Author name: Ginevra

Dr. Ginevra Drinka is an organizational psychologist, leadership development expert, and executive coach with over a decade of internal and external consulting experience.  She completed her PhD research in 2018 at Columbia University.  Most recently, she advised a Talent Management team at Nike, Inc. to adopt best-in-class leadership assessment and development practices to enable succession planning for the future.  In her Executive Coaching practice, she focuses on building client capacity to become more learning agile which helps leaders increase innovation, navigate change effectively, and build high performing teams who will embody their organization’s mission.  She is currently the Head of Leadership Development at GeniusMesh and leverages the lessons from her PhD research and consulting experience to build an executive coaching practice that serves EMBA talent.  She lives in Portland, OR with her husband and son.

From Ambition to Achievement: How Executive Coaching Empowers Women Leaders 

Why Executive Coaching is Important (Especially) for Women  Executive coaching is a powerful tool for developing leaders at all levels, but it is particularly valuable for women leaders, and especially valuable for women of color.    Despite significant progress in recent years, women still face unique challenges in the workplace, including bias, stereotyping, and a lack …

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Navigating Career Changes: Practical Advice for a Successful Transition 

The Importance of a Successful Career Transition  In the last few years, more and more professionals have questioned how their greater purpose shows up in their daily lives.  Many of these professionals are looking to make career changes because they think their skills and abilities could be better aligned to their passions and purpose.    In …

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How to develop Effective Leadership Succession Planning

Executive retention through leadership development is critical to ensure organizational success because a biproduct can be a strong succession pipeline. It’s important to get these processes right because poor succession planning processes stemming from a lack of leadership development and assessment is extremely costly.  In fact, it’s estimated to cost $1T across the S&P 1500 …

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