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You’ve done the work. Now let’s make sure the right people know it.

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For high-performing women Directors

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The VP Ready Program is a 90-day private coaching engagement that builds the foundation for your promotion. The strategy, visibility, and presence that turns a great Director into an undeniable VP candidate.

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PROGRAM DETAILS

  • 90 days

  • Private 1:1 coaching

  • 12 sessions with Margaret

  • Built around your specific situation

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For every woman promoted to VP, two women Directors leave their company. Not because they weren’t ready. but because nobody helped them position themselves.

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Sound familiar?

You’re not stuck because you’re not good enough.

You’re stuck because the skills that got you to Director. Delivering results, leading your team, being the most reliable person in the room. Are not the same skills that get you to VP. And nobody teaches you what those skills are.

If any of these feel familiar, you’re in the right place.

  • You’ve been passed over once, or more than once, and you don’t know why

  • You’re doing excellent work but the right people don’t seem to see it

  • You watch peers get promoted and wonder what they’re doing differently

  • You don’t have anyone senior truly in your corner, fighting for you

  • You feel like you’re already doing the VP job, without the title or the pay

  • You’re tired of being patient and ready to do something about it

Here’s what I know after 20+ years inside Fortune 500 companies, and from nearly missing my own VP promotion: hard work alone will not get you promoted. The right people need to know you, see you, and be willing to fight for you when the promotion conversation happens. And that conversation will happen without you in the room.

I had to learn that the hard way. This program exists so you don’t have to.

What we work on together

The six things that actually get Directors promoted.

  • Shifting from expert to executive

    VPs are not valued for being the best at the work. They’re valued for their judgment and for multiplying others. This shift, from doing to leading, is the foundation everything else is built on.

  • Getting visible with the right people

    If the people who make promotion decisions don’t know your name and your impact, nothing else matters. We build a visibility strategy that feels authentic, not like you’re bragging.

  • Showing up like a VP before you are one

    How you communicate in senior rooms, how you hold a position under pressure, and how you’re perceived in high-stakes moments. This is what signals that you’re already operating at the next level.

  • Building a sponsor, not just a mentor

    Mentors give you advice. Sponsors advocate for you in rooms you’re not in. We identify who your sponsors could be, and how to build those relationships in a way that feels natural, not transactional.

  • Thinking and speaking at VP altitude

    VPs connect their work to business outcomes, not just deliverables. We build your ability to think, speak, and position yourself at the strategic level, so you’re taken seriously in every room.

  • Sustaining your performance through the push

    You cannot run a six-month promotion campaign on empty. We build an energy strategy so you show up at your best for the moments that matter, and protect the capacity to keep going.

WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH

By the end of 90 days, here’s what’s different

This is not a guarantee of promotion, no honest coach will promise you that. What I can promise is that by the time we’re done, you will have built the foundation that makes promotion possible. Here’s what that looks like.

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  • You know exactly what’s been holding you back, what needs to change, and what the next 90 days after the program look like.

  • You’ve created at least three new meaningful touchpoints with senior stakeholders who didn’t truly see your impact before.

  • A communication style that signals VP-level confidence, built around who you actually are, not a performance of someone else.

  • You’ve identified and begun activating at least one person who will advocate for you when the promotion conversation happens.

  • IA clear, practiced story about why you’re VP-ready, in your own voice, that you and your sponsors can use with confidence.

  • You know what’s draining you, what to protect, and how to sustain peak performance through the moments that matter most.

How the program works

Three phases. Twelve weeks. Just you and me.

This is private 1:1 coaching. Which means every session is built entirely around your situation, your organization, and the specific people and dynamics you’re navigating. No generic frameworks. No advice that doesn’t fit. Just honest, strategic work tailored to you.

We meet every week for 45 minutes. Between sessions, you have homework. Real actions that move the needle in your actual workplace, not exercises in a workbook.

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PHASE 1: WEEKS 1–4 Foundation

We name what’s actually been holding you back, map the stakeholders who need to see you differently, and build your personal visibility strategy.

Focus: Identity shift + strategic visibility

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WEEKLY 1:1 SESSIONS

45 minutes · every week

Twelve sessions over 90 days, each one focused on exactly what you’re dealing with right now. The week’s events, the conversation that didn’t land, the opportunity coming up. We work on it all in real time.

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PHASE 2: WEEKS 5–8 Presence & Positioning

We work on how you show up in senior rooms, activate your sponsor relationships, and build the communication style that signals you’re already VP-level.

Focus: Executive presence + sponsorship

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PHASE 3: WEEKS 9–12 Readiness

We elevate your strategic thinking, build your promotion narrative, and make sure you have the energy and the plan to see it all the way through.

Focus: Strategic thinking + sustainability

BETWEEN SESSIONS

Real actions, not homework

After each session you leave with one or two specific things to do before we meet again. A conversation to have, a relationship to deepen, a moment to show up differently. The work happens in your actual world, not on paper.

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A note from Margaret

I’ve been exactly where you are.

I spent more than 20 years inside Fortune 500 companies. I was an executive at Staples, I led teams, I delivered results, and I almost missed my VP promotion anyway. Not because I wasn’t ready. Because I was heads-down doing great work and nobody senior enough to matter was watching.

What saved me was one boss, a woman, who told me the truth. She showed me everything I was missing. And the honest answer was: almost everything above the line of doing great work.

I had to learn all of it the hard way. This program exists so you don’t have to.

What I bring to every session is clarity, honesty, and the kind of direct guidance most people in your life won’t give you. I’m not here to tell you what you want to hear. I’m here to help you get where you’re trying to go, and I’ll be with you every step of the way.

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Ready to stop waiting and start moving?

I work with a small number of clients at a time so every engagement gets my full attention. If you’re ready to make your move, let’s talk.

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