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The Right Expertise for Your Leadership Challenges

Meet the executive coaches in Southwest Florida who make up Crestline Leadership Alliance, along with leadership professionals who support organizations across a range of needs. Explore their expertise to find the right fit for your leaders and organization.

Andy Robinson - Founder & Executive Coach

Founder & Executive Coach, C-Suite Specialist

Andy Robinson

Best Fit For

I help CEOs, executive teams, and senior leaders lead with greater clarity, influence, confidence, and lasting organizational impact.

Credentials

As Founder of Crestline Leadership Alliance, I partner with CEOs, executive teams, and senior leaders navigating high-stakes leadership challenges, organizational change, growth, and succession. Together, we strengthen their ability to lead with greater clarity, influence, confidence, and lasting organizational impact.

I believe the greatest measure of leadership is not the success a leader achieves personally, but the success they help others achieve.

My clients become more intentional and effective leaders who inspire higher levels of performance, strengthen their teams, and create measurable improvements in leadership effectiveness, organizational culture, and business results. My approach combines the strategic perspective of a trusted business advisor with the behavioral insight of an experienced executive coach, helping leaders solve today’s challenges while building the capabilities needed for long-term success.

I’ve always been driven by one simple purpose: helping people become the very best version of themselves. Few things are more rewarding than watching exceptional leaders discover new levels of confidence, effectiveness, and impact.

Leadership is not about position or authority; it’s about service, stewardship, and influence. Great leaders create clarity, inspire commitment, develop other leaders, and build organizations where people accomplish far more together than they ever could alone.

Clients can expect candor, curiosity, and unwavering support. I’ll challenge their thinking, help them navigate their toughest leadership decisions, celebrate their successes, and serve as a trusted confidant fully invested in helping them achieve extraordinary results.

I bring more than 30 years of experience advising CEOs and senior executives across a wide range of industries. Before founding my executive coaching practice, I spent ten years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, developing a strong foundation in business strategy, organizational effectiveness, and executive advisory services. One of my greatest professional privileges has been coaching a Fortune 500 division president over several years as he successfully prepared for and ultimately assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer.

Outside of work, you’ll usually find me on my road bike, in the gym, or spending time with my wife, Carrie, and our family. I’m a proud Georgia native who has happily called Naples, Florida home for more than 25 years.

Crestline Leadership Alliance is the realization of that same philosophy, bringing together exceptional executive coaches, consultants, and advisors to help organizations and the leaders they serve achieve their highest potential.

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

I believe the best executive coaching goes beyond helping leaders solve today’s challenges, it helps them become the kind of leader who is prepared for tomorrow’s opportunities. My approach combines the strategic perspective of a trusted business advisor with the behavioral insight of an experienced executive coach. Together, we strengthen not only leadership capability, but also organizational impact by improving decision-making, communication, relationships, accountability, and execution.

Every engagement is tailored to the individual and the organization, but the goal is always meaningful, measurable improvement. My clients develop greater self-awareness, stronger leadership presence, improved relationships, and increased confidence in navigating complex situations. Just as importantly, they build stronger teams, make better decisions, and create organizations where people perform at their highest level. I believe the greatest measure of leadership isn’t the success leaders achieve for themselves, it’s the success they inspire in others.

Bill Barker - Founder & Strategic Advisor

Executive Coach & Strategic Advisor

William (Bill) Barker

Best Fit For

I help CEOs and executive teams close the gap between strategy and execution, so plans actually turn into results.

Credentials

I’ve spent more than four decades leading businesses, developing people, and helping organizations navigate growth and change. Throughout that journey, I’ve developed a core belief that continues to guide my work today: sustainable business success comes from aligning great people, clear strategy, disciplined execution, and strong relationships.

My career began in the mailroom of a small newspaper in Jackson, Tennessee. Through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and leadership opportunities, I eventually became a regional president with Gannett and the proud publisher of my local newspaper, the Naples Daily News. Along the way, I had the privilege of leading businesses and teams through periods of significant growth, transformation, technological disruption, and rapidly changing consumer behavior.

