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I've spent 30 years creating and leading organizational change. In the middle of that journey, I spent a decade in professional fine dining kitchens, both back and front of house.
If you've never worked in fine dining, you can't imagine the pressure. 200 covers on the books. Orders firing on a moment's notice. One mistake and someone's celebration is ruined. But it's not chaos. It's precision under pressure, because you either have your mise en place together, or you end up in the weeds.
That discipline changed everything for me.
Leadership was in my DNA long before I picked up a chef's knife. My father was an entrepreneur who built a successful architectural firm. My mother was an educator who spent decades teaching, fighting for teachers in the union, and leading as a principal. I watched my father design systems and build a business. I watched my mother develop people and lead organizations. In the kitchen, I learned to execute both with precision under pressure.
Mise en place became my integration of all three: the entrepreneur's systems thinking, the educator's development mindset, and the chef's disciplined execution.
I blend inquiry and advisory — creating space for your organization's insight while bringing frameworks from three decades of experience. When you need a thinking partner, I ask the right questions. When you need strategic guidance, I tell you what I see.
My approach: Preparation before pressure. Clarity before chaos. Everything in its place before you execute.
If you've never worked in fine dining, you can't imagine the pressure. 200 covers on the books. Orders firing on a moment's notice. One mistake and someone's celebration is ruined. But it's not chaos. It's precision under pressure, because you either have your mise en place together, or you end up in the weeds.
That discipline changed everything for me.
Leadership was in my DNA long before I picked up a chef's knife. My father was an entrepreneur who built a successful architectural firm. My mother was an educator who spent decades teaching, fighting for teachers in the union, and leading as a principal. I watched my father design systems and build a business. I watched my mother develop people and lead organizations. In the kitchen, I learned to execute both with precision under pressure.
Mise en place became my integration of all three: the entrepreneur's systems thinking, the educator's development mindset, and the chef's disciplined execution.
I blend inquiry and advisory — creating space for your organization's insight while bringing frameworks from three decades of experience. When you need a thinking partner, I ask the right questions. When you need strategic guidance, I tell you what I see.
My approach: Preparation before pressure. Clarity before chaos. Everything in its place before you execute.
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LuminaNorth Group
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