Desert Blue Coaching and Consulting

I coach overwhelmed leaders to communicate with confidence and clarity.

If you landed here, you may be at your wits end as a leader, looking for ways to stop spending your days putting out fires…and figuring out why the fires are there in the first place.

Welcome to the realm of renewed purpose and motivation! I’m a firm believer that frustrated disengaged teams and miscommunication is fixable. I want to help you learn new techniques that will leave you and your team motivated.

What is Coaching?

Professional coaching provides objectivity to shift perspectives. Coaches focus on forward-looking action and help individuals set goals for the future. Coaching is encouraging, empowering, and supporting self-improvement, mastery, or problem solving.

Why Coaching?

  • What is a Coaching Culture?

    When managers shift from “bosses” to “coaches”, a coaching culture can improve productivity, revenue, and employee satisfaction. Teams provide healthy feedback to each other and their leaders, using professional coaching and leadership development tools to evolve their skills and meet goals.

  • Why Do I Need Coaching?

    Leaders set the culture of a team and organization. 74% of Gen Z and Millennials are ready to quit over lack of development and 18% of employees are actively disengaged. Coaching increases employee performance and job satisfaction by 24%, increasing retention and decreasing turnover.

Coaching Services

I specialize in transforming overwhelmed leaders into champions of success by putting people first. It's time to revolutionize your approach to leadership by communicating with confidence and clarity – which starts with you!

Leadership coaching can help you communicate with clarity and confidence, hold your team accountable, improve your problem solving skills, and coach your team through development and growth. 

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I've got the perfect blend of strategic insight, creativity, and a touch of magic to make it happen. Let’s use coaching to create effective management strategies and goals through an intentional and impactful employee experience.

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Ready to feel more confident as a leader? Let's chat! Let the journey to a happier, more productive team begin. Your success story is just a conversation away!

Meet Niki

CEO of Desert Blue Consulting

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Navigating Managerial Stress: A Path to Wellbeing
Navigating Managerial Stress: A Path to Wellbeing

The burden of stress and burnout among managers has surged, surpassing the levels experienced by the average employee. As the builders of organizational culture, managers play a critical role in fostering engagement and well-being within their teams. Yet, when they themselves are struggling with stress and burnout, their ability to cultivate a thriving workplace diminishes. Understanding and mitigating this stress is crucial for both individual managers and the organizations they lead.

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Unleashing Potential: A Guide to Leadership Coaching
Unleashing Potential: A Guide to Leadership Coaching

In the dynamic landscape of today's professional world, the need for effective leadership is more critical than ever. Leadership coaching has emerged as a transformative approach to develop leaders at various levels, catering to their unique challenges and fostering a holistic growth mindset. So why are tailored coaching methods essential for individual and organizational success?

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Elevate Your Leadership: The Impact of Professional Coaching
Elevate Your Leadership: The Impact of Professional Coaching

In the landscape of leadership, a moment of self-reflection is invaluable. If you find yourself questioning your abilities as a leader, wondering if there's a missing link, consider this: professional coaching might just be the transformative force you've been seeking. Why is coaching becoming increasingly recognized as a cornerstone for leadership development for aspiring leaders?

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Testimonials

  • Aga, Business Owner

    Nicole and her coaching has allowed me to reflect and pivot in some of the most important areas of my life. I recently started a new business and she helped me realize how limiting beliefs and some of my fears were rooted in a place I could control. Through visualization, goal setting exercises and her other valuable tools, I was able to get out of my own way. Leaning on her process was invaluable. She builds a safe space filled with trust, enabling you to open up and explore what may be holding you back from experiencing the joy, success or happiness you deserve. It's not easy, and it does require a lot of self reflection and hard work - but having Nicole on my side made the experience transformational. And I am so thankful for her support.

  • Jhenifer, Nonprofit Leader

    I had such a great experience working with Niki at Desert Blue Consulting & Coaching! She took such care with guiding me through conversations and goals all focused around my personal journey and how to achieve success. She has such a positive outlook and holistic and personalized approach and makes it easy to stay on task. Whether it is a business or personal focus, I highly recommend her Riptide package. Give yourself a gift by being coached by her!

  • Alex, Nonprofit Leader

    I joined the Desert Blue Book Club in January 2020 when I was pregnant, freshly moved into a new home, and in a career transition period. I had so many moving parts and things to think about and prepare. Being in this book club has been a personal and professional benefit. It gave me time to connect with other people during a busy time in my life and Niki does a great job of helping you organize your thoughts, figure out what your Wildly Important Goal is, and giving you actionable steps to reach it. Without having her and the group during this crazy season of life, I think I would have been stressed and disorganized. Thank you Niki for being such a fantastic coach and helping me love the changes coming my way.

  • Chelsea, Nonprofit Leader

    I can’t recommend Niki and Desert Blue Consultant + Coaching enough. Through pointed questions, Niki was able to help me navigate through my goals and most importantly - the roadblocks I put in my own way. Niki is a unique practitioner; you instantly feel like you are talking with a life-long pal and someone with a fresh set of perspectives at the same time. In our coaching sessions, Niki curated activities and conversations that helped me understand my big picture. She provided me with the tools and support to start down the path towards professional fulfillment and ownership of my experiences. Our conversations provided me with the clarity + confidence that I was missing. Please, do yourself a favor and book with Niki ASAP!

  • Bridget, Tech Leader

    Had an amazing session this evening with Desert Blue Consulting & Coaching! The clarity that comes with having your values solidified and knowing what you can and can’t allow in your life... sometimes that means you make changes and lose things/people in your life. But the freedom it gives you to not have conflict with what brings you peace is worth it.

  • Aye Aye, Business Owner

    My experience with Desert Blue has been eyes opening and thought provoking in business development. During the meeting, there’s so much I didn’t know about owning a business and what I have to do as a business owner. Through Niki guidance I was able to do things simpler and get through the important tasks.

  • Shingai, Business Owner

    Being able to connect and work with Niki has been a turning point in our business. The approach and the process Niki uses allows you to find the right ideas & the pace which you can move & make progress. She walked us through a lot of important parts of our business,ranging from the vision statement to short term and long term goals. Also shedding light on our Strengths,areas we can improve in plus more. To sum up in a few words our overall experience with Niki has certainly helped improve our business structure, our day to day system has been polished up and most importantly we feel that we have a better sense of direction in where we would want to be as we grow. We highly recommend Niki if you’re looking to really implement the right steps to lead you to your goals!