Stephanie, General Counsel
“ Christine bridges deeper wisdom and human understanding with business reality and corporate pragmatism —grounding the intuitive in the practical without losing either. ”
Chief Legal Officer for Mid-Sized Start Ups & Large Orgs + Mother of 3
Tech & Media Industry
WHY COACHING:
Working in fast-paced tech start ups with tech media growth goals + the addition of a third child + a growing team + a growing role as General Counsel in-house + more visible global policy influencer in the space of privacy and ethics. The responsibilities were multiplying and the pull on her energy, time & mindshare were exponentially growing. Overwhelmed & burning out, and not excelling at any one part.
Trying to influence within a male-dominated, short-term growth focus industry, needed new, more powerful tools and strategies that worked within the system, and also in integrity with her values, mission and genuine leadership style.
WORKING WITH CHRISTINE:
“Christine’s gifts of being a connector of dots, move between worlds and translate wisdom into practical business language, helped me find and value these same powers within myself.”
Christine guided me to steer through rough times at a mid-size tech-startup, as I tried to juggle tricky power dynamics at work + upheaval at home + a team that was overwhelmed and feeling like they didn’t have the voice they needed within the company.
In our conversations, she would listen deeply and bring in all the parts – fusing intuitive insight with sharp business pragmatism, so I could see the real issues beneath the noise. She taught me how to access and trust my internal compass and make choices from that wisdom.
Nine years later, the practices, processes and perspectives she taught me and my team still remain as touchstones that we lean into to stay centered within the intense pace of the tech world.
Her mantra of Fierce Grace – hold your convictions fiercely, meet the world gracefully – is something I still feel in my core and tap into whenever I need courage and clarity.
Her own embodied, balanced leadership presence and unique holistic approach guided me to find and apply my genuine voice and presence as a leader, general counsel and advocate in more effective, meaningful and influential ways.
Within my legal department and in our orgs internal leadership programs , we introduced her quarterly Power Pauses, bringing structured, strategic reflection rituals where our hard-charging tech teams could stop, breathe, celebrate wins and decide what to carry forward. Colleagues emerged saying, “I didn’t even know I needed that.”
THE PROCESS:
What Shifted
▶ FROM
Frenetic, over-caretaking &
burned out
▶ TO
Centered, present &
supported at work and home
HOW IT SHOWED UP
Reset morning & weekly rhythms, stopped acting from guilt & obligation, showed up for kids & team in ways that sustained vs drained.
CHRISTINE’S ROLE
▶ Taught do-able morning centering practice.
▶ Permission to make choices from inner wisdom
▶ Support to do things differently than people or system expectations
What Shifted
▶ FROM
Trying to get a seat at the
table, make people listen & be
accepted as one of the ‘boys’
▶ TO
Influencing top-level decisions
in org & invited into global
advocacy & policy roles
HOW IT SHOWED UP
Stopped trying to fit in & people please, got centered in whole self, embraced being a woman with heart & business smarts, embodied role as advisor with wisdom to speak and share, courage and conviction
CHRISTINE’S ROLE
▶ Learned to access & apply intuitive power with legal expertise
▶ Taught to see game being played and elevate to higher level to influence
▶ Language & tools to be a powerful wise woman in male dominated rooms
What Shifted
▶ FROM
Team frustrated, overwhelmed
& not valued internally
▶ TO
Team an “oasis in the chaos,”
valued & sought-out by
colleagues for counsel
HOW IT SHOWED UP
Created team culture of calm, focus, and self-value, stopped having to prove value and became calm hub people throughout org gravitated toward for clarity
CHRISTINE’S ROLE
▶ Facilitated team synergy sessions
▶ Restructured team from silos to synergy dial,
▶ Created rhythm with power pauses, felt progress, focused on what could influence
What Shifted
HOW IT SHOWED UP
CHRISTINE’S ROLE
▶ FROM
Frenetic, over-caretaking, &
burned out
▶ TO
Centered, present, &
supported at work and home
Reset morning & weekly rhythms, stopped acting from guilt & obligation, showed up for kids & team in ways that sustained vs drained.
▶ Taught do-able morning centering practice.
▶ Permission to make choices from inner wisdom
▶ Support to do things differently than people or system expectations
▶ FROM
Trying to get a seat at the
table, make people listen & be
accepted as one of the ‘boys’
▶ TO
Influencing top-level decisions
in org & invited into global
advocacy & policy roles
Stopped trying to fit in & people please, got centered in whole self, embraced being a woman with heart & business smarts, embodied role as advisor with wisdom to speak and share, courage and conviction
▶ Learned to access & apply intuitive power with legal expertise
▶ Taught to see game being played and elevate to higher level to influence
▶ Language & tools to be a powerful wise woman in male dominated rooms
▶ FROM
Team frustrated, overwhelmed
& not valued internally
▶ TO
Team an “oasis in the chaos,”
valued & sought-out by
colleagues for counsel
Created team culture of calm, focus, and self-value, stopped having to prove value and became calm hub people throughout org gravitated toward for clarity
▶ Facilitated team synergy sessions
▶ Restructured team from silos to synergy dial,
▶ Created rhythm with power pauses, felt progress, focused on what could influence