Leadership Coaching and Consultanting

Leading into Change and Uncertainty

Retain top talent. Accelerate success. Unleash the brilliance of your leaders and teams. Build confidence in the face of uncertainty.

The world needs more Leaders of Impact - now especially: Leaders who can grow and lead high-performance teams, with confidence, through ambiguity and transformation; Leaders who can motivate their teams to be their best and bring their best regardless of the uncertainty that lies ahead; Teams that enthusiastically tackle problems and accomplish more than might be imagined - Leaders who, as a result, can increase the return on investment and develop and expand that market advantage - without burning out!

Change is accelerating and is ever-present (See my blog on Leading into Uncertainty).

A growing body of research indicates that, in this relentless climate of change and uncertainty, effective leaders of impact require

Accelerate your leadership journey.

How do you and your team become resilient, enthusiastically anticipating coming changes, innovating and creatively pivoting/ shifting/ adjusting/ adapting/ adopting?

I am Margo Metcalfe, Leadership Coach and Facilitator. I am an accredited coach (International Coaching Federation) and an experienced leader of teams that have enthusiastically achieved more than imaginable in challenging, complex, ambiguous and very large transformations.

I would like to help you - and your team - Excel (See Leadership Coaching program). Let’s talk.

. . .For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,

and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

- Rudyard Kipling, “The Law of the Jungle

Leaders of Impact - Program - For Leadership Teams and Individuals

As a leader, or team of leaders, what are your greatest challenges?

  • Creating and meeting bold objectives of impact?

  • Navigating into Ambiguity and embracing the opportunities of change with enthusiasm?

  • Leading with confidence through disruption?

  • Maintaining cohesive collaboration under enormous stress?

  • Motivating and engaging each team member to achieve their own personal brilliance within your boundaries?

What would it mean for you, if feedback was easy to deliver, and welcomed by your team members? If your team was motivated, engaged and excited about their accountabilities? What would innovation, creativity, collaboration and resilience in your team look like, and how would that serve you in your leadership role?

What would it take to get there?

This Leadership program takes a human-centered approach (your team are, after all, humans) to address these and many more key challenges facing most leaders and helps you create the environment where your team members can not only achieve their objectives, but can thrive and grow, increasing team capacity – without you, the leader, burning out!

Explore your individual strengths, values and impact. What are the internal and intrinsic challenges of leadership and the foundational components of effective people-leadership that enable the leader to achieve the goals and grow each team member and the team.

Expand on the foundational components of Explore, and Expand the capacity and capabilities of the leader, developing the behaviours and environment to enable the entire team to respond to external disruptions in a Creative, Innovative and Resilient workplace

Excel. Build the capacity to lead into ambiguity and change. Utilize of the Power tools of the transformative leader: Professional Candor, Professional Feedback and Productive Disagreement.

For Leadership Teams, Individuals or Cohorts.

About Excel Boldly:

We build leaders of impact, and high-performing, collaborative teams.

Our Lead Coach, Margo, accredited by the International Coaching Federation, has worked with a diverse range of clients at all levels across various industries. Clients benefit from extensive industry knowledge, practical insights, and individual focus, and have enjoyed significant improvements in individual performance, team dynamics, and organizational effectiveness.

In addition to individual Coaching and Leadership Development Coaching Programs, we facilitate intense, interactive workshops, and speak on issues of people-leadership.

For over 15 years Margo built and led teams - remote, hybrid and on site - that accomplished the amazing, including changing cultures, driving organizational change and transformation in government organizations, educational institutions, and not for profit - in IT and Tech: Thriving as a leader in large-scale transformational cultures (fast paced, challenging), where change was the objective, and often complex; Uncertainty was rampant; Ambiguity was pervasive; Perceptions of conflict and competition were deeply entrenched; And volatility was often the result.

