Nancy Glynn

Nancy specializes in 21st century leadership, the practical ‘how’ of building new skills and capacities for leadership with a human edge. Clients value the improvements they experience in sustainable high performance through her strategic, pragmatic, strengths & evidence-based approach. Her experience spans across leaders within several sectors, including financial, commercial, scientific, and engineering, as they develop new and critical capacities to navigate today’s challenges and demands. She is an experienced executive and team coach, presenter, and educator, with a unique international profile.

Background and Experience

High performance is second nature to Nancy. She has built her executive development and consulting practice on the foundation of two previous careers, first as a classical ballet soloist, followed by her second career as a board-level executive where she gained over 15 years of experience as a senior leader at global and European levels in the engineering, healthcare, IT, and public affairs sectors.

Nancy’s signature approach to leadership development and coaching is informed by research on high performance, resilience, mental & emotional agility, and the impact they have on accelerating and sustaining growth. She works with evidence-based frameworks including the neuroscience of leadership, adult development, systemic transformation, stages of change, motivation, and habit formation.
At home with major transformations and organizational change, Nancy draws from her senior leadership roles in the integrations of five cross-border acquisitions, corporate portfolio restructurings and changes through crises & disruptive technologies. Nancy has lived and worked in six countries.

Co-Author: Leading with Humanity: The Future of Leadership and Coaching. Institute of Coaching, Harvard Medical School Affiliate       

Industry Experience:

  • Consumer Products
  • Education
  • Financial Services
  • Healthcare Services
  • Information Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Natural Resources (not Oil &Gas)
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Professional Services
  • Retail
  • Technology

Areas of Specialization

  • Communication: Executive Presence
  • Culture Change
  • DE&I: Women
  • DE&I: Other
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Executive Coaching (Individual)
  • Influencing/Collaboration Skills
  • Leadership: Emerging
  • Leadership: Senior
  • Leadership: Private C-Suite
  • Leadership: Public C-Suite
  • Onboarding
  • Team Coaching/Development
  • Training & Large Scale Facilitation (Group Education)
  • Whole Person Development

Education and Training

  • M.B.A., United Business Institute
  • Misc. Courses, University of Pittsburgh
  • Scholarship/Apprentice Program, School of the Pennsylvania Ballet

Coaching Certifications:

  • Business Coach
  • Meyler Campbell Coaching Programme
  • WABC
  • Team Coaching International

Qualifications

  • Hogan Suite
  • MBTI Type II
  • Strengths Profile

Books

Berman Leadership Articles

Media Resources

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