Coaching
Dr. Simula partners with executives and senior leaders navigating pivotal moments of transition. Leveraging her deep expertise in behavioral science and nearly two decades of coaching experience, she partners with clients to achieve clarity, sustained behavior change, peak performance, and transformational growth.
Executive and Leadership Coaching Expertise
Developing Leadership Vision, Mission, and Values
Self-Awareness, Identity, & Personal Brand
Leadership and Executive Transitions & Integration
Strategic Planning & Visioning
Navigating Change, Ambiguity, & Organizational Complexity
Executive Presence, Influence & Communications
Well-Being & Resilience
Strategic Decision-Making
Change Leadership
360, Leadership, and Behavioral Assessments
Coaching Training
An International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Center for Credentialing and Education Board Certified Coach (BCC), Center for Executive Coaching Certified Executive Coach (CEC), and past member of the Forbes Coaches Council (an invitation-only council for senior leaders in the coaching industry), Dr. Simula has been coaching since 2002.
Dr. Simula brings extensive experience leveraging 360, leadership, and behavioral assessments to support her clients in achieving awareness, insights, and growth. She is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile 360, Korn Ferry Emotional and Social Competency Inventory 360, Center for Creative Leadership Benchmarks 360 Assessments, and Hogan Assessments.
Coaching Experience
Dr. Simula has coached executives and senior leaders at numerous Fortune 500s, hyper-growth start-ups, top-ranked private and public universities, non-profits, and founders and entrepreneurs across a wide range of industries and held global leadership roles leading enterprise coaching executive and leadership coaching programs, training and mentoring internal and external coaches, and leading global coaching communities of practice for multiple organizations.
Coaching Philosophy
Dr. Simula’s coaching philosophy integrates behavioral science, gold standard executive and leadership assessments, and real-world leadership contexts. She partners with executives and senior leaders to navigate complexity, clarify judgment, and make deliberate choices aligned with both who they are and the systems they lead. Her approach is grounded in evidence-based, grounded in social psychology and neuroscience and oriented toward sustained impact. Her coaching practice is grounded in the understanding that leaders do not operate in a vacuum. She helps leaders think clearly, choose deliberately, and act effectively within the complexity they actually face. Her coaching supports executives and senior leaders in becoming more intentional, strategic, and effective, cultivating transformational insight, clarity, and growth.
