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.
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 identify big-picture goals you can actually achieve. I also collaborate with clients on roadmaps to meet those goals.
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.
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.
FORGING A NEW CAREER PATH
Seeking a new career direction or trying to make your current one better? 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.
“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
When you or your organization are at a pivotal moment, the right questions can propel you forward. They can help clear roadblocks, reveal new opportunities and spark transformative ideas.
Before studying leadership and team coaching, I spent decades as an editor in New York City newsrooms, where your survival hinges 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 initially pursued coaching because I also saw the power of inquiry to help people achieve more success and satisfaction in their work lives in just about every way. I soon discovered that these same techniques can also help teams define strategies, set goals and put them into action. My approach as a coach and strategist also draws deeply upon my media expertise, helping clients craft just the right message and deliver it powerfully in any situation, be it a high-stakes conversation, a speech, an investor pitch and more.
Doing big things isn't easy — ask any accomplished leader you know. Increasingly, top executives will also tell you that coaching was instrumental in helping them get where they are now. To explore whether I can help you or your team get where you want to go, schedule a free 30-minute intro call.
The power of coaching lies in asking the right questions at the right time
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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