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You've mastered the boardroom, but your emotions are running the back office.
It's time to Find Your Fault.
Most Executives know how to talk about leadership.
But under pressure, the same patterns keep resurfacing: conflict avoidance, triggered outbursts, blame spirals, performance masks, and a quiet, creeping resentment.
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Strategy isn't the problem. Emotional volatility is.
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And no amount of intelligence can override what you refuse to take responsibility for.
I'm Teresa.
I help Executives stop outsourcing their power to emotional reactivity.
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For over 25 years, I've worked with high-level leaders who struggle with the one thing that undermines their success: their unexamined emotional patterns.
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I don't offer corporate platitudes or over-polished inspiration.
I teach RADICAL PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY - the kind that transforms how you think, feel, and show up when it matters most.
Stephanie Dorman, CCO Prisma by Mediaocean
"As an enthusiastic, serial mentor, I eagerly dedicate a meaningful chunk of my time to working with aspiring professionals and leaders. I also encourage coaching and mentorship at any level, and especially for executives. I have worked with mentors on developing my executive skills such as presenting to a board and navigating the world of HR, but I was wary about professional coaching that involves emotions. True to the trope, as a woman and a senior leader, emotions are an area I’ve been conditioned to stifle and quash.
Before working directly with Teresa, she coached three budding executives in our organization who I respect deeply – all three spoke very highly of their valuable time with her and I could see the results first-hand. Teresa also worked on trust building with our senior executive team. I was very impressed with her approach in this challenging and ego-charged environment filled with fiery red, fiercely opinionated, non-apologetic execs. It was a particularly challenging dynamic for me at the time, and she picked up on that and reached out to me (with no pressure) to offer support. Her timing was perfect because I was hitting a wall, and I knew I needed something more for my own professional (and personal) health.
What started as an exploratory set of sessions has led to nearly a year of ongoing support and guidance that is tailored specifically to my needs. I feel I am generally a highly self-aware person, but with Teresa’s help, I have been able to fit together the pieces of my puzzle and fill the gaps with aha! moments that have fostered strength, resilience, and bravery. Teresa is an excellent listener (thankfully, as I do tend to talk excessively). She is articulate, thoughtful, and positive. My favorite thing though – she is no bullshit. She does not sugar coat reality or enable escapism. She is direct and challenging. This is exactly why she is so very good at what she does, and I highly recommend Teresa to anyone who is serious about professional executive development and willing to open up, to the emotional side of leadership."
Your emotional disruption is your invitation.
I'll show you how to answer it.
Find Your Fault isn't about blame. It's about reclaiming the power that's been outsourced to reactivity.
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Despite intellect and ambition, many experience exhaustion and frustration, feel disconnected, and are stuck in toxic team dynamics.
There's no real framework for understanding yourself, managing your own reactivity, or taking true accountability that leads to true lasting change.
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Let's change that.
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Not through vague leadership speak without backbone.
Not through coddling or being soft.
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Through emotional intelligence and emotional honesty.
Through practical, not performative.
Rooted in tangible, action-oriented, get comfortable with the discomfort that is the price of admission for a life of goals, ambition, and success.
"Working with Teresa Quinlan has been a game changer for me not only professionally, but personally as well. When I look back at my first conversation with her and think about how far I’ve come in terms of my confidence, knowledge, assertiveness, problem solving ability , relationship building, and overall business acumen, it has been remarkable. I am someone who thought I had a lot of self-awareness. Working with Teresa, I was better equipped to work through my roadblocks and misperceptions of the way I sometimes viewed things. I learned that I had to really work on adopting new habits and practices that were going to ultimately lead me to my fullest potential. The journey has not been easy, a lot of times I would get in my own way. However, I always would have Teresa‘s voice in my head and would constantly think about what are the ways I can handle this situation differently or think about how I’m processing what I’m currently experiencing. Teresa’s work has been so impactful to me that I’ve since been promoted to a Chief HR Officer shortly after our engagement concluded. If not for her encouragement and constantly challenging me, I’m not sure I would have reached this level so quickly. The work that Teresa has done has not only been meaningful to me, but she is also helping the larger organization as well. We have developed a formal executive coaching program around her. She has already started coaching several other SVPs in the organization and they are seeing the benefits of their time spent with her. We have also been able to leverage her skills and talents to lead the senior executive offsite and have made major strides. Teresa is all about self-mastery, depth of experiences, openness and connectivity. Her style is direct - yet fun and inspiring. I am so grateful for having the opportunity to work with her."
Nicole Brown, CHRO, Mediaocean