Evidence-based
Executive Coaching

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Wherever you go, your psychology goes with you.

The question is… is your psychology expanding or contracting what’s possible? 

How you show up and experience each moment—from critical meetings, difficult conversations, moments of uncertainty, and every high-stakes dilemma—is shaped by your level of psychological agility.

By focusing on the emotional and psychological drivers that shape wellbeing, choices, and performance, I help leaders, teams, and organizations build the psychological agility required to perform at their best.

With over two decades of experience across corporate, tech, entertainment and policy initiatives, I draw on a blend of behavioral science, neuroscience, and positive psychology coaching to turn psychological awareness into competitive advantage.

“In a single coaching session, Dr. West helped me shift my perspective and reframe challenges that seemed intractable. The impact of the session was immediate. I left with more clarity, momentum, and internal degrees of freedom than I knew were possible.”

– Kevin Gutierrez, Multi-Platinum Awarded Producer/Engineer (Paul McCartney, Shinedown, Twilight Soundtrack)

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Ways to Work Together

FOR LEADERS, TEAMS & ORGANIZATIONS

  • Through assessment and targeted skill development, we build the psychological agility, emotional intelligence, resilience, and mental agility that sustain peak performance and drive meaningful, sustainable change.


    Individual Coaching
    I work with high-performing individuals to optimize wellbeing and performance through evidence-based coaching. Whether you're navigating a major transition, facing new leadership challenges, or ready to reach the next level of impact, my approach addresses the psychological drivers that shape how you lead and perform.

    This work addresses blind spots, expands creative thinking, streamlines processes, and builds the trust needed for high-stakes performance.

    This work supports:

    • Stronger collaboration and trust

    • More effective communication

    • Constructive conflict resolution

    • Increased psychological safety

    • Greater clarity around shared goals and vision

    • More workable team processes

    • Enhanced creativity and innovation


    Team Coaching

    I also work with teams to strengthen collaboration, enhance communication, and align around shared goals. Through assessment and facilitation, we identify and leverage team strengths, resolve conflicts constructively, uncover individual patterns and group dynamics that limit performance, and build a unified vision.

    This work supports:

    • Increased self-awareness

    • Enhanced motivation

    • Effective communication

    • Greater mental flexibility

    • Improved emotional intelligence

    • Stronger resilience

    • Better problem-solving

  • My consulting services provide expert analysis and strategic recommendations for the challenges that keep organizations stuck: hiring practices that miss the mark, leadership bottlenecks, change management challenges, low employee engagement, or workplace cultures that need a reset.

    I diagnose the behavioral and psychological patterns underlying organizational challenges and prescribe evidence-based interventions that lead to measurable, sustainable improvement in how work gets done.

    This work supports:

    • More effective hiring and talent development

    • Improved leadership effectiveness

    • Increased employee engagement and retention

    • Better organizational communication and culture

    • Resolution of persistent workplace challenges

    • Strategic change management

    • Evidence-based approaches to performance improvement

  • I design customized learning experiences that help organizations develop the practical skills needed for high performance: psychological agility, emotional intelligence, effective feedback, psychological safety, and high-value teaming.

    These programs are a hybrid of didactic, collaborative, and experiential approaches with science-based tools they can apply immediately in their work.

    This work supports:

    • Enhanced emotional intelligence

    • More effective feedback practices

    • Stronger psychological safety

    • Improved team collaboration

    • Better communication under pressure

    • Increased workplace effectiveness


    Examples of possible topics:

    • Emotional Fitness for Leaders

    • The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback

    • Wellbeing at Work

    • High-value Teaming

    • Collaborative Communication

  • My keynotes are designed to challenge assumptions, expand imaginations, and create lasting shifts in how people think and act.

    Each talk is tailored to your audience and focused on the real drivers of performance: psychological agility, emotional intelligence, leadership under pressure, team dynamics, and the conditions required for psychologically safe, high-performing cultures.

    I offer expertise in rigorous behavioral science combined with real-world application and a helping of humor to ensure the message translates into action and stays with people long after the event ends.

  • Is your organization on a mission to transform people’s lives for the better? Whether you’re focused on improving your culture or shaping the world around you for good, I can help you clarify your goals and identify strategies to engage your target audience and effectively “nudge” them towards positive behavior change. 

    Using assessments and market research, we develop a clear plan. Whether it’s engaging employees to find deeper purpose in their work, designing behavior change initiatives, expanding wellbeing or productivity, or activating the public around important policy changes that shape cultural narratives, we will develop the scientific tools and a plan for success.

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“Dr. West is one of the best and most authoritative coaches in the industry.

An incredibly knowledgeable thought leader and trainer with deep industry experience, she is a rare master of both the science and art of coaching. Warm, relatable, empathetic, practical, and creative. Highly recommended.”

