Usually caffeinated. Occasionally covered in clay.

About

I’ve spent my career helping organizations get better at the human stuff.

I’m usually the person in the room who names what nobody else will say. I ask the questions that shift the conversation, challenge the assumptions keeping you stuck, and tell you what I see, including your part in it. Then I get practical about what to do next.

For over a decade I did just that inside global brands. I’ve built leadership programs, run calibration rooms, and sat with leaders who disagreed about who owned what after a reorg. Along the way, I…

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Turned a pilot role into a permanent function that every region then adopted.

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Led a function through an acquisition and an HR reorganization.

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Established Talent Development for a global brand as its first dedicated specialist.

People tend to tell me what they haven’t said out loud yet, so we get past the polite version of the problem fast. Then I diagnose what’s really going on and get to building. Now I bring all of me to coaching, facilitation, and practical solutions that help leaders and teams work differently. That means the strategist, the coach, and the part of me that believes how people feel at work isn’t a soft issue. It is the issue. (I also think HR, as it’s usually set up, is overdue for a rethink. Ask me about it.)

Benefit Cosmetics (LVMH)

Global leadership development, succession, and organizational effectiveness

Lagunitas Brewing Company (HEINEKEN)

Talent acquisition and workforce infrastructure through a merger

H&M

Retention, onboarding, and internal mobility across 800+ people

Certified in

SHRM-CP
Coaching
Group Coaching
NLP Practitioner
Reiki Level 2

Bring me the messy leadership problem.

30 minutes. You’ll leave with a clear read on what’s driving it and the most useful place to start. You don’t need to have it figured out first.

On Substack

Resourced Humans.

Rethinking how we work, lead, and live well.

Fresh perspectives on workplace culture, human performance, and life beyond the job title. Practical, a little spicy, and never business as usual.

Nina Walters & Co. · Leadership Development Advisory + Coach

San Francisco & Arizona. Working everywhere.