whole-person
leadership coaching
Business Leaders • Entrepreneurs • Experienced Professionals
I'm Ariana
I'm a leadership coach. I spent 20 years working in strategy, business building, and organizational leadership at Google and the NBA, and earned my MBA from Wharton.
Today, I bring that experience together with my work as a coach to help people navigate business challenges and grow in ways that are both impactful and deeply personal.
My work, in my clients' words:
“I wasn't confident in my role and needed a way to make my life sustainable. Ari helped me prep and debrief tough meetings, understand what was underneath my feelings, and come up with new ways to tackle problems. My big unlock was discovering my grounded self and learning to tap into her. I’m so much more confident now and well on my way to thriving.”
— Googler (NY)
"When I started working with Ari, my focus was strictly on developing executive presence to step into management. What I didn't expect was how profound our work would actually be.
Over the last 9 months, she helped me identify long-standing patterns, build confidence and reduce anxiety, which completely shifted how I work and enhanced my personal relationships as well. Her coaching style fits me seamlessly—she instinctively knows that encouragement and positive reinforcement bring out my best. I'm getting far more done now than I was a year ago, and her partnership has been vital as I take on more projects."
— Googler (India)
“I started working with Ari as I was stepping into a new role managing managers. I was feeling a lot of pressure to prove myself.
Ari helped me start trusting myself. She helped me recognize the strengths I already bring and approach difficult situations with more perspective and confidence. I feel much more grounded in my new role—and much more like myself as a leader.”
— Ed Tech Director (NY)
As a coach I offer...
A Business Partner
A partner with decades of business experience by your side to work through your challenges. We can craft business vision, prep and debrief for high-stakes meetings, and think through the next steps to enable your goals.
Deep Development
We look beneath the surface of the challenge to understand what's really happening and discover new ways of responding. My approach draws from 200+ hours of coach-specific training, radical acceptance and self-accountability, Nonviolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, somatic practices, and what I've learned through my own experience and from others.
A Space to be real
We can only do deep work when you feel safe enough to recognize the parts of yourself that are easier to ignore. Together we’ll build connection and safety so that you can articulate what's really happening underneath the challenge so we can create change that goes deeper.
Looking for a different kind of coaching? I also offer family-focused coaching. Learn more here.