– Dr. Rob Archer, Psychologist, Executive Coach & Creator of High Performance Routines

You’re good at deciding.
Let’s make you great at choosing.

People naturally excel at weighing options and predicting outcomes. But deciding based on what exists only gets you so far. You miss opportunities, play smaller and safer than is helpful, or worse, you create what you don’t want, instead of what you do.

When you can choose—intentionally, flexibly, and creatively—you automatically upgrade  your software. You go from reacting to what exists to creating what you want, so you can play your way to being the best version of yourself. 

To drive meaningful change and intentional impact, you need to see past what feels familiar and safe. To imagine what doesn’t yet exist. And to create it. 

This is what I call Choicefulness.

It’s the stuff of wellbeing, prosocial evolution, and elite performance.

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What People Are Saying

  • “Dr. West brings a formidable blend of evidence-based expertise, interpersonal skillfulness, and sophisticated systems awareness to her work. She quickly gets to the heart of challenges, clarifying not only why people may struggle to thrive and perform, but what is needed to excel. She builds trust, navigates competing agendas, and works as a trusted thought partner with a style that is warm, playful, and disruptive.”

    – Rachel Collis, Executive Leadership Coach and Instructor, Graduate School Of Business, Queensland University of Technology

  • “Dr. West is an extraordinary consultant and executive coach. Working one-on-one and in groups, she helped us clarify our company vision, brand, and values, which has translated into stronger workplace communication and culture. She also supported us in navigating and diffusing conflict in high-profile, sensitive client situations. I would highly recommend her to any business leader who wants to take themselves and their team to the next level.”

    – Dave Steunebrink, President & Owner of Showdown Management

  • “Working with Dr. West fundamentally changed how I lead. What began as leadership coaching became a truly transformative journey, introducing an entirely different paradigm for leadership, wellbeing, and what she calls “choicefulness.” I left my work with Dr. West with more internal degrees of freedom than I knew were possible—especially in moments where I had previously felt I had none.”

    – CEO and Founder, Tech Company

  • “Dr. West helped our company optimize engagement and performance by disrupting complex, long-standing, and deeply embedded cultural obstacles. Under her guidance, our C-suite shifted from an authoritarian to a collaborative leadership style. Relationships and results were reinvigorated at every level of the organization. Most importantly, she helped us see that what is good for people is also good for business”

    – Former Executive Coaching Client

  • “Few are as creative, intuitive, and effective as Dr. West. She has a rare gift for holding multiple perspectives at once and building trust. That instinct makes her an extremely valuable ally and advisor to organizations that need to connect and communicate across differences, especially when navigating complex or challenging issues.”

    – Dan Gerstein, CEO at Gotham Ghostwriters

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Contact me to schedule a complimentary consultation to discuss your goals and see if we’re a good fit. We’ll talk about your concerns and goals, and I’ll outline how we might work together. If we decide to move forward, we’ll create a plan tailored to your specific needs.

  • As a psychologist and coach, I bring a niche blend of doctoral-level training and real world experience. I have expertise working with the emotional and psychological drivers that shape wellbeing, behavior, decision-making, and performance—especially under pressure. This means I can identify what’s actually getting in the way, surface what isn’t being said, and activate core processes that create sustainable change rather than just managing what’s happening on the surface.

    I also bring over two decades of real-world experience across corporate, creative, tech and policy environments, combining rigorous psychological training with practical application in complex, high-stakes contexts. And I have the expertise to support clients  navigating both performance challenges and mental health concerns—something many coaches and consultants aren’t ethically able or trained to address.

  • Coaching is a collaborative process where I help you clarify goals and values, develop skills, and build the psychological agility needed to reach them. In addition to being a thought partner, I also conduct strategic inquiry, disrupt unhelpful patterns, and design behavioral experiments to help you execute action that moves you in the direction of what matters to you.

    Consulting involves expert analysis, strategic guidance and solutions. I assess your organizational challenges and provide specific recommendations and interventions based on best practices grounded in behavioral science.

  • I work with clients in both capacities. Some organizations bring me in for one-time assessments, strategic consultations, or targeted training programs. Others prefer ongoing coaching or consulting relationships. In some cases I am retained as “in-house” counsel for matters related to wellbeing, culture and performance. We’ll discuss what makes the most sense for your situation during our initial consultation.

  • Individual executive coaching engagements can be as short as 3 months or ongoing, as is helpful and depending on your goals. Team coaching and organizational consulting timelines vary based on the scope of work. During our initial conversation, I’ll provide a recommended timeline based on what you're looking to achieve.

  • Assessments are tailored to your specific goals and may include psychological self-report measures, 360-degree leadership or manager feedback, structured interviews, and customized organizational surveys. The goal of assessment is to establish clear baselines and identify specific areas for development. I’ll work with you to determine the best approach to provide the most useful data for your areas of growth or concern.

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