaching sparked a passion to help leaders grow.
Leadership Quote
Much of my own growth as a leader came not from finding better answers, but from asking different and more challenging questions. My own executive coach transformed my leadership through powerful questions.
Credentials
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.); Associate Certified Coach (ACC); Certificate in Organization Development; Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach; Certified HBDI Practitioner.
Coaching Philosophy
Leadership begins with integrity, authenticity, growth and learning, integration, and self-awareness. Coaching follows ICF Core Competencies and Code of Ethics.
Coaching Approach
Listen. Ask Powerful Questions. Support. Client-centered coaching. Systems thinking perspective. Leaders influence systems and are influenced by them.
Coaching Is and Is Not
Coaching is a growth-focused partnership. It is not therapy, consulting, or mentoring. Clients discover their own best solutions.
Services
Executive Coaching; Leadership Development Coaching; Selective Team and Group Coaching; CliftonStrengths and HBDI assessments.
Testimonials
Most of the new leaders in our Diocese have been coached by Tom. Their feedback is consistently positive, and they find in him an encouraging but challenging guide through which they grow and mature. - Dr. Mike St. Pierre, Superintendent of Schools.
– Dr. Mike St. Pierre, Superintendent of Schools
Contact
In-person coaching preferred. Tom travels to client offices throughout Maryland, Washington DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and surrounding communities. Virtual coaching available globally.