Professional Coaching Services

Executive and Leadership Coaching

Executive and Leadership Coaching in the Raleigh Area

  • Executive Coaching: One-on-one coaching sessions to enhance leadership capabilities, overcome challenges, and drive professional growth.

  • Leadership Development: Design and deliver programs that foster high-performance teams and cultivate future leaders.

  • Change Management: Guide individuals and organizations through complex change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and positive outcomes.

  • Emotional Intelligence: Help leaders develop emotional intelligence competencies, fostering self- awareness, empathy, and effective interpersonal relationships.

Career Transition Coaching

Career Transition Coaching in the Raleigh Area

  • Career Transition: Support professionals in successfully transitioning to new roles, industries, or entrepreneurial ventures.

Individual Development Coaching

Individual Development Coaching in the Raleigh Area

  • Performance Enhancement: Identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance performance and maximize potential.

HR Consulting

HR Consulting in the Raleigh Area

  • Employee Training and Development: Design and deliver training programs to enhance employees' skills, knowledge, and performance, fostering professional growth and organizational development.

  • Conflict Management: Facilitate resolution of interpersonal conflicts, promoting healthy communication and maintaining a harmonious work environment.

HR Training

HR Training in the Raleigh Area

  • Performance Management Training: Guide on setting goals, provide constructive feedback, conduct performance appraisals, and effectively manage employee performance for optimal results.

  • Conflict Management Skills: Workshops to develop skills in resolving conflicts and facilitating discussions to maintain a harmonious work environment.

  • Employee Engagement Strategies: Train on designing and implementing initiatives to boost employee engagement, motivation, and job satisfaction within the organization.

Additional Professional Services

  • Assessments to measure and provide feedback on group performance

    Assessments

    These measure and provide feedback on:

    • Behavioral, motivational, and emotional thinking

    • Learning styles and preferences

    • Enhancing self-awareness/identifying blind spots

    • Elevating emotional intelligence

    Used individually or in combination, they offer individuals and groups the opportunity to boost professional and leadership performance byallowing for exploration of key areas.

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  • Group coaching for business performance

    Keynote Speaker

    As a guest or keynote speaker, I bring dynamic energy, thought-provoking insights, and actionable takeaways to my audience. My goal is simple: to ignite mindset, spark conversations, and leave a lasting impression. Let’s create an unforgettable experience together!

    Corporate Conference

    Organization/Association Event

    Team Retreat

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  • Team Training and Coaching

    Team Training and Coaching

    Through team coaching, teams can be trained to retain new skills such as:

    • Identifying group dynamics and leveraging strengths within a group

    • Techniques to guide teams towards enhanced performance

    • Applying what is learned and sustaining the learning

    • The value of peer coaching

    • Problem solving techniques and skills used in teams

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  • “Maria has improved my confidence level and my ability to communicate effectively with every member of the team. Through her coaching, I have gained an invaluable awareness of the ways I self limit my own potential. She has a true gift for helping professionals take ownership of the areas within and outside of their control and formulating meaningful paths for each.”

    Frances Casey, MD, MPH, VCU Medical Center

  • “Maria was an excellent professional coach for me. Her combination of coaching sessions and assignments/reading was a great balance to help me identify and achieve my professional goals. Additionally, Maria is a kind, caring, knowledgeable, and patient person I enjoyed connecting with and learning from.”

    Elizabeth Magrath Ucci, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems

  • “Maria Carlton has been my coach, as well as a trusted mentor, and friend. Over the last year, Maria has helped me to recognize my key strengths needed to advance to a leadership position in Human Resource Management. I was able to clearly define my capabilities and work through challenges that had caused me to have setbacks in the past. Maria listens intently and encourages self-reflection. She is a kind and compassionate thought leader. Her approach to coaching and her insights into self-development has been invaluable to me. I cannot thank her enough”

    Anne B. Martin, Gateway Homes, Inc.

  • “[Maria gets] involved to create positive change… does research and speaks with key stakeholders to identify issues of concern and solutions to address those concerns… understands how to create an Action Plan… cares about others and empathizes with people in need… communicates well with diverse audiences… is dependable and people respect [her] input.”

    Kathy Harkey, NAMI Central Virginia