One meeting with Shannon will show you that she is an outstanding leadership coach. She draws upon her 16 years in the corporate environment in marketing, management and professional development for her coaching. She has experience working with high potential leaders to accelerate their growth and working with clients to develop their brand and be intentional about the organizational culture they want to build. Known as a coach that readily provides insight, she is naturally inventive and has a keen ability to cut through the “noise” in situations. Shannon sees the real issues clearly and partners with her clients to find solutions. She has experience across many disciplines including product management, product marketing, marketing communications, business development and sales. Shannon created the first retail marketing role in Microsoft Canada and with that success moved to Microsoft’s corporate offices. She managed the US retail category and communications team and then later functioned as the director for Microsoft’s Consumer Products division. Her passion for marketing and professional development led her to the Marketing Excellence team at Microsoft. In that position she was responsible for building organizational capability for branding, storytelling and consumer marketing and oversaw their high potential programs, training and manager capability efforts across the 7,000 marketers worldwide. Shannon’s enthusiastic and collaborative style works best with clients that like to think big, are outcome driven, and those that get excited about growth and creating a new vision for what could be. She received her honors B.A. from Western University in London, Ontario and her coach training through Seattle Coach.
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