Andrea Dowding

Senior Executive Coach and Strategist

Expertise At-A-Glance

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.

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.

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.

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.

Client Highlights

The organizations and leaders Andrea works with continue to realize substantial results and transformation year-over-year. Check out Andrea’s client highlights below!

Coaching Style
Utilizing Expertise

My coaching style seamlessly integrates observing, clarifying, and challenging while providing relevant and affirming feedback.

By combining my years of experience as both a senior executive and a seasoned coach, I utilize my background in appreciative inquiry to quickly decipher a client’s core strengths and areas of opportunity and unlock the potential within to achieve the next level of success.

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, I have honed the art of using reciprocal dialogue and applying the right rhythm of challenges. Although each client’s journey is unique, I’ve helped many high-performing CEOs and executives move beyond their current state and discover the untapped talents and potential necessary to achieve a higher level of thinking, leadership, and self-empowerment.

Testimonials

All companies invest in sales, marketing, and technology. The ones that take the time to invest in their own “why,” their own growth and that of their teams, are the ones that reach a different echelon. Our work with Transcend has made us into an elite organization in every sense of the word and it’s easily one of the best investments I’ve ever made.

Jess Rovello CEO, Arkadium

Transcend has been transformational for me as CEO and for my executive team. They connected the mind and the heart of our executive team, driving more alignment, a team working as one rather than individuals, and over-delivering on results. I have worked with many consultants and coaches. Transcend has been the most impactful.

Mark Goldstein CEO, Entertainment Partners

If the time has come to make changes in an organization, Transcend can facilitate the creation of an informed and cohesive plan built around the leadership’s vision while keeping firmly planted in the reality of what it takes for that vision to succeed.

Nancy Novokmet Managing Partner, NEED

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December 2, 2024

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