Services

1:1 Coaching and Consulting

Set yourself on the path to extraordinary change.

Leadership doesn’t come with a manual… But it should come with a coach.

Our 1:1 Coaching and Consulting gives you space to pause, think, and get clear on what’s next for your organization.

We help you navigate challenges, make confident decisions, and show up as the kind of leader your team actually wants to follow.

Is this right for you?

1:1 coaching and consulting might be a good fit if:

  • You’re in a new or evolving leadership role and want to feel more confident in how you lead.

  • You’re navigating a tricky team dynamic or big organizational change.

  • You’ve hit a plateau — things are fine, but you know you’re capable of more.

  • You want a thought partner to help you see blind spots and make better decisions.

  • You’re ready to lead with more self-awareness, clarity and calm.

What We Do

1.

Leadership Coaching

I offer management and leadership coaching services using a hybrid approach with tools from StrengthsFinder, Enneagram, mentorship, advising, and the non-directive ICF coaching style.

I create a custom approach so we can co-create the change you want to see in your business, your team, and yourself.

Improve self-reflection, communication, and leadership skills

Gain breakthrough “a-ha"!” moments and new insights

Welcome an accountability partner into your life.

Take your self-awareness to new heights.

Increase your confidence and clarity.


2.

CliftonStrengths® Consulting

There is a difference between coaching and consulting.

Through coaching, I partner with you to help you move forward to reach your goals. But with consulting, I provide advisory recommendations to help you become the best version of yourself.

With my monthly retainer package, you’ll receive individualized support to help you build, manage, and optimize your team. I leverage my extensive experience with teams of all kinds, and the CliftonStrengths® methodology, to help you uncover the team of your dreams.

Work through team or individual leadership challenges

Design or strengthen your onboarding and hiring processes

Get personalized, ongoing support with a monthly coaching retainer

Use CliftonStrengths® insights to create the team of your dreams

Build, manage, and optimize your team with expert guidance


3.

Improving Culture with StrengthsFinders

Are two individuals not seeing eye to eye and require mediation Are you worried about how to hire your next 20 to 50 employees? What about onboarding and training?

Clients also work with me under an advisory lens to find solutions to challenges when it comes to onboarding, training, hiring, performance reviews, and conflict management.

Mediate tension between team members who just can’t see eye to eye

Get advisory support on hiring, reviews and conflict management

Decode CliftonStrengths® profiles to understand team dynamics

Strengthen your onboarding and training processes for smoother starts

Get guidance on hiring your next 20 to 50 employees with confidence


About your coach 

Who is Alice Ko?

For the past 20+ years, I’ve worked for innovative organizations, tech startups/scaleups, agencies, non-profits, the Big 4, and corporate conglomerates. I’ve worked on every type of team imaginable - and experienced the good and the bad.

I’ve been an IC and people manager at multiple organizations so I feel your pain. Working as a new manager has a different set of challenges and you don’t always get the support you need.

How I started

I built this program for myself when I sought ways to make my management easier and my team more productive.

I even became a certified coach to improve my management skills!

That’s how I accidentally discovered my passion and skill for coaching, facilitating, and training.

So, I launched a CliftonStrengths consultancy.

Then, companies asked me to train their startup teams and new managers.

And just like that, this program was formed.

Why I love doing this

  • This is the program I wish I had when I started managing.

  • There’s nothing I love more than supporting people through one of the most challenging transitions in their professional lives.

  • That’s why I run small, curated group cohorts that are customized to the participants.

  • Everybody gets the attention they need to succeed.

  • This is not a webinar or lecture series. I know each manager’s name and unique challenges.

  • Each manager has direct access to me between sessions.

  • All groups are high-touch, personalized, and you’ll feel like you have personal coach on your side.

  • Together, we mimic the environment of a team forming trust and working through challenges together.

  • We learn how to create safe spaces where people share real challenges, give real feedback, and learn together.

  • Participants gain a new mindset with frameworks and tools to excel as people managers.

