When you’re at a crossroads in your career or business, the right questions can move you forward. They can unlock new insights, remove barriers and challenge your thinking in the most productive ways.
Before I studied executive and leadership coaching, I spent decades in New York City newsrooms, where your success rests on the questions you ask. Later, as a senior leader in NYC government advancing gender equity and innovation industries, I learned how the right questions can cut through complexity and lead to sound decisions.
I became an ICF-certified coach because I also saw the power of inquiry to help people unlock their own greatest talents and opportunities. It's the most rewarding work I’ve ever done. A coach is a confidant, strategist and champion who celebrates your wins, walks alongside you when things are tough and offers the push you sometimes need to move forward. While I work across industries, I draw upon my own background to coach senior leaders in media, impact and creative sectors, with a growing niche of non-profit executive directors.
Having a big career is hard — ask any accomplished leader you know. Increasingly, top executives will also tell you that coaching was instrumental in helping them to get where they are now. To find out more about my unique approach to this work, schedule a free 30-minute intro call.
The one thing your coach needs to do is ask the right questions
“My time with Faye is my favorite meeting every week — it's always so energizing. She has this amazing gift of reflecting back a deeply embedded core value that I didn't even know I had.”
— Executive Director of Women's Rights Legal Policy Organization
“When leading a nonprofit in need of change, everything is moving so fast it's hard to know what to tackle first. As a new executive director, weekly sessions with Faye give me the time and space to face the hard questions and gain clarity about how to move forward.”
— Executive Director, Arts Non-profit
“Faye's coaching is truly exceptional. A journalism
background gives her a unique ability to help clients identify their goals and create plans to achieve them. She's also unafraid to challenge her clients and help them overcome obstacles while providing unwavering support and accountability.”
— Non-profit Communications Consultant
“Faye is different from other coaches because she really leverages her media background to zero in on messaging and branding. She has a strong bias for action and no BS.”
— Senior Leader in Risk Management
“Our sessions are incredibly productive and really amp me up. Faye always pushes out the edges of my thinking on how I can profit from my expertise.”
— Senior Attorney in Fintech
“I came to Faye with only a vague idea of how she might help. What I found was genuinely life-changing support. When I struggled to see outside day-to-day crisis, she kept my focus on what mattered most. She also helped me strategically address the challenges I was facing and ultimately navigate a new opportunity. I'm continuing to work with her in my new role!”
— Executive Director, Los Angeles Arts Non-profit
CLIENT TALK
CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE...
DRINKING FROM
A FIREHOSE
Whether you’re an emerging leader, an executive director or the head of your own company, you’re managing complex, ever-evolving demands. When there's so much coming at you all at once, I can help you and your team anchor on what’s most important.
HAVING PEOPLE OR TEAM ISSUES
Working with others can be the best or worst part of your job. Coaching can help you establish more productive relationships with colleagues, your partner, your boss or the team you lead. My training includes a particular focus on engaging and motivating staff.
FORGING A NEW CAREER PATH
Seeking a new role — or just wondering if it's time? I'll help you determine where your talents meet the market as well as the best moves to make now. My services include strategy, interview prep, offer negotiation and coaching for success in a new role.
FACING A BIG CONVERSATION
Need help finding your voice and talking points for an important interview, performance review or other high-stakes conversation? Even if you're not an existing client, I offer 1:1 spot coaching sessions to help you communicate with confidence to achieve the outcome you seek.
REFINING YOUR BRAND + MESSAGE
Magazine cover stories, public testimony, speeches, reports, press releases, marketing copy — I've written and edited them all. When you need just the right words to achieve your brand, business or career goals, I can help you craft a message you'll love and deliver it to the audiences you want to reach.
SETTING YOUR
STRATEGY+GOALS
When your organization needs a strategic tune-up, I will work with you and your team to refine the what, why and how of your work and turn those principles into big-picture goals you can actually achieve. Then I'll collaborate with you on a real-world roadmap to help you meet those goals.
THINGS I'VE DONE
First Executive Director of Women.NYC, serving New York women through salary negotiation training, business bootcamps, 1:1 career coaching and more. We also advocated for childcare as an economic development issue.
Led innovation sector growth for the New York City Economic Development Corporation, helping New Yorkers of all backgrounds future-proof their careers by tapping into growth industries.
Achieved ICF ACC-level coach certification after studying at Brown University as well as the Center for Executive Coaching.
Led a collaboration between First Lady Michelle Obama and seven top American fashion designers to create an original line of tote bags to benefit Let Girls Learn.
Founded Brokelyn, a buzzy local site (sold in 2016) about life on the cheap In Brooklyn. Drove revenue via a viral series of beer, wine and cocktail passports to hundreds of Brooklyn bars.
Currently serve as a board member for the Borscht Belt Museum, a new museum celebrating the Catskills resort era.
Have held senior positions across print, digital, video and e-commerce at New York Magazine, the New York Post, The New York Observer, A+E Networks and InStyle.
Wrote the Style & Error humor column for InStyle magazine, chronicling my misadventures in personal style.
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