Author: emilyjpitman

Emily J. Pitman, ACC, CPCC COO of Concord Leadership Group | Co-Founder of Sidecar Advisors | Co-Director of Exactly What to Say® CoachingEmily J. Pitman is a leadership coach, writer, and lover of words who helps individuals and teams lead with clarity, creativity, and confidence. As COO of the Concord Leadership Group, she guides strategy, coaching programs, and leadership development for organizations around the world.Emily is also the Co-Founder of Sidecar Advisors and Co-Director of EWTS Coaching, where she helps build communities of coaches trained in both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies and Phil M. Jones’ Exactly What to Say® framework.A Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Emily blends curiosity, play, and purposeful reflection to help leaders uncover their natural creativity and bring more humanity into how they work and live.When she’s not coaching or training, Emily might be reading, quilting, walking in nature, hanging out with friends and family, or playing on her Nintendo Switch. She once even took an improv class—and counts it among her proudest adventures in learning to lead (and live) with play.She is available for coaching, coach training, and speaking engagements that invite people to rediscover the joy and creativity in leading well.
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    About Books

    In 2020, I renewed my commitment to read. What else was I going to do that year? I hit a goal of 100 by reading eight children’s story books in the last days of the year. Some people don’t count children’s picture books when they count how many books have they read – but I…

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    Empty Space

    Do you love an empty space? Does it make you feel a sense of possibility, calm, anxiety, or something else? If I take too long to evaluate the possibilities, an empty space becomes a source of overwhelm and perfection for me.. a mistaken belief that I have this valuable real estate so I have to…

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    What do you wanna be?

    I remember my kindergarten classroom pretty clearly. I was a “morning student” – a subject I remember the mothers around me talking about as they anticipated our first school assignments of teachers and times. Mrs. McPike administered both my first public embarrassments and triumphs. And she opened the universe to me as the letters joined…

  • Sprouts is One

    36 newsletters. 13,116 words. 52 weeks together. Right here (ish).We did it! Happy Anniversary! Before you go anything else please take a minute to enter the Sprouts Celebration Contest. I’m excited to offer two prizes. This will take you to another window. Please come back and read about my first attempt at using SproutsGPT. As…