Work can be filled with frustration as leaders face ever-growing demands, complex interpersonal dynamics, and unpredictable market forces. However, there is no soil more fertile than the workplace for humans to grow, achieve, and make a positive impact.
Bracken Leadership encourages leaders and teams to dig deep and lean into the challenges of work. Through conversation and introspection, blending support with accountability, the coach walks alongside the leader, using every challenge as a catalyst for growth and learning.
“Love and work
are the cornerstones of humanness.”–Sigmund Freud
About Colleen
Colleen Bracken is an esteemed executive coach and group facilitator with over two decades of experience in nurturing the potential of scientific, clinical, and business leaders within the healthcare sector.
Living a bi-continental lifestyle between the United States and Denmark, Colleen offers a broad and inclusive perspective to leadership development. Her eclectic background is solidly rooted in graduate studies in organizational dynamics and executive coaching, enriched by principles and techniques from business, psychology, mindfulness, systems theory, and the performing arts.
Colleen is highly regarded for her pivotal role in architecting and leading the Executive Coaching and Feedback Program (ECFP) at The Wharton Business School. This program, recognized as a global leader in MBA coaching, provides invaluable coaching services to Wharton students, university faculty, and industry leaders.
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Executive Coaching
Colleen specializes in coaching senior leaders who thrive on challenges and growth—both for their organizations and themselves. For these ambitious leaders, Colleen provides unwavering support focused on individual development, helping them uncover blind spots and leverage their strengths. Clients find in Colleen a creative and pragmatic thought partner, a source of experience and knowledge, and a truth-teller.
Coaching engagements are tailored to meet the specific needs of the leader and the client organization. A typical engagement includes:
- 6–12 months of active coaching
- Organizational culture survey and/or 360 stakeholder feedback
- Leadership assessment instruments (e.g., Hogan Personality Profile, DISC)
- Clearly articulated coaching goals and metrics
- Individual coaching sessions every 2–4 weeks
- Consistent check-ins with key stakeholders
Team Coaching
Informed by a rigorous graduate education in workplace team dynamics, Colleen applies evidence-based models to help groups unite and deliver exceptional results.
Team coaching is utilized to
- Create a solid foundation for new teams
- Strengthen underlying structures to boost effectiveness
- Elevate underperforming teams to their potential
- Support executive teams in modeling highly effective team behaviors
The structure of team coaching engagements varies from project to project. Each engagement typically includes:
- Team Diagnostic Survey
- Team observation by the coach
- Clearly articulated goals and coaching plan
- Individual coaching for the team leader
- Series of custom-designed team retreats
Custom Meetings & Retreats
Meetings that are designed with intention, skillfully facilitated, provide a unique and powerful opportunity for groups and teams. In this space, problems are identified and solved. Discoveries are made. New ways of working emerge. Relationships deepen.
Colleen designs meetings with a keen focus on outcomes. She draws from an extensive library of best practices, templates, resources, and activities to co-create a meaningful and cohesive experience. With a foundation of rigorous training and extensive experience, Colleen uses savvy, sensitivity, and humor to unleash the power and creativity of the group.
Custom Meetings and retreats are designed in close partnership with the client. The collaborative process includes
- Identifying desired outcomes
- Getting the right people in the room
- Selecting a space and location that supports the spirit of the gathering
- Crafting a clear and intentional invitation
- Designing an experience that aligns with the group’s culture and pulls them out of their comfort zone
