We revolutionize the workforce by elevating emotionally intelligent leaders.
About Us
We thrive on helping our clients gain confidence by generating personalized solutions and practical strategies rooted in extensive research, training, and experience. We believe everyone can benefit from coaching when reflecting on professional challenges, deciding next steps or accomplishing new milestones.
We are committed to helping you figure it out: where you are, where you want to be, and how to get there. With over 30 years of combined experience coaching and training early to mid-career professionals, we can help you envision your future, identify possibilities and create a plan to make it a reality.
Our Values
Commitment: Prioritize personal and professional growth
Action: Use strengths to solve real challenges
Affordability: Provide service at a fair price
Respect: Appreciate others and build collaboration
Empowerment: Realize potential of self and others
Our Team
GALLUP CERTIFIED STRENGTHS COACH
EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360 CERTIFIED
Tiffany McLean
Tiffany has over 20 years of management and leadership experience with cross-generational teams. In 2015, she was introduced to the Gallup CliftonStrengths philosophy. By better understanding and leveraging her team’s individual and collective strengths, she saw a significant increase in individual engagement and greater performance as an organization. She has conducted individual coaching sessions and group workshops for early to mid-career professionals in technology, finance, hospitality, manufacturing, and higher education. A certified EQ-i 2.0/EQ 360 facilitator, Tiffany helps individuals and teams grow their emotional intelligence. Here are just a few ways she uses her own strengths when working with clients:
Strategic: intuitive and insightful coach
Communication: interactive and expressive presenter
Achiever: productive and self-motivated facilitator
Woo: engaging conversationalist
Activator: dynamic catalyst for growth
Since graduating with B.A. degrees in Psychology and Russian and an M.A. in English, she has worked in both the private and public sector. After working as a client financial analyst for the 4th largest global HR benefits consulting company, she worked as a corporate event planner before pivoting into higher education as a recruiter and leadership development professional.
“Tiffany’s energy, passion, and communication skills are unlike any other that I have encountered in the workplace. She genuinely cares for the people she works with and wants to see them succeed. Tiffany has a knack for identifying individual strengths and weaknesses and leading incredibly impactful discussions. She was made for this type of professional coaching work!”
LICENSED COUNSELOR & CAREER COACH
EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360 CERTIFIED
Katie Peterssen
Katie Peterssen has nearly 15 years of experience helping individuals explore pathways and strategies to meet their career and academic goals. An expert in career and professional development, she has a knack for recognizing and cultivating strengths in individuals and within teams. Focused on creating environments in which people can be themselves and do their best work, Katie is a National Certified Counselor under the National Board for Certified Counselors (NCC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate in North Carolina (LCMHCA). Clients gravitate to Katie’s energy and commitment to their success, she is never short on ideas or strategies to improve and innovate. Here are a few ways that she uses her strengths when working with clients:
Positivity: energetic and engaging presenter
Includer: skilled listener and facilitator
Strategic: intuitive pathfinder
Achiever: motivated by client success
Learner: trailblazing leader with fresh perspective
Katie has delivered presentations to groups of 5 - 250 at top tech firms including Lenovo, SAS, and IBM, to higher education groups at Davidson College, Meredith College, and North Carolina State University. No two groups are the same and Katie is dedicated to creating tailored, dynamic learning experiences. Known for her tech skills and love for tools that streamline and inform, you can rest assured that the information she shares is current, reliable, and customized for you. Katie currently serves as the Past President of the North Carolina Career Development Association (NCCDA) and is certified to facilitate the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 assessments. She has lived up and down the east coast, earning her BS in Information Design and Corporate Communication from Bentley University and later completing her MEd in Counselor Education at North Carolina State University.
“I would recommend Katie because she is extremely supportive, patient, and non-judgmental. She will work with you to achieve any goal you have no matter how big or small. She is patient, kind, and caring.”
What People Are Saying
“Tiffany helps you understand what your gifts are and how you can grow in ways that are personally and professionally meaningful to you. She's the type of leader who develops other strong leaders. No matter what capacity you work with Tiffany in, you will always get something positive out of it.”
— Collin D, 22, MAT Candidate, Duke University
“Katie helped me articulate my strengths and present my best self to employers. I wouldn't be where I am today professionally without her support. I saw real results after working with Katie, and I cannot recommend her enough!”
— Caitlin G, 25, Office of the First Lady, State of NC
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