453: Unsung Heroes: Coaching Mid-Level Managers Affordably with Loretta Stagnitto

Mid-level managers are sandwiched between C-suite executives and everyone else in their companies. Coaching them presents unique challenges to meet them where they are while helping them expand their lens through creative options in a very competitive coaching market. We are exploring these relevant topics and focusing on the work of mid-level managers, often referred to as the “unsung heroes” of the corporate world. Join us! Loretta Stagnitto is a certified executive coach and president of Loretta Stagnitto Leadership Associates, an online coaching and training company specializing in leadership development for executives, mid-level leaders, and high-performing teams, along with workplace wellness and mental health first aid. LSLA provides individual and group-based leadership development based on its trademarked “I Know System” and the “Assess. Act. Achieve” methodology. With over 20 years of executive coaching experience, Loretta empowers professionals at all levels to drive their development and team growth. She offers C-suite-level insights and fosters new work approaches, enabling leaders and teams to enhance inspiration, operations, and collaboration, ultimately strengthening relationships, developing talent, and accelerating organizational change.  Extensively experienced in healthcare, tech, finance, and biotech, Loretta has coached in diverse corporate and start-up settings. The 2020 pandemic spurred her focus on workplace anxiety and burnout, leading to expertise in related remedies. Through her non-profit, Invest in Mental Health, Loretta provides free or low-cost adult and youth mental health first aid certifications to a variety of communities. The non-profit is dedicated to breaking the stigma around mental health disorders. To help encourage and build advocacy for women’s leadership, Loretta serves as a guide for CHIEF, the nation’s largest membership-based executive coaching organization for executive women. Loretta has raised two amazing adult children with her husband in their northern California home, and her hobbies include biking, indoor rowing, Pilates, weight-training, silent walking, and sewing.  Show Highlights:The biggest challenges for mid-level managers, the “unsung heroes”Loretta’s theory on what coaches can do for mid-level leadersCreative solutions for mid-level leaders (because companies are not investing in them):Short programs delivered in smaller bitesA convenient, online coaching program Putting cohorts together for peer group coaching and camaraderieThe impacts of coaching within organizations around self-awareness, proactive feedback, communication, and self-advocacyShifting perspectives around empowerment, awareness, and choice—to see ourselves differently and do things differentlyAssessing The Stress Factor--and how it shows up for leadersPositioning coaching as an investment, not remediationFor external coaches: Position yourself for profitability with differentiation strategies such as a niche focus, collaboration, and investment.Loretta’s focus on burnout, anxiety, and wellness in the workplaceThe bottom line for coaches: Loretta’s advice to coaches about working harder, figuring out your clients’ problems, and being creative in developing solutions in a competitive market Resources: Connect with Loretta Stagnitto: Website, LinkedIn, and Facebook Connect with...