Paula H. Lowe, PCC, Executive Coach

As an executive coach, Paula Lowe helps leaders and managers clarify and attain their professional goals and increase their satisfaction with their career and life. She has over 30 years of experience in leadership development and career development. Her experience includes more than 15 years of full-time management experience, including responsibility for staff, budgets and multiple functional areas.

She has worked with leaders at all levels: Presidents, Directors, Managers and high potential professionals representing a wide range of functional specialties including: law, finance, information technology, marketing and security intelligence.

Paula has presented at national and regional conferences, including a presentation on Executive Coaching at a national conference of the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD).

Her clients comment that her approach is practical and balances a style of personal warmth with a strong focus on helping her clients attain tangible results. They find her extensive management and leadership experience to be very valuable in her coaching. Her areas of specialty include:

• Career Development – Focus on clarification of the clients’ personal needs, interests, and skills and helping them to increase their satisfaction in their current position and make informed career decisions.
• Performance Management – Increase staff performance, motivation and retention.
• Relationship Management/Crucial Conversations – Many problems are the result of avoiding or mishandling difficult communications. The coaching focuses on developing the skills and confidence to communicate difficult issues constructively.
• Leadership Influence – Improve leadership presence, visibility and confidence.

Paula’s prior experience includes creating NASD/Nasdaq’s first formal training function which she grew from its first course offerings to an organizational development department with comprehensive capabilities including leadership development, management and interpersonal skills training, team building, group facilitation, change management, computer training, in-house course design, and on-line courses. Prior experiences include managing the Management Training function at Crum and Forster, a Xerox Financial Services Organization and creating the first Career Center for adult students and mid-career professionals at the University of Maryland.

Paula earned a B.S. from the University of Maryland and an M.A. from George Washington University. She is a graduate of the Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Certificate Program. She is qualified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 360 feedback instruments and has extensive experience conducting 360 interviews.