Utilizing a coach-approach to building teams, cultures and environments, Margo ensured the team members were psychologically safe and empowered to contribute. This was foundational to her successes. Together with the team members, she transformed cultures to achieve collaborative and interdependent objectives.

And. . . mediocre to downright awful bosses have been part of the learning. Margo knows too well the damage they can cause.

And now, Margo is driven to help leaders and organizations do better and Excel Boldly!

Our Goal: To enable my clients, high-achieving professionals, their teams and organizations to excel boldly.

Our Vision: žHighly productive, high-value and resilient teams and organizations led by confident, engaged, enthusiastic, creative and innovative leaders; žTeams achieving and expanding potential, able to agilely pivot and adapt with changing market environments: Resilient, growing and excited!

“Only those who will risk going too far

can possibly find out

how far one can go”

~ T.S. Elliot

Testimonials

I had the privilege of being coached by Margo, and from the very beginning, I felt deeply heard. Margo has a remarkable ability to identify your strengths early on and gently hold space for you to see them too. What stood out in our sessions was Margo's commitment to never giving me ready-made answers. Instead, she helped me uncover the solutions already within me. That approach was empowering. Margo helped me ask better questions, self-reflect, and grow with more clarity. I’m deeply grateful for her guidance and would recommend her to anyone looking for a coach who listens with intention and guides with wisdom.

- J. Goube Founder & CEO at Sistech: Obama Scholar @ Columbia University: Forbes 30 under 30 (2016 -17 -18)

In my work, I need to build relationships and teams quickly. Margo's program has significantly improved my ability to quickly foster a productive and collaborative environment. She encouraged me to dig deeper and develop my own solutions based on new learnings, and I saw a direct line from her coaching to an increase in my team's curiosity and willingness to speak up.

- N. Wilkinson, Consultant, IT

Margo’s Leadership Coaching Program has been pivotal in preparing me for transition from an analyst to a leadership role, helping me identify my blind spots and recognize areas of strength that I can leverage as a leader. Margo’s coaching has sharpened my leadership skills, enhanced my strategic thinking, and built my confidence to take on future challenges. I feel far more equipped for this next phase in my career.

- Jacob S., Senior IT Analyst, Higher Education

Margo has a unique combination of empathy and drive.  She will take your mind to new places.  The things you learn are tools you will use throughout your career.

— Jason J. Manager, IT: Education

Margo is a very knowledgeable coach and really helped me find my style and voice as a leader. She asks powerful questions that guide me to explore areas I hadn't thought to look at. She's an incredible coach!

— Laney L.: Executive Director, Charitable Organization

I'd recommend Margo’s Leadership development course to anybody who just started a leadership role or have have been leading a team/projects for a few years and would like to brush up the fundamentals. Margo created a space where I could express myself freely, think and ponder over her questions and I feel much more confident as a leader.

— Majid S: Manager, IT, Higher Education

Margo consistently develops and promotes a trustworthy, collaborative and cohesive culture.

— Michael W: Project/ Program Manager, IT

She has an uncanny knack of understanding just how to bring out the best in her team. She's a natural coach and mentor, often seeing abilities and capacities individuals don't even recognize in themselves.

—Amy D: Project Manager, IT

Margo is the most encouraging leader and inspiring mentor I have ever had the pleasure to work with. …Whenever I was faced with challenges, Margo was always prompt to respond with gentle thought provoking questions that guided me to create my own solutions.

—Andrea L: Project Coordinator, IT

She enabled and encouraged the team to use their expertise and facilitated open collaboration sessions to tackle problems and achieve the best outcomes.

-Angie T: Manager, IT, Higher Education

When I was at a crossroads taking the next step in my career, Margo's active listening and asking me some challenging questions I was avoiding, helped me pave out my options and explore avenues I hadn’t considered. I look forward to taking my next steps!

— Robyn L: Project Manager, IT

As I transition from working full time to retirement, Margo has pushed me to think more deeply about what motivates me and plan this next phase of my life.

— Chris C: Teacher