At Whole Leader Lab, leadership is not just about achieving results—it’s about sustaining energy, aligning with values, and creating lasting impact.
Our coaching and development services help mission-driven leaders build resilience, lead with authenticity, and navigate complexity with confidence.
This one-on-one coaching experience is designed for executives, senior leaders, and high-potential professionals navigating complexity, transition, or high-stakes decision-making.
Each coaching engagement is tailored to address specific leadership challenges, including executive presence, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and resilience-building.
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A dynamic team development experience designed for leadership teams, cross-functional groups, or entire organizations looking to build collaboration, strengthen decision-making, and enhance resilience.
This program helps teams shift from reactive to strategic leadership while fostering trust, accountability, and aligned execution.
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This immersive leadership development program helps leaders harness the power of emotional intelligence to strengthen engagement, build trust, and drive results.
Designed for mission-driven executives and managers, this program is rooted in neuroscience and the Genos EI model.
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Leadership Team retreats designed to meet the needs of your leadership team.
Cohort-based training tailored to organizational and leader-specific needs, offering developmental experiences that foster mindset growth, skill-building, and practical application.
Supporting a variety of needs from organizational development, succession planning, hiring for key positions, and strategic planning and decision-making.
Maya, the Executive Director of a mid-sized nonprofit, was passionate about her mission but struggled with team misalignment, decision-making bottlenecks, and burnout. Despite her dedication, internal tensions and silos were hindering impact.
To create immediate and lasting change, Maya engaged in Elevate Together: Unlocking Peak Team Performance.
Through leadership assessments, one-on-one coaching, and a full-day team development session, Maya and her leadership team:
After three months, Maya saw significant improvements—her team was more engaged, proactive, and effective in tackling challenges. She continued with executive coaching to refine her leadership approach and sustain progress.
By month twelve, Maya had transformed her leadership style and created a culture of resilience and high performance.
She saw these big shifts in her day-to-day leadership:
Today, Maya leads with clarity, confidence, and impact—ensuring her organization thrives.
"Paula’s support allowed me to engage in deep self-reflection and quiet the ‘noise’—self-doubt, fears, and external pressures. With her coaching, I was able to define the work that truly inspires me and where I can have the greatest impact as a leader."
—Talia, long-time C-Level Leader
"Paula Shannon is that rare individual who possesses both instinct and skills. Whether working with someone at the start of a career or a seasoned executive, she offers keen insights and guidance that make a real impact."
—Elsa Marquez, Founder & CEO at The Leadership Consultancy
"She asks great questions, captures and shares themes across sessions, and offers insights that push my thinking and inform my leadership actions. I have a clearer sense of my strengths, my goals, my values, and my learning edges—and I am excited to continue deepening that understanding of myself as a leader and a human."
—Heather, VP in the ed sector
Leadership should stretch you—not break you.
Let’s explore what’s next.
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