Senior Executive Coach and Strategist
Andrea Dowding
Andrea understands the unique challenges that executives face in driving alignment across the business to deliver a performance culture focused on accelerated outcomes and winning strategies. She knows how to meet C-Suite leaders where they’re at to align verticals and create maximum value for their current growth cycle.
Over her 30-year career as a C-Suite leader and coach, Andrea’s sweet spot is helping executives capture growth. Her versatility shines as she works across business cycles, strategizing within high-growth industries, leveraging products to go to market, or aligning organizations to the enterprise vision. She uses her executive acumen combined with coaching expertise to create change for organizations of all sizes, from start-ups requiring structure to PE firms and multimillion-dollar organizations launching transformational innovation.
Whether it was serving as the head of product innovation, sales, merchandising, and marketing inside large organizations, or coaching C-suite executives from major brands in the food services, entertainment, healthcare, or non-profit market segments, Andrea has honed the art strategic thinking, applying the right rhythm to any challenge. She has helped many high-performing CEOs and executives move beyond their current state to discover the untapped talents and potential necessary to achieve a higher level of thinking, leadership, and self-empowerment.
Andrea is an accomplished keynote speaker and nationally recognized workshop facilitator. She specializes in succession planning at top levels of complex organizations, product innovation and development, creating and implementing enterprise strategies, and using data and insights to clarify business models for growth.
Education & Credentials
Andrea attended The Ohio State University School of Business and Economics as well as Miami University School of International Business. She is an ICF certified coach and has certifications in DiSC, PIAV, and Integrative Nutrition.
Key Credentials
- Co-inventor of 27 U.S. patents and seasoned executive leader with experience directing product line strategies and diverse teams of people
- 16 years of experience as an executive coach, both internally and as an independent consultant
- Specialties: Strategic coaching related to product innovation and development; corporate and volunteer board
development and succession planning; leading, developing, and coaching women executives through their professional and personal growth in corporate settings, volunteer mentoring opportunities, and board work. - Accomplished keynote speaker and nationally recognized workshop facilitator, whose insights and life strategies were highlighted in an Indie award-winning leadership book
- Experienced advisor and dedicated volunteer on numerous civic and career mentoring boards.
Executive coaching provides the framework and support to build the roadmap for transformational growth and unlock the talents, gifts, and potential that are there but need to be brought to the surface.
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