Trusted in Rooms Where Communication Matters
Polly has coached, trained, and prepared executives, senior leaders, spokespeople, public officials, candidates, and leadership teams across corporate, healthcare, manufacturing, media, public sector, and political environments for nearly two decades.
Experience includes work with leaders and teams connected to John Deere, 3M, ExxonMobil, Ecolab, Hormel, Donaldson, SC Johnson, SPS Commerce, Kohler, CFMoto, Hennepin Healthcare, Honeywell, CBS Paramount, WCCO, Project Management Institute, Minnesota Department of Health, Cub Foods, and others.
""Honestly immeasurable. Polly's coaching helped me to reach higher levels of confidence and performance. Her insight is invaluable. And her training is creative and impactful." "
Tom H.
Vice President, Aerospace Global Business Enterprise
Executive Coaching for the Season You’re In
Not every leader needs the same kind of coaching.
Some leaders come with a defining moment on the horizon: a board presentation, media interview, promotion conversation, keynote, campaign moment, stakeholder challenge, or high-stakes conversation where clarity and presence matter immediately.
Others come because the season itself has changed. The role is bigger. The decisions carry more weight. The visibility is increasing. What worked at one level is no longer enough for the level they are now being asked to lead.
Polly’s private executive coaching pathways are designed to meet the leader with precision: focused support for a moment, sustained coaching for a season, or a deeper VerdaMethod experience for leaders ready to reshape how they carry presence, influence, energy, and responsibility over time.
For Organizations
Some leadership moments need more than another training session.
A senior team heading into planning season. An executive preparing for the presentation of their career. A leadership off-site that needs to create alignment, not just conversation. A spokesperson or leadership group preparing for public visibility.
Polly partners with organizations to create focused, high-impact engagements designed around one visible win: stronger executive presence, clearer communication, better preparation, and leaders who can walk into consequential rooms ready.
Engagements may include executive presence intensives, high-stakes leader preparation, strategic communication keynotes, media training, or leadership development experiences tailored to the moment your organization is facing.
Ready to explore the right level of support?
Whether you are seeking private executive coaching, leadership development for your organization, presentation support, media training, or a deeper VerdaMethod experience, the best place to begin is a thoughtful conversation.
Choose the Pathway That Fits the Moment
Executive Coaching
Highly tailored coaching for senior leaders, rising executives, founders, and public-facing professionals who need stronger presence, clearer decision-making, more strategic communication, and greater influence in high-stakes environments.
For Organizations
Focused engagements for companies, agencies, associations, and leadership teams preparing for off-sites, executive presentations, media moments, change communication, team alignment, or leadership development.
Embodied Leadership Cohorts
A high-touch leadership development experience for organizations ready to help leaders build presence, confidence, communication skill, emotional steadiness, and practical self-leadership.
Designed for leaders who need more than information. They need tools, practice, reflection, and coaching they can apply immediately in meetings, presentations, and moments of pressure.
EXPLORE CORPORATE COHORTS
Media Training & Presentation Coaching
For organizations, executives, spokespeople, and public leaders preparing for interviews, cameras, microphones, press conferences, panels, and high-visibility moments where there is no second take.
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Speaking & Workshops
Keynotes and interactive leadership experiences designed to move the room - with energy, substance, story, and practical tools leaders can use immediately.
A professional commercial actor with over a decade of experience, Polly knows how to engage and entertain a virtual and in-person audience.
Candidate Coaching
For candidates, elected officials, and public-facing leaders preparing for speeches, debates, forums, media interviews, donor conversations, and the public moments where trust is earned quickly.
EXPLORE CANDIDATE COACHINGWHAT MAKES THIS WORK DIFFERENT?
Polly brings a rare combination of executive coaching, strategic communication, media training, and performance expertise.
As an ICF-certified executive coach, she helps leaders think more clearly, make stronger decisions, navigate complexity, and lead with greater steadiness and confidence.
With a background in professional acting, on-camera spokesperson work, media training, speaking, and behind-the-scenes television, Polly understands what most coaches miss: leadership is experienced in real time - through presence, voice, timing, message, posture, composure, and the ability to hold a room when pressure rises.
Most coaches can help leaders think more clearly. Most communication trainers can help leaders deliver more effectively. Polly does both in the same room — and that combination is where leaders stop performing leadership and start inhabiting it.
Credentials and certifications include:
ICF Certified Executive Coach, Blanchard Leadership Development, Motivational Interviewing, Strengths-Based Coaching, DBE, CERT, and MNUCP.
Executive Coaching Decision Guides
Choosing the right coach, structure, or leadership development experience is not always simple - especially when the stakes are personal, professional, or organizational.
These complimentary guides are designed to help leaders and decision-makers think clearly about what kind of support they need, what to look for in a coaching partnership, and how to make the most of the experience once it begins.
Whether you are exploring coaching for yourself, sponsoring a leader inside your organization, or comparing options for a team, these resources will help you make a more informed decision.
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Organizations Polly Has Partnered With
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