Summer Thommen
Captivate + Communicate + Connect
Organizational development, executive coaching and advisory services for leaders committed to embodying their core values through their professional work
Work
Integrated Executive Coaching
Ensure your projects succeed by giving yourself access to straightforward feedback, advice, strategies, and solutions for the complex challenges you face as an executive in the current business climate. As a client you'll receive support managing teams through organizational change, employee turnover, development, and implementation of strategic plans, core values, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.1:1 Public Speaking Coaching
Captivate your audience through cinematic public speaking and presentation techniques that do more than merely inform. Engage and motivate groups to take action by speaking to their foundational interests.Meeting Facilitation Coaching
In a University of North Carolina study, 71% of managers surveyed said that meetings are "unproductive and inefficient." Make meetings meaningful by learning the art of dynamic meeting facilitation. Be the one leader in your organization who uses meetings effectively to offer clarity, facilitate collaboration, boost innovation, create buy-in, and drive engagement.
TESTIMONIALS
"Summer Thommen is one of the great talents of our time when it comes to organizational development, strengths-based leadership, and how to distill what matters to an organization when it comes to their values and purpose. I have had the pleasure of working with Summer for many years in all these areas and beyond. Summer is an exceptional facilitator who knows how to connect with her audience and maximize their experience with one another. Summer can best be summed up as an exceptional partner for any business looking to push themselves to the next level."
Darius Mirshahzadeh | Scale Expert | Author, The Core Value Equation
"Summer set up coaching plan that was tailored to specific challenges I was facing leading a team of peers none of whom reported directly to me. Coupled with tight deadlines and inter-disciplinary nature of the project, the challenge was quite big and there was no internal leadership development program within the company. Under Summer’s methodical and compassionate guidance my communication style and ability to influence improved. I believe that leadership is a process of self-discovery and having an expert guide you through some of the difficult parts that involve facing one’s own vulnerability and strength is something that I have greatly benefitted from by working with Summer."
Alisa | Product Manager | DeFi
"Although I’m already an experienced presenter, I found great value in Summer’s insights and coaching through proven methods, based in behavioral science. Summer filled several gaps in my 'communication skill set' I didn’t even know were missing! I got incredible feedback from attendees, and I’m already taking the concepts I’ve learned and applying them to all areas of my life. I found her approach to be simple and effective, she explains the concepts, and invites you to figure out how to apply them. This approach was the best part of my experience because I wanted to feel like I owned my own content and delivery style. As a bonus, I’ve since worked Summer’s coaching methods into my own interactions with the people I lead with amazing results! Engaging with Summer has made me a much better business leader, helping us establish a culture of high performance that has paid for itself many times over."
John Grover | Co-founder | Endsight
About
For over 20 years Summer has supported executives from every industry-- from eBay to IDEO, GE to the YMCA. Through each service, she seeks to drive leaders toward greater alignment between success in business and the embodiment of their values. She currently divides her time between her consulting clients and a tech startup revolutionizing meetings and collaboration, Raddle, where she serves as Head of Facilitation Strategy.Hear more about her background, guiding principles, and impact here.
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