After nearly 40 years in corporate leadership, my wife, Rita, and I co-founded Barker Strategic Solutions to help CEOs, business owners, and executive teams turn strategy into measurable results. Today, my work includes executive coaching, strategic planning, organizational alignment, revenue and business development, sales effectiveness, communications, and leadership development.

My approach is grounded in experience, not theory alone. I’ve been accountable for people, revenue, profitability, culture, customers, and results, so I understand both the opportunities and pressures that come with leadership. I enjoy asking the questions that challenge assumptions, create clarity, and help leaders turn insight into action.

Community leadership has also been an important part of my journey. I’ve had the opportunity to serve in numerous civic, philanthropic, educational, and economic development roles and to build meaningful relationships with business and community leaders throughout Florida.

That experience is one reason I’m so excited about Crestline. I’ve learned that today’s leaders rarely need just one kind of advisor. Their challenges cross the boundaries of strategy, leadership, talent, communication, organizational development, and execution. Crestline brings together accomplished professionals with complementary expertise, allowing us to combine our individual strengths to create greater collective value for the leaders and organizations we serve.

Executive Coach, Leadership Development Expert

Kirstin Lynde

Best Fit For

I help successful leaders who refuse to treat success as the finish line become more strategic, direct, and confident while building stronger teams.

Credentials

The leaders I work with do not rest on their laurels. They see themselves as works in progress, and they are usually navigating a bigger role, a stretched team, cross-functional friction, tight resources, and difficult conversations that require real doses of both candor and kindness.

I help those leaders become more strategic, influential, direct, and confident. That may mean shifting from expert doer to enterprise leader, delegating ownership, strengthening executive presence, or learning to say the hard thing without damaging trust. Great leadership is not about being the hero. It is about creating heroes all around you.

Whether I am working with an individual or a group, the goal is never insight for its own sake. The goal is visible, measurable behavior change. Great leadership is not a genetic accident. It is built through curiosity, openness, and doing the reps that create better habits.

One senior executive hired me to sharpen his communication at a point when his company was under real strain and difficult conversations had become draining and uncertain. We built a clear game plan for saying hard things without damaging relationships. He began approaching those moments with more confidence, which led to faster decisions, stronger accountability, and less stress for everyone involved.

I came to coaching after years in operating and consulting roles, where I found that what energized me most was helping other people become exceptional at their work. I worked at Bain, American Express, Digitas, and Forrester, and I built Digitas’s learning and development function as the company grew from 150 to 3,500 employees. I later helped design leadership courses at Harvard Business School and co-authored the Harvard note Developing Yourself as a Leader.

Clients can expect a thinking partner, a truth teller, a cheerleader, and a gentle but persistent provocateur. I bring warmth, humor, practical tools, honest feedback, and no patience for coaching conversations that produce lovely notes and no changed behavior.

Outside work, I am usually walking or hiking alongside people I love, tapping my feet to Celtic music, hanging out with Ginger my mini goldendoodle, and dreaming up healthy recipes before sneaking dark chocolate.

FAQs

You do not have to pick. You can be direct and demanding while also being kind and supportive on the same day. In fact, you can and should be both inside the same conversation.

It creates efficiency and it creates dependence on you. Your job as a leader is not to have and dispense all the right answers. It is to draw the right answers out of the people around you, which grows them and lets them be the heroes. Intelligence is knowing the right answer. Wisdom is knowing when to share it.

Accountability is less about penalties and rewards and more about your own operating discipline. Too many leaders toss assignments out in a way that leaves people unclear on priority, unclear on the due date, and honestly unclear on whether it was a real assignment or a passing idea. At best, people guess. At worst, they assume you were not serious.

Carrie Robinson - Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operations Officer

Carrie Robinson

Best Fit For

I’m the person behind the scenes who keeps Crestline’s many moving parts working together, so our coaches can focus on the work in front of them.

Credentials

I serve as Chief Operations Officer for Crestline Leadership Alliance, overseeing the firm’s business operations, financial management, marketing, communications, and administration. I am the person behind the scenes who keeps Crestline’s many moving parts working together, providing the operational and financial foundation that enables our team to focus on delivering leadership development and executive coaching.

With decades of experience supporting and growing successful businesses, I bring strong operational leadership and financial acumen to my role, along with a commitment to creating a great experience for both our clients and our team.

