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Developing Talent and Leaders

to boost effectiveness, capability, and impact

Amber’s guidance enables leaders and their teams to foster healthier workplace environments, enhance personal fulfillment, create more meaningful work, achieve better financial results, and drive positive organizational outcomes. 

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For Individuals

The ultimate investment in your future. This is for you if you are feeling stagnant, stuck, unchallenged, underutilized, unsupported, insecure, ambitious, stressed, dissatisfied, or overwhelmed. Click each to learn more.

Scaling the career ladder required substantial effort. Amber is here to ensure your ongoing success and support your continued ascent. No one can handle the demands of a leadership role without ever seeking support. Executive Coaching is an opportunity to improve your skills and work through your challenges in a safe, non-judgmental, confidential environment. Many leaders and professionals engage in Executive Coaching either on a short-term or ongoing basis. Elevate your leadership potential through personalized coaching that focuses on enhancing your skills and overall effectiveness as a leader. 

Ready to take your career to the next level? Work with Amber to enhance your skills, discover upskilling opportunities, and craft a personalized strategy for success. Amber will help you showcase your future potential and be there for support along the way. 

Did you receive a promotion and are feeling unprepared? In a new role and feeling unsure? Seamlessly navigate career changes with Amber’s expert guidance. Amber will help provide clarity, strategy, and support during these pivotal transitions to ensure a smooth and successful journey in your next professional chapter. 

Feeling stuck in your career? Uncertain about the next step? Amber is here to support your self-discovery with personalized career coaching. Drawing on her own extensive career exploration, Amber guides clients to understand their passions, strengths, and values, helping them make informed and fulfilling career decisions. Amber’s expertise extends to job searching, resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, informational interviews, networking, and mock interviews.

Gain invaluable insights into your leadership style, strengths, career derailers, and potential areas for development through Hogan Assessments – a research-backed tool that enhances self-awareness, drives effective leadership, and supports strategic career planning. Amber administers these assessments and provides a 1.5-hour debrief with a development plan deliverable. 

*Get Reimbursed  Coaching is an investment that doesn’t just benefit you – it benefits your employer. Many forward-thinking companies are willing to reimburse some or all of the coaching investment. Ask Amber for more information on how to articulate the value and ROI of coaching to your employer. Additionally, individuals with professional development stipends often choose to allocate them toward coaching. 

For individuals, Amber offers two options: 

1) Structured Coaching

Designed to fit seamlessly into most professional development stipends, this is perfect for those who prefer a structured approach. 

  • Option A: 10 sessions | 2x per month for 5 months
  • Option B: 8 sessions | 2x per month for 4 months with a Hogan Assessment
  • Investment: $3,000
  • Covering topics such as: interpersonal skills, time management, resiliency, emotional intelligence, leader as a coach, influencing, political intelligence, and others.

 

2) Monthly Support or Ad-Hoc Sessions 

For non-program seekers, this option provides ongoing monthly support or ad-hoc coaching sessions based on individual needs. Whether you’re looking for continuous guidance and support or specific, targeted coaching, Amber offers flexibility to cater to your unique needs. 

Achievable outcomes: 

  • Increased effectiveness
  • Promotion opportunities
  • Clarity on issues
  • Clarity on career paths
  • Reduced stress and frustration 
  • Improved work satisfaction 

Schedule a complimentary consultation to learn more about how Amber can support you in navigating and enhancing your leadership journey and career development. 

For Organizations

The ultimate investment in your bottom line. A powerful thing happens when your leaders excel: it creates a domino effect, laying the groundwork for individual and organizational success. This doesn’t happen by chance. Click each to learn more.

For organizations seeking to elevate leadership effectiveness, Amber provides tailored guidance to help leaders address critical challenges, realize untapped human potential, and inspire sustainable change. Amber’s approach encourages leaders to broaden their perspectives,  achieve a deeper understanding of why leadership matters, and drive organizational strategy. 

Amber wants your organization to succeed. Developing your entry and mid-level managers is crucial for success. Through targeted coaching and development, Amber facilitates the growth of managers by fostering key skills such as communication, emotional intelligence, adaptability, critical thinking, time management, influencing, leaders as coaches, and political intelligence. 

