Boutique leadership consulting firm for science & tech leaders
Transforming the deep expertise of science + tech leaders into business-advancing influence
Once STEM leaders reach the director level, the business requires them to mobilize their team and influence key business decisions at a higher level. This is where we do our best work. Teaching Directors to VPs the new communication skills, executive presence, and business mastery to win in their market.
Sharon Leckie is the best leadership and communication expert.
“I have seen VISKA work with diverse and demanding groups of executives. They are excellent coaches who coordinate with others, deliver actionable results, and make a difference in how and why people act as leaders.”
— Frank Cespedes, Harvard Business School
Development is the #1 consideration for top talent. By investing in leadership development exclusively designed for STEM leaders to excel at work, you're investing in them staying longer and keeping the company strong.
Teaching STEM leaders proven communication strategies, influence-building, and reputation awareness to master workplace dynamics and impact business decisions.
Leadership Training For Organizations
Executive Coaching
A Growth Strategy for Organizations
Adjust the style and focus of your top leaders to fit perfectly with the new demands placed on them. Developing greater levels of influence and credibility to impact key business decisions. Executive coaching is the gold standard for leader transformation. Proven, highly-effective Executive Coaches are rare. We offer you both.
Leadership Development
A Retention Strategy for Organizations
Coaching groups of STEM leaders to embody the Executive Presence and proven communication strategies needed to get to the next level of credibility and mobilizing others. This flagship program has a waitlist each year in our regular clients.
Motivational Speaking
A Change Strategy for Organizations
Bring business school to your offsite. Inspire diverse audiences to collaborate & take real-life action to build momentum on key business decisions. Enjoyable, rigorous, interactive, real-time offsite experiences.
Leadership Training For Individuals
Career Clarity Audio
An Audio Career Visualization for Individuals
Using the power of neuroscience, listen to this complimentary 15–20 minute visualization to gain clarity on what’s next for you in your career. Plus, there’s nothing better than listening to a British person guide you through a powerful mental reset!
Live Career Advancing Webinar
A Live & Interactive Webinar for Individuals
Do you make suggestions, but no one listens? Do you want more visibility, but have to compete with everyone else who wants the same? Are you working harder but not getting ahead? If any of these align with you, join our live weekly webinar and get real-time answers to the questions holding you back in your STEM career.
Prime for Promotion
Free Masterclass for Individuals
Teaching individual leaders in science + tech, proven communication strategies to transform deep expertise into career-advancing influence. Master workplace dynamics, intentionally accelerate your reputation, and be seen as ready for the next level.
VISKA is instrumental in pioneering methods to create a powerful and transparent culture.
“Their techniques and engagement with the BCG Digital Ventures team over the last three years have been fantastic. My highest recommendation belongs to them for anyone looking to align their multidisciplinary teams for future success.”
— L. Walker, BCG Digital Ventures
of clients undergo externally validated transformation
hours consulting with F500 VP and above on next generation of leaders
of coaching clients promoted within 12 months
VISKA challenged our leadership to think about coaching and development in an entirely new light.
“Not only were they effective in small and large group environments, they also handled executive one-on-one coaching with a new direction that helped leadership achieve sustained performance improvement and professional development.”
— J. Kinsley, Fedex Express
About Sharon Leckie and VISKA Group
We are a boutique firm and plan to stay that way.
VISKA Group was founded by Sharon Leckie, the leadership and communication expert for science + tech leaders. She is a proven, highly effective Executive Coach and teaches your emerging leaders what's important and why as they lead. What truly sets us apart is that we teach them how to do things differently for greater effectiveness — practical, proven ways to behave differently.
Our perspective is shaped by continuous research in business trends, neuroscience, and the psychology of leadership.
Our ability to demystify and break down leadership concepts and principles into tangible, tweakable components that can be measured has put us in front of senior leadership in Fortune 1000s and business schools for the last 22 years.
Listen to a sample of Sharon’s thoughts on what individual science and tech leaders can do to advance their careers.
Portfolio of Success
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Ready to develop your leaders for greater credibility and impact?
If you’re ready to transform your leaders and take their effectiveness to the next level, I invite you to schedule a complimentary consultation today. Let’s discuss how we can unlock true potential and create a roadmap for your leaders' success.