Hanna has over fifteen years of experience coaching hundreds of executives and leaders in tech, finance, law, life sciences, and philanthropy. Her areas of focus include leadership growth, scaling teams, communication skills, executive influence and presence, and career development. Hanna is accustomed to working in fast-paced environments, meeting her clients where they are now and helping them define and make progress toward their goals. Hanna also facilitates teams and leads skill-building workshops on giving and receiving feedback, coaching skills, and delegation.

Having started her professional career in law, first as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and then at a smaller firm, Hanna is familiar with the life of practicing lawyers. She has coached numerous attorneys—from mid-level associates to junior partners and firm leaders, including litigators and transactional lawyers—as well as many attorneys navigating career transitions. Hanna has also coached in-house legal counsel, including product counsel, the general counsel of a venture fund, and the global head of legal for an asset management firm. She has also designed and delivered several leadership and management training programs within law firms.

Hanna is a Stanford-trained facilitator for the GSB’s popular Interpersonal Dynamics elective. Her clients have included Google, Coursera, Ripple, Farallon Capital Management, Stanford MsX program, Gilead Sciences, Genentech, Verily, Twitter, Davis Polk, various AmLaw 100 firms, Natural Resources Defense Council, and numerous foundations. She started her career as a corporate lawyer in New York. Hanna is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and an occasional contributor to HBR and to Perspectives on KQED radio. Hanna lives in San Francisco with her family and enjoys hiking, bicycling, live music & theater, cooking, and word puzzles.

What coaching services do you provide?

I provide individual 1:1 coaching to lawyers and other professionals. Coaching topics include: career stewardship and transition, executive communication, business development, relationship building & networking, management skills (feedback, delegation, coaching), time management and prioritization, self-awareness and self-management, stress management, whole life balance and integration.

What services do you provide in addition to coaching?

Relationship coaching, facilitation, resume review, interview preparation, personality instruments (MBTI, Enneagram), team facilitation, communication training and practice.

What is your coaching philosophy?

I believe that change—whether are career transition or developing within a role—is iterative and experimental rather than simply setting a goal and marching toward it. I support my clients to develop self-awareness, increasing their ability to act with intention to achieve the result or have the impact that she desires. I am both a challenger and supporter, providing both tactical support as well as "looking under the hood" to see what beliefs and assumptions are driving behavior.

What interests or excites you about coaching women lawyers?

As a former lawyer and a woman, I feel an affinity for women in law and a keen awareness of the pressures on them. I want to support women lawyers to achieve on their terms and to cultivate more agency in the way they conduct their careers.

Tell us about your training and certifications as a coach.

CPCC from Co-Active Coaching Training Institute 

Other certifications: ITC Facilitator, MBTI certification, IEQ9 Enneagram accreditation, Leadership Circle Profile, Stanford Interpersonal Dynamics Facilitator Program