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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.

  • Check Your Lenses

    Check Your Lenses

    “I don’t like these glasses! They don’t feel right and I don’t like the way they look.” It was a vivid dream. I had received two sets of eyeglasses and the pair that everyone else liked were not my choice. The ones that wanted to choose felt good, looked quirky. But they weren’t perfect either.…

  • Thanksgiving Grace

    Thanksgiving Grace

    I grew up in a family that held hands to share ‘grace’ before each of our evening meals. Like many people, we have stories about the big meals growing cold because of the length of this prayer on special holidays.  As a young person, I was often aware of the unimportant things during grace –…

  • Toothbrush Rush

    Toothbrush Rush

    I love my toothbrush. A few years ago when I was feeling all the uncertainty of what to get Marc for Christmas, a stroll through Target found me in the dental hygiene aisle getting matching toothbrushes. You can’t top me for romantic gifts!  We got matching (well, his is black and mine is white) Philips…

  • Talent Show

    Talent Show

    Here is a proposal: What if we decided to share Thanksgiving Holiday together at my home. After the parade and as we enjoyed our meal, I would suggest we share a talent show.  The performance would come between pie-eating and bed-time. We would have roughly five hours to decide and prepare what we would share…

  • About “the Rules”

    About “the Rules”

    At my piano lesson this week, we added a piece that introduces use of the pedal. My teacher said in passing, ‘I’m sure you’ve messed around with the pedal at home.’ And with that one phrase, the universe stopped.  “No. No, I do not mess around with the pedal. I grew up with pianos in…

  • Big Wheel

    Big Wheel

    When my childhood friend got a Big Wheel, I was so jealous. It all of a sudden became irrelevant that I had a perfectly good tricycle and a lovely, long front porch to ride it on. I can still hear the sound of zooming on that porch across the wooden boards. None of it mattered…