Earlier in my career, I spent more than 20 years coaching executives and leaders through career transitions and job changes. While I no longer actively practice as a coach or advisor, that experience gives me a valuable understanding of the leaders we serve and the work our team does every day.

When I’m not working, I enjoy dancing, painting, working out, walking my dog, Rico, and spending time with my family.

Sue Ryan - Leader and Emerging Leader Coach

Leadership & Emerging Leaders Coach

Sue Ryan

Best Fit For

I help leaders and emerging leaders reconnect success with satisfaction, so they lead with clarity, purpose, and confidence.

Credentials

As an executive coach, change strategist, speaker, author, and caregiving coach, I guide leaders and emerging leaders committed to business growth and next-level leadership to become their greatest, leading themselves and others.

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Working together, we build the clarity of who you are at your core, your connection to the impact you’re here to make, and confidence in how you lead.

I invested more than 20 years in enterprise application software sales to Fortune 100 companies. So often, including me in the early years, we were doing what we thought we “should” be doing. My customers and I were successful, but something was missing. Success didn’t mean satisfaction. This gap is what led me to coaching, and it’s the same gap I help my clients close today.

I’m unquenchably curious about what else is possible, for my clients and for myself. This curiosity is why I built The Prodigy Zone™ and Intentionally Navigating Transitions™. These guide leaders to the values, purpose, and unique gifts already in them, waiting to be named and lived.

Together, we align your talents, skills, and experience with clarity on how you choose to lead, so you feel clear about your choices and great about who you are as a leader.

I’m an International Coaching Federation certified coach and Executive Coach for John Mattone Global, the world’s top-ranked coaching development program. I’ve lived the caregiving crisis in business from both sides, guiding executives in boardrooms and caring for loved ones in hospital rooms. I’m a TEDx and DisruptHR speaker, author or contributing author to seven international best-selling books, and my work has been featured in outlets including NBC, Fox TV, AARP, and SHRM.

My father taught me three principles I live by. Continuously ask what else is possible, don’t settle for good enough, and boldly live what you believe. These shape how I live, how I lead, and how I coach.

If success has started to feel like something’s missing, let’s have a conversation.

FAQs

Doing well and wanting more aren’t in conflict. They’re meant to live together because they inspire curiosity. If that’s where you are, already succeeding and still curious about what else is possible, you’re in exactly the right place. I help you discover the questions you really want to ask, so that curiosity becomes your next level of leadership, not a distraction from it.

Both things are true at once; they’re not a contradiction. Your success and a quiet sense that something’s missing can live side by side. I help you identify what’s missing and learn how to apply it in your leadership. You don’t have to figure this out alone.

What elevates your leadership is being clear about why you’re doing what you do, aligned with both how you think and how you feel, so leading finally feels as satisfying as it looks from the outside.

Lisa Gruenloh - Workplace Culture Consultant & Executive Coach

Executive Coach, Culture & Impact Strategist

Lisa Gruenloh

Best Fit For

I help leaders build workplace cultures where accountability, trust, and results grow together, using what I call emotionally intelligent execution discipline.

Credentials

My passion for facilitating positive change in the face of challenge and complexity began 40 years ago as a student journalist. That’s when I first experienced “a calling.” It happened while covering a radioactive waste site, a remnant of the WWII-era Manhattan Project, located less than a mile from my high school.

The initial interest in research and writing quickly evolved into one of my first community impact experiences, working alongside courageous citizens, building coalitions, collaborating with shared purpose to ensure the public was informed and empowered to advocate for the safest, most effective, long-term remediation solution.

A lifelong desire to make a difference was seeded. In the decades since, I’ve joyfully helped hundreds of others catalyze their gifts and purpose for meaningful impact. Whether guiding organizations through crisis and change, equipping teams with the skills, tools, and mindset to achieve their highest potential, or helping coaching clients transform challenges into opportunities, I bring the same spirit of care, collaboration, and conviction that showed up as a teenager.

I believe great leadership is grounded in a deep commitment to living from enduring virtues, integrity, sincerity, compassion, courage, to name a few. One of the most fulfilling aspects of my work is helping individuals align their thoughts, words, and actions with the values and virtues they cherish and aspire to consistently model. To me, that’s the foundation for both human flourishing and a powerful workplace culture.

