Shaffer Coaching and Consulting

Thoughtful support designed for meaningful professional and organizational growth

Whether you are seeking individual coaching support or organizational partnership, Shaffer Coaching offers practical, thoughtful guidance grounded in experience.

Every engagement is designed in conversation with client goals, culture, and context. If you are looking for coaching, leadership development, workshops or strategic consulting, Shaffer Coaching brings a seasoned, collaborative approach that turns reflection into action.

Academic and Executive Coaching

Confidential, individualized coaching for faculty, administrators, and professionals seeking support with career direction, leadership challenges, communication, productivity, burnout prevention, difficult conversations, and long-term growth. Assessments for personal growth include Emotional Intelligence 360 and Integrative Enneagram iEQ9.

Examples of topics: 

• Identifying coaching goals, expectations and timelines 
• Self-reflection on leadership style, career advancement arc, or desired professional opportunities
• Strategies for productivity, time-management, effective communication, and work/life integration
• Problem solving for specific obstacles or emergent situations.
• Reflection and strategies for navigating the impacts of social identities and/or intersectionality
• Approaches to resolve situational roadblocks that arise in professional situations and leadership moments.

Interactive workshops, facilitated discussions, and learning experiences that build individual and organizational capacity while making complex topics accessible, useful, and engaging.

Using a collaborative, outcome-based learning experience we provide programs designed to empower participants to pursue their goals. With a combination of personal reflection, peer learning discussions, and activities completed outside of the workshop setting, we focus on increasing skills and crafting actionable plans for career advancement. 

Certified Constructive Dialogue Institute facilitator; Certified iEQ9 Practitioner.

Sample workshops:  

• Civility in the Workplace
• Navigating Change & Building Team Resilience
• Design a Mindful Career
• Emotional Intelligence for Leaders & Managers
• Effective Communication and Difficult Conversations 
• Community & Belonging Strategies
• Mentor/Mentee Best Practices
• Time Management and Work-Life Integration

An outside perspective can be invaluable when an organization is seeking transformation or experiencing transitions. Organizations and groups have engaged us to provide strategy and facilitation for a range of change management activities and project development. We work with local, national and international clients both in-person and virtually to provide strategic thought partnership for planning, culture change, retreats, dialogue, and initiatives related to leadership, community, belonging, and professional growth.

Our Leadership Development is designed for individuals or organizational peer groups. We provide support for both established and emerging leaders who want to increase self-awareness, strengthen people-management skills, navigate transitions, and lead with greater intention and effectiveness. Recommended assessments: Emotional Intelligence 360 and Integrative Enneagram iEQ9.

Past projects:

• Programs: Leadership development, professional development, affinity/peer group coaching
• Strategy: Planning, meeting facilitation, establishing equity council/task force
• Materials: Handbook, toolkit, video scripts, curriculum, initiative messaging
• Education: Custom workshops for train-the-trainer, mini learning modules, discussion groups/ book groups