It takes more than the right words

Coaching for managers and directors navigating uncomfortable workplace conversations

Work through the conversations you keep replaying or avoiding

Nurture the working relationships you want to protect and strengthen

Become the leader that you actually want to be and your team trusts

You’ve searched for scripts, read the articles, and asked for advice.

However, when it matters, it still feels messy, tense or gets avoided.

Maybe you’ve experienced some of this when trying to communicate with your peers, direct reports or other leaders:

Conversations that felt off, even with good intentions

Tension that lingers or keeps showing up

Avoiding giving feedback so you don’t escalate things

Saying the words but not seeing any real change

Feeling alone in carrying the weight of it all

Why this feels hard?

It’s not just about what you say.
It’s timing. History. Dynamics. Power. Emotions.

These conversations are complex and context matters!

You don’t need more rigid scripts.
You want to feel equipped to navigate the nuances in the situations you face day to day.

Coaching gives you space to work through situations that are specific to you to:

Understand what’s really going on beneath the surface

Clarify your goals and what matters most

Prepare with language that fits you and your context

Build confidence to lead the conversation

Reflect, adjust, and strengthen what comes next

You can be supported through

Difficult Conversations

Address performance, behavior, boundaries, and feedback with clarity and respect.

Relationship Repair

Rebuild trust, navigate conflict, and
move forward without carrying
the past

Leadership Growth

Build the communication skills and self awareness that strengthens
your leadership

How our work unfolds

This is a non linear process.

We follow what’s real, revisiting themes as new insights are revealed.

We loop, we connect and we integrate so you can lead with greater ease.

What makes this different

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    Deeply Personalized

    Your context, your goals, your pace. No cookie-cutter frameworks.

  • Human and Practical

    Warm, direct, intentional, and grounded in real world leadership.

  • Confidential and Safer

    A private space to think clearly, pause, reflect, and be fully yourself.

  • Sustainable Change

    Tools, practices, and mindset shifts that last long after our work together.

For professionals responsible for guiding people, shaping communication, making decisions, or navigating team dynamics

Who is this for?

Managers

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Directors

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Team Leads

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Program Leads

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Department Heads

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Founders

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Executive Directors

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Mid-Career Professionals

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Managers 〰️ Directors 〰️ Team Leads 〰️ Program Leads 〰️ Department Heads 〰️ Founders 〰️ Executive Directors 〰️ Mid-Career Professionals 〰️

One on One Coaching Options


Conversation Prep Intensive

For the conversation you do not want to walk into cold.

This private intensive gives you focused support for one uncomfortable workplace conversation that needs your attention now. Before we meet, you’ll complete an intake form so I can understand the context, stakes, and relationship dynamics.

In our 90-minute session, we’ll slow down what’s happening underneath the conversation, consider the identities and power dynamics in the room, clarify what you need to hold, say, ask, or repair, and prepare you to enter the conversation with more steadiness and care.

Best for:

  • a feedback conversation

  • a tense team situation

  • a repair conversation

  • a conversation with a senior leader

  • a moment where you need to speak clearly, but do not want to make things worse

Includes:

  • a pre-session intake form

  • one 90-minute private intensive

  • context-centered conversation preparation & reflection

  • guided practice

  • follow-up guidance


Long-Term Coaching Partnership

For professionals who want steady support as they navigate uncomfortable conversations, team dynamics, and leadership growth over time.

Best for:

  • ongoing support

  • recurring leadership challenges

  • building confidence over time

  • navigating more than one conversation or pattern

Includes:

  • 6-month minimum commitment

  • private coaching sessions

  • conversation prep and reflection support

  • space to work through what keeps surfacing

  • "A big breakthrough was realizing how I was centering my own comfort in challenging conversations. The shift in focus gave me a push in bringing up or confronting topics that I had previously avoided."

    — Anonymous, Manager at a Foundation

  • "I deeply appreciate Abbiola's sessions that are both structured and open. She asks you questions and support you in a deep way. I never feel judged. "

    — Anonymous, Manager at a Foundation

  • "Abbiola is an incredible listener. She is thoughtful and analytical in her responses. She meets you where you are and is pro-active in shaping the direction of the engagement based on what is being shared. It has been a very rewarding experience."

    — Carrie

You do not have to keep carrying the conversation alone.