Credentials checklist

✓ Worked with 100+ teams
✓ Worked with over 1200 StrengthsFinder profiles
✓ 3x Marketing Director at fintech startups
✓ Certified in Gallup’s CliftonStrengths
✓ Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with ICF
✓ CPA, CA from KPMG (active CPA)
✓ Graduate of Landmark Forum
✓ Graduate of Non-Violent Communications course
✓ Graduate of The Corker Co.’s Facilitator Training
✓ Graduate of Conscious Leadership’s Introduction
✓ Graduate of Radical Candor’s Feedback Course
✓ Mental Health First Aid Certificate

How it works

Step 1: Discovery call

We’ll learn about your goals, team dynamics and history.

Step 2: Custom scope of work

You’ll receive a tailored proposal outlining session formats, timelines and pricing.

Step 3: Coaching begins!

We guide the process, you focus on rebuilding trust and forward momentum.

Finding the right coach is like dating.

Let’s see if we’re the right fit.

Finding the right coach is like dating. Let’s see if we’re the right fit first. Request a complimentary 30-minute consult today so we can meet each other and chat.

FAQs

  • Coaching is about helping you think more clearly, lead more intentionally, and grow from your natural strengths. The answers are drawn out of you.

    Consulting is more directive. It involves assessing what’s happening inside your organization and recommending structural or strategic shifts.

    Often, the two work together. We might coach a leader while also consulting on team dynamics or leadership systems.

  • This is designed for leaders at all levels who want to grow without losing themselves in the process.

    It’s especially helpful for new managers, senior leaders navigating complexity, founders building teams, or organizations wanting to embed CliftonStrengths into their culture in a meaningful way.

  • Not necessarily, but it’s powerful if you have!

    If you’ve already completed CliftonStrengths, we’ll use your results as a foundation. If not, we can incorporate the assessment into the engagement. Having shared strengths language makes growth conversations more specific and more practical.

  • Good question! Topics include:

    • Stepping into a new leadership role

    • Giving and receiving feedback

    • Navigating conflict

    • Delegating effectively

    • Building team accountability

    • Managing burnout

    • Leading through growth or change

    We also explore how your CliftonStrengths show up under pressure and how to use them more intentionally rather than reactively.

  • Individual contributors absolutely benefit.

    Many high-performing employees want to grow their influence without moving into management. Coaching helps them leverage their strengths, communicate more effectively, and contribute with greater clarity and confidence.

  • Coaching sessions are structured but flexible. We meet regularly and focus on real, current challenges. Between sessions, you apply what you’re learning.

    This is not abstract leadership theory. It’s grounded in what’s happening in your work right now.

  • It depends on the goals.

    Some clients engage for a defined period to navigate a transition or specific challenge. Others continue longer-term as they grow into new roles or responsibilities. The aim is sustained growth, not indefinite coaching.

  • CliftonStrengths provides a shared language for understanding how you naturally think, decide, relate, and execute.

    For example, someone high in Responsibility may overcommit. Someone high in Harmony may avoid necessary conflict. Someone high in Achiever may struggle to rest.

    We explore how your talents can become overused or underused and how to aim them more intentionally.

  • Most clients report increased clarity, confidence, and steadier decision-making.

    You’ll likely experience improved communication, healthier boundaries, and greater awareness of how your strengths impact others. The goal is not to change who you are, but to help you lead from who you are more effectively.

  • Yes!

    Coaching and consulting can be delivered at both the individual and team level. Team engagements often focus on strengths dynamics, communication patterns, decision-making clarity, and shared accountability.

  • Both options are available.

    Many engagements are delivered virtually, especially for distributed teams. In-person sessions are also possible depending on location and scope.

  • If you feel stuck, stretched, or unclear about your next leadership step, coaching is often helpful.

    If your organization is growing and you want your leadership systems and strengths culture to scale with it, consulting may be the right layer to add.

    Sometimes the best way to decide is to have a conversation about what you’re navigating right now.

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