Private executive coach for ambitious, high-performing professionals. Chief Executive Officer (retired) of the award-winning, privately-held top 100 U.S. furniture company, Tipperary Sales. She is also a board member, respected mentor, and a genuine guide for leaders seeking personal and professional success. An authentic maverick with methods that stem from the heart, Martha leads by example and is fearless in doing things differently than they have been done before. She is the first woman to lead her family’s multi-generational business—a tenure that saw revenue in excess of $70mm.She has also secured Tipperary Sales as one of the most successful retail furniture companies in the U.S., with Furniture Today naming the company as one of the top 100 stores in America, multiple years running. As a proven retail industry executive and franchise expert with a passion for developing people, Martha served as respected leader to a team of over 170 employees across the Southeast. She has been recognized for her unique coaching style and as a humanity-centric visionary dedicated to transforming companies, cultures, and leaders. Always willing to do what it takes to help others achieve the bigger, longer lasting, more rewarding results, she is best known for supporting leaders in “looking at themselves from within” so they look at a future where they become all that they are meant to be. When it comes to realizing ultimate potential, Martha believes that WHO WE ARE is the single greatest force impacting our people, the state of our organizations, and our ultimate results.She also believes…- in the importance of embracing our unique differences - in leading from an empowered perspective- in never walking past a mistake- in being a disruptor, not a flame-thrower- and in always seeing the upside (even when it feels like there is no smooth path forward)As an executive coach, Martha uses all of the elements of her leadership, and works tirelessly to elevate the success and fulfillment of others by empowering them to be who they authentically are as the first step to building authentic, culturally and integrally sound teams and organizations.