Amber plays a dual role in advancing your high-potential talent. Firstly, through strategic advising, she aids the organization in identifying and assessing these individuals. Secondly, her coaching and development ensures your high-potential individuals are equipped with the skills and mindset necessary to take on increased responsibilities within the organization. 

Amber collaborates with your organization to identify the essential leadership competencies vital for the success of present and future leaders. She provides training for current leaders to identify high-potential talent and assesses the required support at each stage of their development. Recognizing the significance of retaining high-potentials for your organization’s success, Amber emphasizes the crucial role of developing current leaders in order to effectively grow and develop future leaders. 

Hogan Assessments are the gold standard for leadership and talent development.  When combined with personalized coaching, these assessments are a powerful tool for individual and organizational growth. Additionally, Amber offers the flexibility of administering them as standalone assessments, providing a thorough 1.5-hour debrief with a development plan deliverable. Alternatively, organizations can opt for assessment administration alone.

Amber specializes in conducting highly interactive workshops internally for forward-thinking organizations committed to fostering leadership development. These workshops, designed as intimate small-group coaching sessions, offer a deeper and more personalized learning experience, emphasizing skill implementation.

Leadership is diverse and nuanced; solutions must be as well. With a wealth of experience and an MBA, Amber will work with you side by side to identify leadership challenges, craft leadership success profiles, create a leadership development plan that makes sense for your organization, identify high-potential talent, succession plan, and more.

This is for your organization if you are: 

  • Experiencing higher-than-desired attrition
  • Receiving complaints about ineffective leaders
  • Noticing a gap between leadership potential and current performance
  • Looking to elevate the leadership skills of high-potential employees for future growth
  • Experiencing leaders who are struggling with burnout and stress, affecting both performance and team morale
  • Aiming to cultivate a leadership culture that anticipates and navigates future challenges
  • Interested in maximizing the ROI on its leadership development initiatives
  • Concerned about the impact of leadership gaps on overall organizational effectiveness
  • Believing  that investing in leadership development is key to staying competitive in its industry
  • Experiencing team members who have recently taken on managerial positions and could benefit from targeted support to overcome the challenges that come with this transition

Achievable outcomes:

  • Improved bottom line
  • Increased effectiveness
  • Enhanced capabilities
  • Improved engagement
  • Enhanced productivity
  • Increased competitive advantage
  • Increased innovation and creativity
  • Improved decision making
  • Improved retention 

Leadership coaching and consulting engagements vary. Amber tailors each engagement to your organization’s specific needs and goals. Unsure of your needs? Amber can help you with this too. Schedule a consultation to explore potential collaboration and discuss how Amber’s offerings can complement your organizational objectives.

What clients are saying

Having a coach has provided me with professional mentorship, a sounding board, and a neutral lens into working through growth opportunities at work. By having someone on my team, but removed from the workplace, I feel that I have someone both rooting for me, being honest with me, and helping me realize exactly what I'm capable of. Having Amber as an Executive Coach has helped me evolve as a more confident leader, a clearer communicator and helped me navigate challenging situations in ways that stay true to my personal values and professional goals.
Executive Director
As a lifelong student in the art of effective leadership, having Amber Waugaman as my coach has been incredibly valuable. Things I thought I had learned in my 20s have been revisited and polished. She holds me accountable and makes me a better leader each time we speak. As I continue to transition into an executive role within my company, Amber has become one of my closest confidants. I am so grateful to have access to her unique coaching style and would recommend her service to anyone who oversees others and wants to be better.
Chief Operating Officer
Because of her, I landed my DREAM JOB with a 50% increase in pay, plus more work-life balance, time off, and more. I honestly can't recommend Amber enough. She has been so strategic, supportive, and genuine. She was the missing piece to help me get unstuck, and I plan to keep working with her, because I know she's going to keep elevating my professional skills.
Executive Director
Thank you again for helping me think differently about work and leadership. Because of our work together, I have been a lot more direct (respectfully) and I speak the hard truth. I ask more about the goal or the outcome and I delegate more intentionally.
Director
Bringing Amber on board for coaching has been a game-changer for our team. The impact on confidence and collaboration is remarkable. Amber's approach is spot-on, making the whole experience not just effective but genuinely enjoyable. I wholeheartedly recommend her for anyone looking to level up their team dynamics and individual growth.
Senior Director