Leadership Coaching, Events, and Resources

You're not paying $1,000 an hour for advice. You're paying for 25 years of decisions made under pressure across 11 countries, four continents, and some of the most competitive companies on the planet. I built Google Play's brand from zero. I've sat in the seat you're sitting in as a 3x CMO, navigated the politics, the board dynamics, the moments where everything felt like it was falling apart. I've also rebuilt my own career from scratch, twice, so I'm not theorizing about reinvention. I'm living proof of it. What you get in our sessions is radical clarity: the pattern you can't see because you're inside it, the hard truth your team won't tell you, and a concrete plan you can execute this week, not this quarter. I work with CEOs and senior leaders who are done collecting frameworks and ready to actually move. If you want someone who will challenge you, hold you accountable, and compress months of indecision into a single conversation, let's talk. If you want someone who will nod along and validate what you already believe, I'm not your guy.

Experienced executive leadership coach specializing in C-suite communications. I've coached leaders and emerging leaders in all aspects of communications, including internal and external appearances, board presentations, investor presentations, annual events, media appearances and crisis communications. I've worked with for profits, not for profits, associations and NGO's in both individual and team appearances, preparing for high stakes communications.

I believe leadership is influence. It isn't about having all the answers—it's learned through experience, reflection, and a willingness to grow. I grew up in a family-owned construction business, where I saw firsthand both the rewards and challenges of leading people. I later spent 23 years as a U.S. diplomat, leading teams in high-pressure environments throughout Latin America and Washington, D.C. Across both careers, I kept seeing the same pattern: leadership challenges rarely stemmed from a lack of intelligence or technical ability. More often, they came down to communication, trust, self-awareness, and the ability to navigate change. Those experiences shape how I coach today. I don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Every leader brings different strengths, blind spots, and goals, so I begin by understanding the person before trying to solve the problem. I ask thoughtful questions, listen carefully, and help leaders think differently, make better decisions, and build practical habits they can sustain long after our coaching engagement ends. Clients often tell me they appreciate that I balance encouragement with accountability. My goal isn't to create dependence on a coach—it's to help leaders build the confidence, judgment, and leadership capacity to lead well long after we're finished working together.

I bring more than 13 years of experience leading, developing, and mentoring professionals across nonprofit organizations, government, healthcare, behavioral health, and criminal justice. As a senior executive, I led multi-state operations encompassing 16 programs, more than 350 employees, and approximately $20 million in responsibility. I later served as Chief Operating Officer for two nonprofit organizations, where I developed leaders, aligned teams around strategic priorities, strengthened organizational culture and accountability, and guided employees through growth and change. Today, as a Colorado state legislator, I lead in a complex environment where progress depends on building coalitions, communicating across differences, exercising sound judgment, and influencing people over whom I have no direct authority. This experience has strengthened my ability to help leaders navigate competing priorities, build trust, and move people toward shared objectives. Drawing on this experience and my master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Human Resource Management, I help emerging and established leaders assess where they are, clarify the leader they want to become, and develop practical strategies for getting there. My coaching focuses on strengthening communication and decision-making, navigating difficult conversations, recruiting and retaining talent, motivating teams, establishing accountability, and translating organizational strategy into coordinated action.

I spent 20+ years recovering stalled programs and building the leaders who run them at Fortune 50 companies, Big 4 consulting firms, and mid-market SaaS companies with $126M in documented impact along the way. Now I coach program and operations managers moving into leadership and leaders trying to get to the next level. USAF veteran, 15-year adjunct professor, no theory that hasn't been tested under real deadlines.

Over 16 years running operations and program management teams I hired, promoted and coached the managers on those teams the whole way. Most of the people I work with are in their few years of managing, or about to be. The problems are usually the same ones, the first hard conversation, someone who isn't delivering, the shift from doing the work to leading it. I prefer to understand your specific situation and coach you through how I would handle it if it were my team.

Welcome to my profile! With a rich background in leadership advisory and organizational design, I am passionate about helping individuals and companies unlock their full potential. As the founder of The Human Edge, I specialize in guiding founders, executives, and teams through growth and change by leveraging neuroscience-based performance systems. My experience spans across various industries, including my roles at Dropbox and CNN, where I honed my skills in strategy and operations. Whether you're looking to enhance your leadership capabilities or transform your organization, I'm here to provide tailored guidance and support. Let's connect and explore how I can help you achieve your leadership goals!

Selin spent two decades in leadership roles at Meta, LinkedIn and Dolby, helping scale products from zero to more than $1B in revenue. Her experience spans go-to-market, team leadership, turnarounds, planning and communication with partners, investors and boards. She combines that operating experience with rigorous coaching to help leaders expand their impact as their scope grows, identify what is constraining the business and turn insight into sustained change. Selin brings together Harvard Business School, Stanford engineering, FAANG operating experience and the evidence-based methodology of the Hudson Institute of Coaching, a pioneer in executive coaching. She offers practical, high-trust executive coaching, facilitated offsites and leadership-team workshops.

I work with professionals navigating growth, increasing complexity and international environments. Before coaching, I spent 15+ years in international tech leadership roles at Google and Salesforce, leading teams and strategic initiatives across Europe, Asia and the US. My work involved operating across cultures, managing high-stakes communication, and helping individuals and organisations perform effectively in fast-moving, high-pressure environments. Having lived and worked across Paris, London, Dublin and Singapore, I developed a deep interest in how professionals navigate communication, confidence and leadership across different cultures and environments. Today, I support professionals who want to communicate more confidently, strengthen their clarity and leadership presence, and navigate international or cross-cultural environments with greater perspective and intention. Examples of areas I can help with: Leadership & Professional Presence * leadership communication and executive presence * managing visibility, credibility and influence at work * interview preparation and career positioning * navigating career transitions and professional reinvention Cross-Cultural & International Environments * confidence and communication in international environments * communicating more effectively across cultures * adapting to UK, French or international professional environments English Communication Development * communication confidence for non-native English speakers * improving spoken and written English in professional and international environments * developing fluency, clarity and confidence in English communication I can support in English or French. Alongside my corporate experience, I have completed ICF-accredited coach training and the Global Management Programme (Executive MBA track) at ESCP Business School. I am also the founder of RIVE Institute, a platform exploring communication, international environments and professional evolution across cultures.

With a distinguished career in sales leadership, I have made significant contributions to renowned brands including LinkedIn, The Economist, and Ziff Davis. I have a long track record of achieving results by guiding individuals toward elevated performance, growth, and self-awareness. My corporate background includes leading teams to record revenue achievements and spearheading strategies for growth. During my decade-long tenure at LinkedIn, I was part of the sales launch team for sponsored content; led a large global cross-functional sales team dedicated to supporting LinkedIn's largest customers; and played a critical leadership role in building a North America key account sales organization. I honed my expertise in relationship building and growth strategies by engaging with C-level and other high-level executives at Fortune 500 companies. My sustained high-performance garnered recognition as a top global sales performer for multiple consecutive years. At The Economist, I served as the head of sales for advertising, research, and events in the Western United States and Latin America where I developed and executed a new global sales strategy. Under my leadership, the sales team achieved consecutive years of record revenue sales. Prior to The Economist, I dedicated seven-plus years at Ziff Davis to building, training, and coaching top-tier advertising-sales organizations. Today, my mission is to leverage my extensive corporate sales leadership experience along with the immense potential of executive coaching to enable individuals and organizations to reach their goals, exceed expectations and fulfill their true purpose. What sets my coaching apart is my unwavering dedication to being a partner in change while also empowering high-potential sales leaders, individual contributors, and senior executives to transform faster by finding their unique path to learn, grow and change.