"We brought in the Meddlers team to help us during a time of significant growth for our organization. From strategic alignment across all our teams, implementation of Predictive Index, leadership development and executive coaching, Tara is instrumental in the achievement of our goals and objectives. Her genuine commitment to our success has earned her deep trust and respect among our team, accelerating our learning and engagement across the organization."
-Mike Shore, CEO – HOM,Inc.
“Meddlers (Tara) approach to coaching is focused on making you the best version of you. They (she) uses a methodical approach to understand the underlying drivers of personal satisfaction and then equips their (her) clients with an operating systems that unlocks the keys to high personal and organizational performance.”
-Troy Lauterbach, SVP - First Solar
"I cannot say enough on how Tara’s coaching has been instrumental in helping my career. I have been lucky enough to work with Tara on multiple occasions. Tara brings all of the right ingredients needed in being a successful coach. Tara listens to understand the root of what is going on, then asks the right probing questions to get you to evolve your thinking and approach. Finally, I was able to develop a level of trust that truly allows for in-depth conversation. I highly recommend working with Tara."
-Maurice DuPas, VP – Cisco
“Tara is the best coach I have worked with over my professional career. Tara was great to work with and provided guidance that helped me become a better leader that is future ready.”
“Tara leveraged feedback from key stakeholders and discussion to delve deeper into areas of opportunity. This approach helped create awareness and actions to be the best leader I can for our team.”
-John Moses, VP – Cisco
“Meddlers designed and facilitated our first Board of Directors planning session. We were able to connect and align on our priorities for the upcoming year, as well as get to know each other better, which served as a great launching point for our Board and set us up for a great start. I particularly appreciated Tara’s curiosity & ability to learn our organization and her flexibility in approach to ensure we achieved our goals. She was prepared as if she had known our organization all along. She graciously agreed to stay in touch for future consultation. She is absolutely wonderful to work with.”
-Alphonsine Anderson, Founder – Rising Above the Storms
"I have loved working with Tara. She's invested time to truly understand me and has helped me work through some of my biggest problems as I strive to grow. In our discussions, I always find myself walking away with clarity and energy, making me ready to hit the ground running in whatever challenges I am facing at the time.”
-Linda Tong, VP & General Manager, AppDynamics/Cisco
“I have had the pleasure of working with Tara for seven years. She continually impresses me with her depth of insight and ability to impact an entire system. I’ve never met anyone else who has Tara’s secret sauce: an incredibly strong, sharp analytical mind with an equally strong, compassionate heart. I believe it is that unique combination that enables her to unlock the potential of individuals and teams. Whether a team struggles with lack of strategic clarity or lack of trust, Tara will get to the root cause and use the simplest and most effective method to overcoming those barriers. Because she has such a diverse set of skills and a deep toolkit, she is flexible in her approach, while steadfastly committed to the outcome. I often engage Tara to meddle in my business and would unreservedly encourage others to do so as well.”
-Renee Cullinan, CEO, Stop Meeting Like This
“Building effective leadership skills is essential to driving the success of any organization. Working with Tara on developing these skills has been a positive and truly game-changing influence in building strategies to respond to growth, change and conflict in a healthy, productive manner that inspires others. The benefits to my professional growth are apparent in how I approach technical challenges, lead a very talented team and maintain focus on our mission and goals. For anyone invested in inspiring the very best in themselves and those they lead, I am happy to recommend leadership coaching with Tara. She has been instrumental in helping me gain the clarity I need to succeed.”
-Rich Lucas, CTO, Network Development Group
"My coaching started with actionable insights, which grounded me in understanding my strengths and focus areas. We jointly created an action plan that had accountability attached to it (critical for busy executives). I completed coaching with more profound insights into navigating relationships, optimally at all levels of the company. Being actively coached has also made me a more effective and confident leader, in that I now have a better framework for how I continue to develop my team through coaching and asking the right questions. I left every session with new insight and a path. The best conversations are the ones you are thinking about that continue to influence how you behave long after they are done."
-Kelly Jones, VP, Cisco
"Alignment doesn’t last, even the best leadership teams become unaligned. It is a slow bit by bit process, but it happens; differing backgrounds and leadership styles, sometimes it’s just the least common denominator solution that becomes the norm. Meddlers is like a jolt from a defibrillator that gets a heart back into rhythm. They get us realigned quickly and help keep us that way using sustainable approaches."
-Rich Weeks, CEO, Network Development Group
“When it was time to evolve our strategy, it was important to us to utilize an approach that both integrated the input of our full leadership team and closely examined opportunities for deeper focus. Tara delivered on this in a way that was flexible, yet focused. At each step of the process when the way forward was not at all clear to us, Tara was able to draw out the threads and help design a path forward that was on target each time. Our leadership team has more clarity about our differentiation and is more aligned than ever!”
-Rebecca Zucker, Founder, Next Step Partners & Shari Cohen, Partner, Next Step Partners
“The best leadership teams grow and change over time… alignment is a continual challenge. When I need my teams engaged to be at their very best, I call Tara & her team. She is able to understand us deeply and honor our culture while fostering significant individual and team growth.”
-Tae Yoo, SVP, Cisco