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Meghann McNiff

“When working with Meghann, you will experience that she gets it. She will listen you into clarity and offer reflections that leave you feeling deeply seen and heard— both for where you are now, and where you want to go.”

~Cate

 

About Meghann

I am an Integral Professional Coach™. A Professional Certified Coach™ with the International Coaching Federation. An Accredited Enneagram Professional™ with the International Enneagram Association. A Leadership Circle Profile™ 360° Certified Coach. And a graduate of the US Air Force Academy.

I grew up on the East Coast of the United States, and all of my DNA is from Ireland — soil my toes have yet to touch. I’m a white-bodied, cisgendered, able-bodied female. I have always been privileged, but I have never felt normal. I’m a yoga teacher who trained as a pilot and a midwife. I hold a Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking, and a Master of Public Health in International Maternal and Child Health. I’ve led teams and facilitated groups of Air Force pilots, Afghan midwives — engineers in the National Security Agency, community health workers in rural Malawi, and executives across a variety of corporate sectors in North America. I’m a generator with a big engine. A truth-teller and a truth seeker — fascinated, passionate, and brokenhearted about our condition in this vast universe. And I’m in recovery from trying to help fix things. I’m a terrible cook and an empathic listener. I’m at home peeing in the woods. And my favorite thing is being in the backcountry with my family. I’m endlessly grateful that I get to do life with an IFMGA certified mountain guide and two wild humans who chose us as their parents.

I believe authenticity is our superpower. 

Standing in our authentic leadership is not nearly as easy as it sounds. As an integral coach, I support my clients to integrate the unconscious beliefs and patterns of attention that keep them from tasting, and sharing, their special sauce. And I’m always using this approach to grow beyond my own edges. You can read more about that on our blog.

My special gift as a coach is seeing, feeling, and naming the new parts of you trying to make their way through. And holding a compassionate container while you live into them.

High performing teams need everyone.

We go to work to make a living but also to find meaning and experience a sense of purpose. Too often, we instead find ourselves split between our professional contributions (our first job) and what we need to do to maintain an image of ourselves that feels safe (our second job). And this second job can drain precious energy, creativity, and potential — for the individual and the business.

I help organizations develop their most precious resource: the humans that drive their mission. And I believe personal development is the secret ingredient for business excellence. Human and organizational development can be — and in fact happen best when they are — symbiotic. Overcoming a work challenge is a potent setting for a human to face and grow into their own personal development. And this growth is the creative engine the organization needs to thrive.

I’m passionate about creating cultures where the people and the business — grow together.

Growing — even for things we want, even when it includes deep joy and fulfillment — can be difficult and disorienting. I know this terrain in my bones. And I love being a guide on these edges.

I specialize in:

  • 1:1 EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP COACHING

    I partner with my clients to navigate the complexity of behavior change and peak performance. I bring expertise in unlocking Immunity to Change, transforming through the stages of adult development, charting a growth path using the Enneagram, and leveraging leadership intelligence with the Leadership Circle Profile™ 360°.

  • ENNEAGRAM COACHING

    The Enneagram helps leaders connect with their unique gifts, motivations, and blindspots. And enables whole-person leadership development and conscious culture building. I’m a personal and team coach certified with iEQ9 and Aephoria Partners.

  • CONSCIOUS CULTURE BUILDING

    Culture change requires behavior change. And behavior change is hard-won. I'm passionate about consciously building cultures that work for everyone. And I believe personal development and conscious leadership are the secret ingredients of business excellence.

  • FACILITATION & TEAM COACHING

    As a facilitator, I leverage liberating structures to unleash the collective intelligence of the team. As a team coach, I have a big bag of tricks, and my most favorite tools include: polarity mapping, the Enneagram, and the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.

In my clients words…

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    Meghann was an incredible coach for me during a time of immense organizational change at my workplace. I was looking for some thought partnership, support, and pushing from a white woman to help me view my work and leadership through a racial equity lens. She brought compassion, challenge, and joy to our sessions. I really appreciated the use of the Enneagram as a way to understand some of my internal drive/motivations. It served as a helpful launch pad for our work, but without feeling formulaic. Meghann then took the engagement from there by offering powerful questions in our session, helpful reflections and prompts between our meetings, and suggestions about how to approach challenges I was having with a new perspective. I highly value the work I did with her and highly recommend her to anyone else looking to do some hard work and improve their leadership. Thank you Meghann!

    ~ Emily

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    I worked with Meghann and had a fantastic coaching experience. I was looking for someone who would keep me accountable for some of my personal health goals, but Meghann went a level deeper and helped me figure out what was getting in the way of doing that work myself. I can't recommend Meghann highly enough as someone that will give you the coaching you need, even if it's not the coaching you knew you needed. She is intuitive, warm, and a pleasure to work with. She'll also adapt her style to what works best for you. Last piece of praise, I appreciated how Meghann started each session by reviewing the goals we came up with collaboratively and made sure we were staying focused. This was my first time trying life coaching and Meghann made it a wonderful experience. Don't hesitate if you have the chance to work with her!

    ~ Hannah

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    Working with Meghann was one of the most enriching experiences that I’ve ever had. She had such an incredible way of creating a safe space for me to let down my guard and examine what was working in my life and what needed to change. She approached all of our meetings with so much respect and tenderness, but we were still able to laugh (a lot!). At 26 years old, I was unsure of how to approach sobriety, and Meghann helped me navigate this whole new world in a way that made me feel confident in my own self and my ability to continue growing after we had parted ways.

    ~ Thea

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