Sharon Dougherty is the CEO of Priority Coaching, the executive coaching and consulting firm she founded in 1998. She is a much sought after executive coaching and leadership development expert.
Sharon works with CEOs and senior executives in leveraging their strengths to build their leadership effectiveness and business savvy. She partners with her clients to assess their leadership capabilities and develop action steps to achieve desired growth and change. As a thought partner, Sharon helps her clients unravel leadership quandaries and expand the number of possibilities available for solving problems and creating business strategies.
Sharon is often called upon to work with senior executives managing the transition into positions of greater scope and responsibility. She also coaches leaders at risk of de-railing and helps them address gaps in their skills so they can be more successful.
Sharon is one of the rare professionals who is a CEO coach and executive coach for major corporations as well as a startup coach for entrepreneurs and their teams.
In her work, Sharon draws upon 25 years of experience as a senior executive and CEO in behavioral health services. Her business acumen and expertise as an executive coach provide the basis for guiding leaders as they develop greater self-awareness and enhanced relationships with others. Sharon also supports leaders in the deeper learning derived from the exploration of both successes and setbacks. She believes that leaders who are passionate about their work and positively engaged with their colleagues will foster healthy workplaces where people want to work.
Sharon has served as a consultant and executive coach to senior leaders in a wide variety of organizations.
A partial list of clients includes ARAMARK; BMW; Home Advisor; IEEE; MTV; MetLife; New York Presbyterian Medical Center; Novo Nordisk; Princeton HealthCare System; Seamless; SinglePlatform; SONY; and the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. Sharon is also a designer and facilitator of team programs as well as a keynote speaker. Most recently she facilitated team programs for Caviar, CrowdTwist, Monetate, and the Princeton HealthCare System.
Before starting her coaching career, Sharon was the CEO of Priority Employee Assistance Program, a nationwide company that provided mental health services to employees of major corporations, healthcare systems, law firms, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Clients included BMW; Colgate-Palmolive; Dun & Bradstreet; Estee Lauder; Fortunoff; Interpublic Group of Companies; Joseph Seagram & Sons; Merck; Pantone; Pfizer; and Volvo.
Having built and run a successful company, Sharon is familiar with the challenges posed to executives operating in ever changing work environments. For work on large engagements and specialized projects, Sharon collaborates with world-class executive coaches, organizational consultants, and workshop facilitators.
