Our Team

At some point in a leader’s career, the skills that got them here stop being enough to get them there. They are smart. They are credentialed. They have delivered results. And yet their teams are disengaged. The strategy is not landing. The culture they inherited is pulling in a direction they never chose. They know something needs to change. They are just not sure where to start, or whether they are the problem.

That is exactly where I do my best work.

I am a leadership scholar-practitioner, which means I have spent more than 15 years living in the space between research and reality. As Principal of Gatts Consulting, I partner with executives, senior leaders, and high-potential managers to help them navigate organizational complexity.

I work with leaders in three main areas: executive coaching, leadership development, and culture transformation. But underneath all three is a single obsession: helping leaders build lasting influence.

The frameworks I use were built through research in communication and organizational psychology, then tested and refined through real engagements with organizations facing real change.

I take that same commitment into every room where I speak. I have presented at national forums, including the Academy of Human Resource Development and the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management. I serve as a guest instructor at four Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes affiliated with the University of Richmond, George Mason University, the University of Virginia, and William and Mary.

My writing through the Forbes Coaches Council has reached more than 40,000 readers. My podcast, The Leadership Code, picks up where those articles leave off. Each conversation is designed to close the gap between leadership theory and the moments that matter most in daily practice.

Thinkers360 has recognized me as one of the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Careers (2026), Top 50 in Coaching (2024), Top 10 in Careers (2024), and Top 25 in Coaching (2023). I am honored by that recognition, yet I hold it loosely, because the leaders I admire most are the ones earning trust, one conversation at a time.

I am an EQ-i 2.0® and EQ 360® Certified Practitioner, a Prosci® Certified Change Management Professional, and a member of the International Coaching Federation. I hold a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University, a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Richmond.

If you are in one of those moments where you know something has to shift, I would be glad to help.