Strategic Executive Partnership
Our 1:1 work is called Strategic Executive Partnership for a reason.
We partner with leaders running companies or transforming cultures on the decisions, dynamics, and organizational patterns that shape where your company goes and how you lead it.
The work: clarity on strategic priorities, decision support for high-stakes moments, stakeholder mapping and influence strategy across your board, investors, exec team, and cross-functional partners, system-level alignment, leadership communication calibration, and shadow work — noting patterns, friction, habits, and narratives to shift what's actually limiting outcomes.
What you get: clearer decisions, aligned teams, faster execution, and leadership systems that work even when you're not in the room.
“You really need somebody who's coaching through your blind spots. As a CEO, it's so critical to be the best leader that you possibly can. Kara is that tool."
Nancy Xiao, former CEO and President, Mason, Inc.
"My work with Kara was — and is — very, very meaningful to me.
Any CEO building a company who's tried to motivate, inspire people, go through hard conversations, talk to customers, this work is absolutely necessary. It's the first thing I recommend to peers, friends, investors, every single time, and if there was only one coach I'd invest in as a CEO, Kara would be it.
When I first started working with Kara, I was really trying to understand my own leadership voice, and how to manage a lot of functions that were new to me. She really helped with that whole journey, from scaling to partnerships to ultimately bringing on high-level strategic hires to take the company forward.
I've changed my communication style altogether in a much more powerful and memorable way, using a lot of the tools that she and I developed together. I genuinely use Kara's coaching and frameworks almost every single day.
I don't think you just become a brilliant communicator just by reading books or watching TED Talks. You really need somebody who's pointing out some of your blind spots, who's coaching through it. As a CEO, it's so critical to be the best leader that you possibly can. Kara is that tool."