Executive Coaching and Leadership Training in Denver

Maybe you're an owner who's tired of every people problem landing on your desk, one of your managers was promoted for being good at the work rather than for leading people, or a team keeps dealing with the same issues again and again, no matter what anyone tries. I coach owners and senior leaders, train managers one at a time or as a group, and run team building workshops for teams in Denver and across the metro area, and I build each one around what the person or the company needs.

My version of executive coaching is the practical kind, built around what an owner or senior leader is dealing with right now. My Training & Development page covers the full service, and this page covers how it works for leaders and teams in Denver.

Who's behind HRish

I'm Allisha McCartney, Founder & HR Consultant at HRish Solutions, based in Colorado Springs. I hold a bachelor's degree in business management, with a concentration in HR management. You can read more about me on the About page.

Leadership coaching for Denver leaders

Leadership coaching with me isn't only for managers. I coach owners and senior leaders too, starting from what you're dealing with right now and what you'd like to handle differently. That might mean coaching through a difficult conversation with a team member, supporting a manager who keeps getting stuck, or getting your leadership team aligned on who decides what.

For executive coaching, Denver and the rest of the metro area get the same setup as everywhere else I work: most of it happens by phone and video, and virtual is my first choice. My base is Colorado Springs, and whether a session happens in person depends on what the work calls for. The steps below show how an engagement runs from the first conversation onward.

Leadership training and management development

Manager training focuses on specific skills: first-time manager and supervisor training, delegation and team leadership, conflict management, performance management, and manager accountability systems. It can be for one manager or for a group, depending on what the person or the company needs. When I train one manager, I usually build the training around that person rather than around the role, and when training is built for a role, I set it up around either the timing or how much experience the people in that role have.

When the owner and managers need to get on the same page, leadership team alignment sessions or a retreat give them the time to do it. A retreat can involve me as much or as little as you'd like, and when the help you need is operational, I bring in business coaches I partner with. Financial and market planning sit outside my work; what I bring is the people side of leadership.

Afterward, I check whether the training is showing up in day-to-day work. What I look for depends on the training. After a session on giving feedback, for example, I'd look at what the owner now notices, what the manager is doing differently, and feedback from team members, sometimes through a survey before and after.

Team building workshops in Denver

Team building with me is a workshop shaped around your team, not a set routine. What it covers depends on what the team needs, who's in the room and what I'm there to help with. I make sure quieter people get room to have their say, too.

Workshops usually last 1, 2 or 4 hours, and sometimes they run as a lunch-and-learn. Questions are welcome throughout, with time saved at the end, and a session always comes with takeaways, sometimes with a little homework too. For a Denver team, the workshop can run virtually, my first choice, or in person when the group size, timing, location and subject make that the better fit.

HR training for Denver teams

Some training is about managing team members effectively and legally rather than leadership style. Manager compliance sessions can cover documenting corrective action, handling complaints and knowing when to escalate them, retaliation, leave and accommodation requests, performance reviews, the basics of hiring and interviewing, terminations, and wage and hour rules including pay transparency. If any of your people work within Denver's city limits, wage and hour training is a good place to cover Denver's local rules: the City and County of Denver sets a minimum wage for work inside its boundaries, and the rate goes up every January 1. My Denver HR page explains more about it.

Harassment-prevention training is part of this work too. Colorado has no official harassment-prevention course, so what matters is how the training is built, and the training I run follows federal guidelines and most states' guidelines. Usually it's an hour-long session that works for all team members, or a shorter session for front-line team members plus an hour for supervisors and managers, and the content can vary if you have people in other states. This isn't legal advice. When a question needs an employment attorney, I'll work with one on your behalf.