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Navigate leadership transitions
Whether you are a new people leader or expanding into executive scope, uncover your leader within and embrace your authentic leadership style.
Clarity for the leader you are becoming.
Helping leaders uncover their authentic style, navigate pivotal transitions, and define a clear path from where they are to where they want to be.
How we work
Human, grounded, candid.
Coaching at Joy & Linden gives you space to think out loud. Leadership is often noisy, high-pressure, and isolating—working together gives you a dedicated pause to step back from the daily churn, untangle complex dynamics, and focus on what actually moves you forward.
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Build your roadmap
Understand where you are, where you want to go, and what’s holding you back. Identify what matters most and create a clear, grounded strategy to get there.
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Cultivate belonging
Build diverse, high-performing teams where every individual feels valued and included. Learn to lead with empathy and create a culture where psychological safety and innovation thrive.
The coach
Vanessa Grose
Vanessa partners with leaders at every stage—whether you are stepping into management for the first time, expanding your executive scope, or simply looking to evolve how you lead. Drawing on over two decades of high-level technology leadership at companies like Google and IBM, she brings first-hand insight into leading technical organizations, high-performing sales engineering teams, and complex global initiatives. She deeply understands the distinct shift required to move from tactical execution to leading people, navigating matrixed organizations, and driving strategic impact.
Her coaching style is rooted in deep empathy, high engagement, and genuine warmth. Clients find that Vanessa creates an immediate environment of trust—a space to speak candidly about challenges, clarify what matters most, and uncover what might be holding them back.
Throughout her career, Vanessa’s hallmark has been building diverse, highly collaborative teams where every individual feels seen, valued, and included. She brings that same dedicated presence to her coaching, helping new and evolving leaders cultivate high-performing cultures built on authentic trust and psychological safety.
Grounded in the Pacific Northwest, her approach is perceptive, candid, and serious about real growth without the corporate noise. Sessions are collaborative and tailored directly to the leader in the room.
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Engagements
Structured, high-touch partnership.
Below is our starting coaching package. Please contact us for custom engagements, corporate packages, or special requests.
Executive & Leadership Development Series
A 3-month, bespoke coaching engagement tailored to your specific scope, team dynamics, and growth trajectory.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Cadence
- 1 in-depth discovery session and 5 bi-weekly 1:1 sessions, plus asynchronous strategic advisory support (email)
- Format
- Custom-built around your immediate priorities, whether you’re stepping into bigger scope, navigating complex org dynamics, or planning your next strategic move
Begin with a complimentary 20-minute clarity call to discuss your focus areas and ensure a strong mutual fit.
Curate your focus
Every engagement is uniquely structured around your immediate goals. Here are sample focus areas we can explore together:
Land your next role
Position yourself for big tech, transition into management, or step up to executive scope—mastering how to tell your story, land the offer, and negotiate your package.
Build a great team
Establish high-performing, inclusive team cultures rooted in psychological safety, operational rigor, and trust so people do their best work.
Navigate role transitions
Hit the ground running and establish immediate leverage when stepping into new scope—whether as a first-time manager, a new functional leader, or a first-time executive.
Manage organizational complexity
Lead through turbulence—whether navigating re-orgs, driving strategy through financial pressure or layoffs, or building consensus across matrixed teams.
Drive value creation
Understand core business drivers at the intersection of people, technology, and commercial strategy—using that alignment to earn customer trust and build scalable revenue engines.
Scale your impact (without burnout)
Master executive leverage, delegation, and strategic capacity so you can scale your organizational reach without scaling your working hours.