My own, sometimes painful, journey to achieving that alignment was the inspiration for my transition to consulting and coaching, and for creating a model I call “emotionally intelligent execution discipline.” It’s a way of working and leading that drives results with both rigor and humanity, aligning people, decisions, and accountability in a way that builds trust and momentum.

When visionary, caring leaders co-create a healthy, high-performing culture with their team, with sincere intention and sustained attention, the workplace becomes an exciting laboratory for personal growth. A place where people feel significant and fulfilled, and opportunities to solve challenging problems, innovate, and achieve meaningful, collective impact thrive. I love being part of that journey.

FAQs

I focus on the ROI, and on customizing engagements in a way that fits a team’s cadence and attention span.

I help them with a perspective shift, so often the underlying culture has many accountability gaps, from a lack of clear expectations to proper manager and resource support. Accountability and dysfunction are two of the leading frustrations I hear from clients, and there are simple, but not always easy, frameworks, as well as training and support, to make accountability a natural, organic part of teaming.

I create solutions that ensure there’s an internal champion who helps ensure learning and tools are integrated quickly and effectively, so there’s immediate and visible value. I also build longer-term, more robust engagements that can work with your budget, to avoid the one-and-done problem. Again, it’s a perspective shift: the problem isn’t just one thing, and wishful thinking that one training will solve it doesn’t work. What works is an effective, sustained commitment to building a culture that drives results.

Dr. Leslie Gordon - Executive Speaking & Presence Coach

Executive Speaking & Presence Coach

Dr. Leslie Gordon

Best Fit For

I help accomplished speakers close the gap between what they know and how confidently it lands in the room.

Credentials

I work with leaders, experts, and rising professionals whose visibility and responsibilities have outgrown their confidence as speakers. They are accomplished, but in high-stakes moments they over-prepare, get lost in detail, or start second-guessing how they sound. The gap is not competence; it is letting their expertise land.

I help them speak with clarity, calm, and credibility, so their ideas move people to action, and their presence matches their expertise. That’s the heart of executive presence coaching for me: not handing someone one “correct” professional voice, but building the skill, and the choice, to communicate with more impact while staying rooted in who they are. I’m not trying to replace how you sound. I’m trying to give you more range to work with.

I became a coach because I have lived both sides of this. I was once an unconfident speaker myself, and as a speaker of multiple languages and a professional in varied settings, I know what it feels like to speak in a voice you are still building. That experience taught me what I believe about leadership: it begins with identity, not performance. I’ve learned that the most convincing speakers aren’t the most polished ones. They’re the ones who are actually present, not performing, just responding to what’s really happening in the room.

One of my clients, a VP of Marketing at a major student-housing construction firm, came to me wanting his presence to match his experience and his role, to shape conversations, strategic direction, and decisions rather than sit at the edge of them. We built a voice that fills a room instead of hiding from it. Today he directs the conversation rather than following it, and he leads it not only in the executive boardroom but in every professional and community space he enters.

Working with me, you can expect a warm, direct partner who gives you honest feedback, practical tools you can use immediately, and visible outcomes; never shame, never a script.

FAQs

We start with your goals and the moments that matter most to you: a keynote, a board conversation, daily leadership presence. From there I give you honest feedback and practical tools you can use right away, and we practice on real material, not drills in a vacuum. You leave each session with something you can apply immediately and skills that keep serving you long after we finish.

No. My work is about expansion, not reduction. I help you add skills, range, and choices so you can be clearer and more compelling in high-stakes moments, while still sounding like you. The goal is never one “correct” voice; it’s giving you the ability to choose how you show up. This is true for clients seeking enhanced presence and those seeking more technical adjustments to style or accent.

Yes. Confidence and presence are not personality types you are born with or without; they are a set of skills you can build. Most of the people I work with are experts in their space. What we develop is the presence, clarity, and calm that let that expertise land, so how you are heard finally matches what you know.

Cotrenia Hood - Executive Leadership Coach

Executive Coach & Leadership Strategist

Cotrenia Hood

Best Fit For

I help senior leaders and entrepreneurs cut through complexity and turn ambitious ideas into strategies that actually get executed.

