Providing customized, practical solutions that help organizations, leaders, and their teams meaningfully and measurably improve performance and results.
Our Approach
The concept of scaffolding, which draws on principles from both education and construction, is central to our approach.
In education, scaffolding refers to a process by which teachers provide just the right level of support at just the right time in just the right way to facilitate the achievement of higher levels of understanding and competence. This support is gradually removed as students become more proficient, allowing them to do their best work, independently.
Similarly, in construction, scaffolding is used to temporarily support a work crew as they build, maintain or repair a structure, and it is gradually taken down as the structure becomes more stable. Scaffolds are used to facilitate access safely and effectively to areas that otherwise would be hard to reach.
Strategic Scaffolding provides customized support to help organizations, leaders, and their teams achieve their goals. We identify and leverage strengths, increase awareness of development opportunities, collaborate on creating achievable plans, and facilitate clarity of focus, so our clients can spend their time on what really matters most.
Because every organization, every leader and every team is unique, we use a proven structure and process to develop solutions that connect with our client’s strategic priorities. The scaffolding we provide can take many forms, including assessment, executive coaching, and leadership and team development. And as internal capacity is improved or goals achieved, we gradually pull back our support.
About Doug
Throughout his 20+ years as a health care executive, Doug earned a reputation for identifying and growing talent, building effective and accountable teams, developing high trust, high performance cultures, implementing sustainable organizational change, and driving measurable improvement.
With a bachelor’s in Public Policy from Stanford University and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Doug is grounded in a strong academic foundation that informs his understanding of individuals and organizations.
As a Certified Executive Coach, inclusive of training provided by the Center for Executive Coaching in accordance with standards established by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), an Professional Certified Coach (PCC) as designated by the ICF, and a Board Certified Coach (BCC), having met the standards established by the Center for Credentialing and Education, Doug carries some of the highest credentials in the executive coaching field. He also is certified to administer leadership assessment tools, such as the Profile XT Select – a powerful assessment of behavioral traits, thinking style, and interests and how they contribute to leadership behaviors.
In addition to his work as an external coach and advisor, Doug implemented a highly successful internal coaching program, providing assessment and 1:1 executive coaching for high potential leaders across a large, health care delivery system.
Doug launched Strategic Scaffolding to combine his passion for culture building, leadership experience in highly complex organizations, academic background, and executive coaching credentials to help develop outstanding leaders and exceptional organizations.
Solutions
Powerful
Assessments
Dynamic
Executive Coaching
Impactful
Leadership and Team Development
Increase the capacity of your team, improve performance, and develop both current and future leaders of your organization. Build a sustainable coaching culture by scaling the benefits of coaching across your organization through the creation of an internal coaching program.
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