Liz Hammond
Thoughtful Leadership for Courageous Change
About
Liz Hammond helps leaders pause, reflect, and lead with intention. As a coach and facilitator with over two decades of experience in nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, Liz understands both the internal and external demands of leadership. She partners with individuals who are ready to move beyond reacting and into more thoughtful, values-driven ways of leading.
Liz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with a master’s degree from Smith College School for Social Work. She is a certified Presence-Based® Coaching practitioner and a Lumina Leader 360 coach, integrating powerful assessment tools with deep, reflective coaching practices.
Her work invites leaders to deepen self-awareness, navigate complexity, and lead in ways that are both effective and deeply human.
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Testimonials
Working with Liz was incredibly impactful for my leadership development. She has a unique ability to ask grounding, thought-provoking questions that helped me step back, reflect, and move forward with greater clarity and purpose. Liz created a space where I could slow down and think more deeply about how I show up as a leader. Her coaching was especially valuable during times of transition and growth, and I consistently left our conversations feeling more grounded, aligned, and confident in my next steps.
- Samantha Lew Fretz
Frequently Asked Questions
How does coaching support my growth as a leader?
Thoughtful leadership requires courage, reflection, and practice. Coaching helps leaders slow down, gain perspective, and increase their self-awareness. As a coach I can listen for the questions behind your stories in your organization or workplace, and help reveal patterns in your thinking or actions that are serving or not serving your leadership. Together we create action oriented plans to support new practices that can drive the change you seek.
What is leadership coaching?
Leadership coaching builds your awareness, and helps you see your leadership habits in a new way. This can lead to making more informed choices that bring about the thoughtful transformation you seek.
Check out this great video put together by the ACT coaching program about how leadership coaching works and why it can help!
Check out this great video put together by the ACT coaching program about how leadership coaching works and why it can help!
Why start now?
Are you feeling stuck as you lead in your work or your life? Are you craving a space to step back, gain perspective, and pause from constant reacting, so you can actually create and move toward the longer-term goals that matter to you?
Starting now means you don’t have to wait for a crisis or transition; you can begin cultivating the clarity, resilience, and thoughtful leadership that will help you meet both today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.
Starting now means you don’t have to wait for a crisis or transition; you can begin cultivating the clarity, resilience, and thoughtful leadership that will help you meet both today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.
What's the impact of coaching on leaders and their organizations?
Leadership today calls for more than quick fixes. It calls for reflection, courage, and thoughtful action. Saying yes to a coach can lead to greater impact for you and your teams.
I like the way the Center for Creative Leadership describes the impact of coaching and a recent report titled, Coaching for Talent Development: Advancing Strategic Outcomes for Organizations and Leaders. They explain, "Coaching is a personalized engagement where a trained coach and a leader work together to achieve specific outcomes. Coaching provides time and space for reflection, helping leaders gain self-awareness, expand their perspectives, and discover ways to address current challenges and prepare for future priorities. Through this partnership, leaders develop deeper insights that guide their growth and leadership effectiveness."
Self-awareness: Through coaching, leaders explore who they are, what drives their behavior, and what impact they want to make. This aligns with research that coaching helps leaders recognize their strengths, weaknesses, behaviors, and how others perceive them.
Perspective: A broader perspective can reflect a leader’s qualities, experiences, or growth. Coaches provide an unbiased lens that helps leaders reframe and navigate their challenges."
I like the way the Center for Creative Leadership describes the impact of coaching and a recent report titled, Coaching for Talent Development: Advancing Strategic Outcomes for Organizations and Leaders. They explain, "Coaching is a personalized engagement where a trained coach and a leader work together to achieve specific outcomes. Coaching provides time and space for reflection, helping leaders gain self-awareness, expand their perspectives, and discover ways to address current challenges and prepare for future priorities. Through this partnership, leaders develop deeper insights that guide their growth and leadership effectiveness."
Self-awareness: Through coaching, leaders explore who they are, what drives their behavior, and what impact they want to make. This aligns with research that coaching helps leaders recognize their strengths, weaknesses, behaviors, and how others perceive them.
Perspective: A broader perspective can reflect a leader’s qualities, experiences, or growth. Coaches provide an unbiased lens that helps leaders reframe and navigate their challenges."
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