Credentials

I am a business strategist and executive coach who helps senior leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-minded organizations navigate change, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and translate ambitious ideas into practical strategies. My clients often face the pressures of scaling, aligning teams, making high-stakes decisions, and remaining competitive in a rapidly evolving economy.

I partner with clients to cut through complexity, clarify critical decisions, and strengthen their leadership presence so they can achieve sustainable, measurable growth. As a direct and trusted thought partner, I listen deeply, challenge assumptions, and turn insight into focused action that moves leaders and their organizations forward.

Those experiences taught me that most leadership problems aren’t about strategy; they’re about a leader avoiding a hard truth about themselves or their business. My clients value that I’ll name what I actually see driving their results, then help them turn that into a plan they can execute—not just a conversation that felt good.

In 2015, I followed my entrepreneurial calling and founded Steel Bleu, a business and executive consulting firm.

I am deeply connected to the communities I serve and energized by helping leaders turn possibility into meaningful progress.

FAQs

I work with senior leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-minded organizations navigating change, scaling, team alignment, or complex business decisions. My clients are accomplished professionals who want a trusted strategic partner to help them gain clarity, strengthen their leadership, and move forward with greater intention and confidence.

You can expect a candid, practical, and highly collaborative experience. I listen deeply, ask thoughtful questions, and challenge assumptions that may be limiting your progress. Together, we identify your highest priorities, translate big-picture goals into focused action, and establish accountability for moving those priorities forward. My approach combines executive coaching with real-world business strategy, so our work addresses both how you lead and the results you are working to achieve.

The specific outcomes depend on your goals, but clients often pursue greater clarity, stronger decision-making, improved leadership presence, better team alignment, and sustainable business growth. Our work may also help you navigate change, communicate more effectively, prioritize competing demands, and turn ideas into executable strategies. The goal is not simply short-term improvement. It is stronger, more intentional leadership and lasting progress for you and your organization.

Carlene Marie - Certified Master Mindpower Coach

Master Mindset & Transformational Coach

Carlene Marie

Best Fit For

I help accomplished leaders understand what is driving the patterns that keep them overthinking, reacting under pressure, and running on empty.

Credentials

“How can I be this successful and still feel this overwhelmed?”

I hear some version of that question from executives who are capable, respected, and trusted to make the calls that matter. Carrying that much responsibility can still leave the most capable leaders overthinking, reacting under pressure, losing focus, or edging toward burnout. The answer is rarely another productivity strategy.

I help clients understand what is driving the pattern. Using neuroscience-informed practices and Mindpower coaching, we bring self-doubt, limiting stories, and automatic responses into the open, then work on changing them. Clients get their focus back and stop reacting when the pressure is on.

What that looks like in practice: I listen for what you are not saying, help you see the pattern more clearly, and stay with you while you change it. I will meet you where you are, and I will not leave you there.

I became a coach through my own seasons of loss, health challenges, and reinvention. I wanted to understand why intelligent, self-aware people can know exactly what they want and still feel held back. That search became my work, and it inspired my book, Enough Already: Release Self-Doubt, Reclaim Your Worth, Remember Your Light.

Family and faith are at the heart of my life. I love exploring new places, spending time on a mountain trail, and the conversations that unfold when people I love gather around my table.

FAQs

Insight matters, but awareness alone does not always create change. Many patterns are shaped by unconscious beliefs, conditioned responses, and well-practiced ways of thinking that run automatically, especially under pressure. Mindpower coaching brings those patterns into awareness and builds new responses you can practice in real decisions and conversations. Awareness opens the door. Practice is how lasting change takes root.

I work with the internal patterns influencing how you lead, decide, and respond. Traditional executive coaching often focuses on competencies, strategy, or performance. My work helps you recognize the self-doubt, limiting stories, and automatic reactions that quietly shape all three, so you can get your focus back, set boundaries that hold, and lead with more composure.

No. Some clients come to me during demanding seasons, major transitions, or periods of burnout. Others are successful and functioning well but sense that an old pattern or persistent self-doubt is keeping them from leading as fully as they could. You do not have to wait until something falls apart.

