About Alison

I coach high-achievers who've done everything right on paper and still feel like something's off - and I help them figure out what's actually going on underneath. My background is a little unusual for a coach: I have a degree in psychological and brain sciences, and I've spent my career inside the environments my clients are trying to navigate - P&G, Wharton, BCG. That means I'm not coaching from theory. I know what the unspoken rules actually are, where high-performers systematically get stuck, and what it looks like when someone is optimizing for the wrong thing without realizing it. My style is direct. I won't validate a decision I think is driven by fear, and I won't let you confuse motion with progress. I help you see the patterns you can't see yourself - the hidden commitments keeping you in place, the stories about your career that are out of date, and the gap between what you say you want and what you're actually doing about it. I work best with early-career professionals and consultants who are serious about making a change and want a thought partner who will be honest with them, not one who will tell them they can do anything.