Ingrid Wiese
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Ingrid Wiese has over twenty years of experience coaching high performing leaders. She is a strength-based Executive Coach who has served over 1,000 leaders from Fortune 100 companies. Ingrid engages individuals with thoughtful questions that challenge them to dig deeper and create practical plans to move forward and achieve their objectives. Known for her passion and energy, she brings her full presence to every engagement.
Ingrid began developing leaders as a representative of the US State Department seconded to the Office of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for missions to Georgia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Albania. She has experience successfully coaching leaders at all levels through high-stakes situations. Her assignments involved coaching political and community leaders through conflict resolution and peace negotiations. During her time in Bosnia-Herzegovina, she created an entrepreneurial training program to shift mindset and create opportunity for local youth. Before departing, she coached local leaders through a sustainability plan that allows the program to still exist today. After arriving back in the US, Ingrid applied her coaching skills at a Manhattan based fundraising consulting firm where she coached Board leaders through over $100 million in fundraising solicitations for organizations like the Wildlife Conservation Society, The New York City Opera, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and The United Nations Foundation. Her coaching success was built on an academic expertise in influence and driving impactful dialogue with senior leaders. Ingrid has an M.A. in International Relations and a Certificate in Advanced Studies of Facilitation & Conflict Resolution from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. She holds Advanced Certificates from Harvard Law (Influence) and M.I.T. (Leadership & Influence). She is senior faculty on the McKinsey LEAD program worldwide, adjunct faculty for the Center for Creative Leadership, Master Coach at The Mind Gym, and Senior Coaching Partner at Bluepoint Leadership. Ingrid is ICF accredited, certified to administer and interpret the CCL Assessment Suite, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®), FIRO-B, FIRO-Business, TKI, CPI260, Strong Interest Inventory, Work Place Big 5, and the Lominger VOICES 360. |
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"I was feeling frustrated, angry and burned out. I was fully disconnected from my professional goals. Ingrid gave me the language and permission to find the deeper reasons behind my thinking and behavior. Over a period of a few weeks I experienced a huge perspective shift. I stopped feeling guilty or angry; instead I felt centered and clear. Nothing else about the situation changed except my perspective, but at the same time everything changed. And the most important part of this is that this shift was not temporary. Six months later the way I see and respond to the challenges connected with my professional and personal life is completely different. I use the knowledge and insights I gained through my engagement with Axe & Arrow everyday and it has made a profound impact on my personal and professional relationships. I’ve done lots of therapy and lots of work with professional coaching; none of the issues we worked on together were new to me. What was new was the thoughtful, compassionate way we approached these patterns in my thinking and how to shift them. I now understand how these patterns served me in the past and that has made it so much easier to recognize them and shift my perspective. If you are ready for real change, choose Axe & Arrow. You couldn't ask for a better partner." Shelley Boose, VP Corporate Communications, Venafi
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"Working with Ingrid has by far been the most valuable experience I've had in my professional career. Not only was she intuitive enough to identify the areas of improvement that would help advance my daily work life, but the level of insight she was able to provide was immensely valuable in helping me understand what would be key for me attaining career goals!"
Angela Sanchez, Vice President of CRM, Universal Music Group |
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"I worked with Ingrid while navigating a significant career decision. I felt like the proverbial deer in headlights, frozen and unable to effectively move forward. Ingrid brought her empathetic yet no-nonsense approach to my situation, helping me to effectively dismantle and organize my thoughts and feelings so that I could make my most informed decision.
Ingrid facilitated sessions that enabled me to recognize self-created barriers that were blocking my career trajectory. She enabled me to dig deeper into my decision-making process and recognize when negative self-talk was getting in my way. Ingrid does not tell you what to do, but rather empowers you with tools to evaluate any situation, determine your course of action, and own the results. As someone with twenty years in the C-Suite who has leveraged business coaches for not only my own professional growth but that of my organizations as well, there is no comparison. Engaging with Ingrid is an investment in your future that will pay dividends." Megan Clarke, Associate Dean and Chief Information Officer, Stanford University |