Melissa Severance - Executive Leadership Coach

Executive Coach & HR Strategist

Melissa Severance

Best Fit For

I help leaders lead with more confidence, clarity, and intention, so their teams and cultures perform at a higher level.

Credentials

For most of my career, I watched incredibly talented people struggle, not because they lacked intelligence, ambition, or work ethic, but because they lacked the leadership they deserved.

That realization changed the direction of my career.

Today, I partner with executives, business owners, and emerging leaders who want to strengthen their leadership, build high-performing teams, and create workplace cultures where people and performance thrive together. Whether they’re navigating change, leading through growth, developing future leaders, or facing difficult conversations, I help them lead with greater confidence, clarity, and intention.

I believe leadership is one of the greatest opportunities we have to impact another person’s life. Every conversation, every decision, and every interaction creates a ripple effect. The strongest leaders don’t have all the answers; they ask better questions, build trust, and develop the people around them.

Clients often tell me they appreciate that I bring both empathy and candor to every conversation. I create a space where leaders can think differently, challenge limiting beliefs, and turn insight into meaningful action. My coaching is practical, thought-provoking, and grounded in real-world leadership experience.

Before launching Inspire Big Dreams, I spent more than two decades in executive human resources and leadership roles, beginning my career with a Big Four accounting firm and later leading talent, leadership, organizational development, and people strategies across multiple organizations. Those experiences gave me a front-row seat to both exceptional leadership and the costly impact of ineffective leadership.

Today, I’m an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Executive Leadership Coach, HR Consultant, Corporate Trainer, founder of DisruptHR Naples, and Director of Well-Being for the SHRM Florida State Council.

One of the greatest compliments I receive is when a client tells me, “I’m having different conversations with my team, and it’s changing everything.” That’s why I do this work. Small shifts in leadership create ripple effects that strengthen trust, engagement, and performance long after our coaching ends.

Outside of coaching, you’ll usually find me speaking at leadership conferences, connecting people across the Southwest Florida business community, or creating experiences that challenge people to think differently about leadership. I believe we all have the capacity to inspire bigger dreams, in ourselves, in our teams, and in the organizations we lead.

FAQs

Not at all. Most of my clients are high-performing leaders who want to become even more effective. Coaching provides dedicated time to think strategically, strengthen leadership skills, and navigate challenges with greater clarity.

That’s completely normal. Many clients come in knowing something isn’t working as well as they’d like, but they aren’t sure why. We’ll work together to uncover what’s getting in the way and create a plan to move forward.

If you’re open to learning, willing to be challenged, and committed to growing as a leader, coaching can be incredibly valuable. You don’t need to have all the answers or be in crisis, many of my clients are already successful and simply want to become more intentional, effective, and impactful leaders.

Andy Robinson - Founder & Executive Coach

Founder, Executive Coach

Andy Robinson

Best Fit For

I help CEOs, executive teams, and senior leaders lead with greater clarity, influence, confidence, and lasting organizational impact.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Kirstin Lynde - Executive Coach and Leadership Development Expert

Executive Coach and Leadership Development Expert

Kirstin Lynde

Best Fit For

I help successful leaders who refuse to treat success as the finish line become more strategic, direct, and confident while building stronger teams.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Lisa Gruenloh - Workplace Culture Consultant & Executive Coach

Workplace Culture Consultant, Impact Strategist, Executive Coach

Lisa Gruenloh, MPAP, CPC

Best Fit For

I help leaders build workplace cultures where accountability, trust, and results grow together, using what I call emotionally intelligent execution discipline.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Cotrenia Hood - Executive Leadership Coach

Executive Leadership Coach

Cotrenia Hood

Best Fit For

I help senior leaders and entrepreneurs cut through complexity and turn ambitious ideas into strategies that actually get executed.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Cotrenia Hood - Executive Leadership Coach

Executive Leadership Coach

Cotrenia Hood

Best Fit For

I help senior leaders and entrepreneurs cut through complexity and turn ambitious ideas into strategies that actually get executed.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Lisa Gruenloh - Workplace Culture Consultant & Executive Coach

Workplace Culture Consultant, Impact Strategist, Executive Coach

Lisa Gruenloh, MPAP, CPC

Best Fit For

I help leaders build workplace cultures where accountability, trust, and results grow together, using what I call emotionally intelligent execution discipline.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Kirstin Lynde - Executive Coach and Leadership Development Expert

