be the leader
you truly are
Leadership development and coaching to help you lead well, even in the hard times
I help leaders and organizations stop solving for leadership challenges at the surface level and instead cultivate Grounded and Resilient Leadership.™
While many leadership development programs focus on building leadership skills, it takes a lot more than skills to actually be the leaders we want to be.
Psychological safety in work relationships, mindset, and our own understanding of ourselves play a key role in helping our brains build new leadership habits and behaviors.
Understanding this, I developed the Grounded and Resilient Leadership™ pillars. I use this framework to help people and organizations lead well together by grounding in who they truly are, not sacrificing who they are.
how i help leaders
I work with senior leaders who want to lead more confidently and effectively as they navigate leadership growth, higher stakes challenges, and the pressure of uncertainty and change.
We all want to be good, effective leaders, and we have a lot of information about how to do it. But it isn’t always easy to be the leader you know you can be.
As your leadership scope grows, you begin to realize:
Leading well at this level will require a different practice, and a different kind of support.
The manager skills that got you here aren’t the leadership skills you need to make your greatest impact and create the ripple of change that only you can make.
You don’t just need tools, frameworks and information you can use - you can get that from AI.
You need help actually being the leader who lives your values, uses your leadership ethically and effectively, and moves your organization’s mission and goals forward even under pressure.
This is when leaders work with De La Loza Leadership. I help leaders cultivate Grounded and Resilient Leadership™ from within.
I support leaders via leadership coaching, immersive leadership programs, and organizational consulting and training.
how i help organizations
I help small to midsized mission-driven organizations lead effectively through periods of change before it impacts employee engagement, retention and organizational effectiveness.
Organizations I work with are often experiencing the compounding impact of uncertainty, accelerated change, and societal shifts and injustice outside of their organizations. Strategies, budgets, plans and processes are changing more rapidly than before and it strains their people, their work relationships, and ultimately, their team and organizational effectiveness.
They need help cultivating the leadership practices that will help them be adaptable and resilient through these challenges - and not get stuck in them.
This is when organizations bring in De La Loza Leadership.
I help them to:
Re-align their leadership behaviors and practices to their values, goals and standards of excellence
Put their values of inclusive leadership into practical action and stop letting fear and imperfection stop work and impede accountability
Move beyond surface level teamwork that stifles voices and cultivate rich collaboration that surfaces diverse perspectives, navigates dissent effectively, and drives trust and better results
Moves leaders’ energy and focus to where it’s most needed and not just where it’s comfortable
I’m Nicole! nice to meet you.
I founded De La Loza Leadership to help leaders transform their leadership by leading from who they really are, not sacrificing who they are.
When I was an internal leader myself, I craved leadership development that helped me get to the heart of my challenges - not just give me information. I also wanted opportunities to build peer networks that didn’t exist for me in a smaller organization - because leading can be lonely!
As time went on, I felt a clear calling to meet this need.
So, I started De La Loza Leadership, and created the Grounded and Resilient Leadership™ framework to help leaders lead more effectively and sustainably, even in the hard seasons.
I use my rich leadership experience and strong coaching and learning & development acumen to create purposeful spaces for leaders to grow together and become the leaders they truly are.
my experience and credentials at a glance
PROFESSIONAL credentials
Certified Professional Integrated Coach (III: ICF-accredited)
Certificate in Creating Leadership Development Programs (ATD)
Certified Facilitator of Bold Inclusive Conversations (The Winters Group)
M.A. in Nonprofit Management (Antioch University LA)
coaching
experience
10 years of coaching experience
Over 350 coaching hours completed
Have coached clients across tech, finance, entertainment, health, education, and nonprofit industries
leadership
experience
Led finance, operations, people & equity, and career development functions at startups and nonprofits
Managed senior leader / manager development programs and DEI programs in a mid-size corporation
Let’s connect.
Want more information about my coaching, training and consulting offerings? Let’s chat! Schedule a free discovery call today, or fill out the form on the right and I’ll email you within two business days.