Levata Human Performance

Across industries, the pattern is familiar.

Leaders carry a lot quietly. They absorb pressure to protect their teams. They hold back questions, concerns, or uncertainty because saying them out loud can feel risky.

Over time, that unspoken weight shows up as hesitation, slower decisions, or leadership that feels less steady, not because capability is missing, but because sustained pressure clouds clarity when it's unacknowledged.

When that pressure is named and worked through, something shifts. Leaders stabilize. Judgment sharpens. Teams feel the difference quickly.

This pattern is common. Addressing it is not.

Are you seeing this in your organization? If so, what’s helping you bring it into the open?

At , we love spotlighting our coaches and celebrating how they bring their unique experience, perspectives, and creativity when serving our clients.

This month, we are spotlighting .

Stephanie is an accomplished Organizational Development and Human Capital professional with more than 25 years of experience across consulting firms, global corporations, and academia. Her passion is authentically partnering with clients to bring about meaningful transformation and enable people to thrive at work.

What sets Stephanie apart is her deep curiosity and desire to understand the uniqueness of each organization and team so that together, they can craft and implement solutions that inspire the greatest success. She is adept at integrating the strategic, operational, and human dimensions of organizations, helping leaders and teams reformulate unhealthy patterns to create positive and abundant work environments.

Organization design, talent strategy, leadership development, team effectiveness, culture transformation, and change management are among her primary areas of focus. Stephanie holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan and is a Certified Professional Coach. She is also certified in Denison Culture Survey, Pinsight Assessments, and has extensive experience with DiSC, Insights Discovery, EQi, and the Enneagram.

Outside of work, Stephanie is a voracious reader who loves traveling the world with her son George and her partner Michael. Time in nature is essential for her well-being, whether that means hiking and skiing mountains, walking along a coast, or savoring good food, wine, and live music. She also contributes to her family's non-profit, Village Project Africa, which runs a school in rural Kenya.