Alchemy coaches help driven clients find clarity and transform their relationships with themselves and others.
Certified + Customized
Our customized frameworks are based on Adult Development Theory, Positive Psychology principles, Systems Theory, and category-leading paradigms, including Hudson Coaching Methodology™ and Design Thinking.
Aspiration + Alignment
Every Alchemy engagement is tailored to each individual’s needs, objectives, and comfort level. Our approach is consistently founded on aligning clients’ aspirations and actions with their northstar values.
Observation + Action
The Alchemy process always involves making observations and asking questions that empathically—and often humorously—challenge instances of misalignment between clients’ values and behaviors.
Our Clients are People and Organizations Who Value:
Being Connected+Courageous
We can only connect to others to the degree that we are connected to our whole self. Our clients are courageous leaders who look at how they are showing up and relating to people and the situations around them. They are willing to look at themselves and take responsibility for their growth and transformation.
Learning + Achievement
At Alchemy, we love to learn. When working on the self, it’s essential to remain curious about and nonjudgmental of new information- being learners not knowers. Once you acquire new information about yourself, achievement entails applying learned insights to enhance your life.
Humor + Fun
This is serious work transforming ourselves, so let’s have fun. Our approach and our clients hold this work lightly and are willing to find playfulness in the mess. We are go-getters who support go-getters. The work that we do is deep and impactful, but it’s also fun.
Lead Alchemist
Julie Caruso, MS, PCC
Julie is a certified professional coach through The Hudson Institute of Coaching and is credentialed through The International Coaching Federation. Her mission is to facilitate more productive and enjoyable workplaces through personal and professional development. Julie’s coaching practice focuses on emerging leaders to the C-Suite, working both with individuals and their teams.
Julie has coached clients from Fortune 500 companies like Bank of America, Capital Group, CBRE, Colliers International, The Walt Disney Company, The Gap Inc., Starbucks, Uber, Dropbox, as well as various medium-sized organizations and tech startups. Her own prior corporate experience includes leading the business development strategy for a national general contractor and a global architecture firm.
Julie holds a bachelor's degree in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from North Carolina State University and a master’s in Counseling Psychology from Mount Saint Mary’s University. She is certified in numerous assessments and methodologies. Julie’s background anchors her multidimensional understanding of how to leverage behavioral change in pursuit of desired results.
Patty Leeper
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Patty works with people to be really great humans- in work and in life.
Patty has worked in leadership and career development ever since, for companies like Apple, Cisco and 7CTOs as well as leading-edge, big-hearted non-profits like BAVC Media and Institute for the Future.
She has coached and advised 1000+ individuals and facilitated team-based programs for people all over the world so they can be great at work and have fun while doing it.
But here’s what’s important to know:Patty is a people person. Always has been. She takes the people business seriously. But this won’t always be obvious because she keeps it real. And sometimes even fun.
Patty loves almost every person she’s ever met. This is good because it creates a lot of stickiness between her and the client—not dependence, just solid, enduring partnership.
But let’s be clear, she will kick your ass (in a super nice way) in our relentless pursuit of where you want to go and who you want to be.
Nikki Shultz
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Nikki is an organizational, team and leadership development coach and consultant.
She has over 20 years of practical experience leading teams across geographies and cultures as well as consulting with C-Suite teams for leadership and organizational development initiatives.
She is known for making difficult concepts easy to understand, listening for what is unsaid, and skillfully coaching senior teams and leaders to navigate hard topics productively.
She works with growth-oriented organizations whose senior leaders recognize the need to level up their collective leadership mindsets, behaviors, and culture to enable both financial growth and purposeful impact.
Paul Gilbride
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Paul is a former CPA with 16 years of experience in Corporate America. He has been a corporate coach for 10 years focusing on leadership, team building and individual development. He has served people and/or teams in organizations such as, KPMG, Boeing, Deloitte, Baker Tilly, Department of Defense, Gates Family Organizations, Lundbeck, Bloomberg Corporation and PhRMA.
He is passionate about building strong leaders and strong teams. His mission is to make people’s lives more fulfilling, rewarding, passionate and purposeful, one organization, team or individual at a time. He believes in connection, heart and emotional intelligence. He believes we do better when we lead with compassion not fear, growth not scarcity, integration not division, and heart not hurt. And above all else, he believes in courage. Courage to stand tall in our values; the courage to listen with purpose; the courage to speak truth; the courage to have tough conversations; and the courage to put people—all people—first.
Assessments and Frameworks
Alchemy coaches are certified in and utilize a variety of assessment tools and frameworks, tailored to our client’s specific goals and intentions. Including:
Leadership Circle Profile
Shift Positive 360
Dare to Lead, based on the work of Brené Brown
Conscious Leadership
Integrative Enneagram
Our coaches are credentialed through ICF and certified from the Hudson Institute of Coaching or the CoActive Training Institute.
