Welcome to Saplings Consulting

Saplings is my own sapling. After 25+ years of experience in product design, team building, and leading others, I have created Saplings as a way to branch out and extend my reach to help others. I was born a perpetual "helper" and found myself growing into a supporting role for many of my colleagues, direct reports, and people in my network. I have discovered my "helper" nature and my ability to care for others without holding judgement are my superpowers and naturally makes me a good coach, mentor and advisor.

When to have a coaching session?

• It has been too long and you still can't make that important decision.

• A huge amount of your energy is spent worrying over a single issue.

• You keep choosing to do the same thing even though you know you will be frustrated with the outcome.

• Your friends and family keep hearing the same complaint from you over and over (and over).

When to have a mentoring session?

• You are looking for advice about an issue at work or life.

• You think to yourself, "Someone must have figured this out before."

• You have tried different ways of solving a problem, and none of them are working.

• You are looking for someone to help improve your resume, interview, or interpersonal skills.

When to partner with an advisor?

• You want your company to progress faster with less risk.

• Your company has a gap in skills or knowledge.

• You company could benefit from having a team member that is able to "see around the corner".

• You are frustrated having to develop all of your operational processes from scratch.

• You could use a friend who understands the stressors of running a start-up.

Focus Areas

My focus areas are based on my strengths and passions.

• Start-ups- Building highly productive teams is just as important as building world-changing products. Creating high trust and fun work cultures while managing through rapid growth, frequent changes and audacious goals is what I am known for. 

• Diversity in Leadership-  Increasing the population of caring, thoughtful leaders is important to me. Leveraging my personal experiences, I can offer unique understanding, perspective and support to help diverse leaders strengthen their voice and believe in their impact.