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DiSC Certified Leadership Coach

Leadership coaching for Chiefs of Staff

From doing it all to making everyone around you better.

I help Chiefs of Staff move from being the person who fills every gap to the strategic leader who builds ownership, influences effectively, and multiplies the impact of the team around them.

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Samantha Dillon, Leadership Coach

You've built your career by making things happen.

You see the gap. You fill it. You keep things moving. But as your scope grows, the same instincts that made you successful can start to limit your impact.

  • Taking on work that should belong to others
  • Creating accountability without taking over
  • Influencing people who don't report to you
  • Still being the safety net for everyone around you

You don't need to become less capable. You need to multiply your impact.

Solving every problem → Developing problem-solvers
Giving the answer → Influencing better thinking
Being the safety net → Building ownership around you
 
Samantha Dillon, Leadership Coach

I've been the person in the middle, too.

I've built my career as a Consultant, Chief of Staff, and Strategy and Operations Leader in high-growth technology companies. I know what it's like to be the one connecting the dots and filling the gaps.

Today I coach Chiefs of Staff from high-performing operator to strategic leader. When your work stops depending on you for everything, there's more of you left for the people and priorities outside of it.

I'm DiSC Certified. Every engagement starts with behavioral insight: how you naturally lead, and how to adapt to the person in front of you. It's the foundation for communicating better, building ownership, and influencing without authority.

Coaching that turns insight into action

Whether you're looking to navigate a specific work challenge, grow into your next level of leadership, or help your team work better together, each engagement is designed around the challenges you're facing right now.

Leadership Communication Deep-Dive

Choose the leadership challenge you want to solve

A focused 90-minute coaching session that uses DiSC® to help you navigate a real leadership challenge—not just understand your communication style.

  • Communicate more effectively with executives
  • Delegate and build stronger ownership
  • Influence without relying on authority
  • Navigate a challenging relationship

We'll connect your DiSC insights to the situation you're actually facing.

90 minutes · $300

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FLAGSHIP COACHING EXPERIENCE

Lead Through Others

A 6-session leadership coaching experience

You've built your career by being the person who gets things done. Now your impact depends less on what you can accomplish yourself—and more on what you can achieve through others.

  • Build ownership instead of constantly filling gaps
  • Delegate with greater confidence and intention
  • Influence effectively without formal authority
  • Navigate difficult conversations and executive relationships
  • Lead in a way that brings out more from others

6 sessions · $4,000

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Lead Better Together

A team session designed to strengthen communication, ideal for 5-20 person teams

Using DiSC as a starting point, this interactive session gives your team a shared language for understanding communication styles, navigating differences, and working more effectively together.

  • Understand individual communication styles
  • Create a shared language for navigating differences
  • Build more effective communication habits
  • Identify potential friction points
  • Create clearer agreements for working together

Customized pricing

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What clients say

“Working through DiSC with Sam was one of the most useful hours I've spent on my own development in some time. She didn't stop at explaining my profile, rather she connected it to how I actually show up at work and in tough situations and helped me become more self-aware and reflective in my work and work relationships. Practical, thoughtful, and immediately applicable."

Stephanie H, Chief of Staff Manifold

“I walked away from my coaching session with Sam with deeper insight into not only my working style, but also how to work better with my key stakeholders internally and externally. I had actionable insights and takeaways that I could immediately put into practice."

Michael F, Senior Director Ramp

You don't have to stop being the person who gets things done.

You just shouldn't have to be the person who gets everything done.

Let's talk about where you are, what's changing in your role, and where you want to go next.

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