Executive Coach and Leadership Development Expert

Kirstin Lynde

Best Fit For

I help successful leaders who refuse to treat success as the finish line become more strategic, direct, and confident while building stronger teams.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Dr. Leslie Gordon - Executive Speaking & Presence Coach

Executive Speaking & Presence Coach

Dr. Leslie Gordon

Best Fit For

I help accomplished speakers close the gap between what they know and how confidently it lands in the room.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Bill Barker - Founder & Strategic Advisor

Founder & Strategic Advisor

William (Bill) Barker

Best Fit For

I help CEOs and executive teams close the gap between strategy and execution, so plans actually turn into results.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Carrie Robinson - Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer, Crestline Leadership Alliance

Carrie Robinson

Best Fit For

I’m the person behind the scenes who keeps Crestline’s many moving parts working together, so our coaches can focus on the work in front of them.

Credentials

I serve as Chief Operations Officer for Crestline Leadership Alliance, overseeing the firm’s business operations, financial management, marketing, communications, and administration. I am the person behind the scenes who keeps Crestline’s many moving parts working together, providing the operational and financial foundation that enables our team to focus on delivering leadership development and executive coaching.

With decades of experience supporting and growing successful businesses, I bring strong operational leadership and financial acumen to my role, along with a commitment to creating a great experience for both our clients and our team.

Earlier in my career, I spent more than 20 years coaching executives and leaders through career transitions and job changes. While I no longer actively practice as a coach or advisor, that experience gives me a valuable understanding of the leaders we serve and the work our team does every day.

When I’m not working, I enjoy dancing, painting, working out, walking my dog, Rico, and spending time with my family.

Education: B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Bill Barker - Founder & Strategic Advisor

Founder & Strategic Advisor

William (Bill) Barker

Best Fit For

I help CEOs and executive teams close the gap between strategy and execution, so plans actually turn into results.

Credentials

FAQs

How do you know if executive coaching is right for me?

Executive coaching isn’t just for leaders who are struggling, it’s for leaders who are committed to becoming even more effective. The executives I work with are often highly successful already, but they recognize that leadership is a journey of continuous growth. If you’re willing to be challenged, open to honest feedback, and committed to becoming the best leader you can be, executive coaching can be one of the most valuable investments you’ll ever make.

Our Engagement Design Team reviews what we’ve learned in the Discovery process and determines the right service offering and the right Crestline Professional, or combination of professionals, to achieve our shared goals.

Your dedicated Client Relationship Executive becomes the primary point of contact for service delivery, drawing on the full alliance whenever specialized expertise can accelerate your results.

Carrie Robinson - Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer, Crestline Leadership Alliance

Carrie Robinson

Best Fit For

I’m the person behind the scenes who keeps Crestline’s many moving parts working together, so our coaches can focus on the work in front of them.

Credentials

I serve as Chief Operations Officer for Crestline Leadership Alliance, overseeing the firm’s business operations, financial management, marketing, communications, and administration. I am the person behind the scenes who keeps Crestline’s many moving parts working together, providing the operational and financial foundation that enables our team to focus on delivering leadership development and executive coaching.

With decades of experience supporting and growing successful businesses, I bring strong operational leadership and financial acumen to my role, along with a commitment to creating a great experience for both our clients and our team.

Earlier in my career, I spent more than 20 years coaching executives and leaders through career transitions and job changes. While I no longer actively practice as a coach or advisor, that experience gives me a valuable understanding of the leaders we serve and the work our team does every day.

When I’m not working, I enjoy dancing, painting, working out, walking my dog, Rico, and spending time with my family.

Education: B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Carrie Robinson - Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Carrie Robinson

I keep operations, finances, and communications running so our coaches can put their full attention on the leaders they serve.

As Chief Operating Officer, I look after the part of Crestline you should never have to think about. Operations, finances, communications, and administration all run through me, so the time you spend with a Crestline coach stays on your leaders instead of on paperwork.

I have spent decades supporting and growing businesses, and what I have learned is that the details are not separate from the work. They are what makes the work possible.

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