Mollie West Duffy

Mollie West Duffy is an expert in organizational development, learning & development, and leadership developing and coaching.

She previously was an organizational design lead at global innovation firm IDEO. She’s helped advise and coach leaders and founders at companies including Casper, Google, LinkedIn, Bungalow, and Slack. She’s experienced in designing talent processes and systems, as well as organizational structures and behaviors, cultural values, and learning and development programs.

At IDEO her clients included JetBlue, Intact Financial, Mars, Citibank, the Brooklyn Public Library, the US State Department, Madison Square Garden, Principal Financial Group, Mercy Corps, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Previously she did research for the dean of Harvard Business School, and was a design strategist at Capital One Labs. 

She's written for Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Quartz, and other digital outlets.

She is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book about emotions at work: No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, and Big Feelings: How To Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay

Coaching Testimonials:

"Mollie had a big impact on my ability to lead and grow multiple teams, as well as show up as a leader across the organization. She is an excellent listener and asked powerful questions to help me self-reflect. I would recommend Mollie to anyone who is looking for a coach to help them improve as a leader, especially in a high growth startup." -Joe Garafalo, co-founder and COO, Mosaic.tech

“Mollie was a huge help in coaching me through the ups and downs of being a CEO and founder, including resolving employee conflict issues, up-leveling executive communication, and creating talent systems that scaled. She always ensured we made good use of our time together and was able to quickly and clearly identify the unobvious, core issues underneath my chaotic day-to-day. She would offer insights from similar experiences and ask powerful questions which helped me uncover solutions that I felt were right for my business. Mollie never made decisions for me, but instead helped me develop skills to work through situations using my own knowledge and awareness. Working with Mollie, I felt next-level confidence in the toughest moments.” -Vittoria Lecomte, CEO and Founder of Sesh (successful acquisition by Caraway)

“Mollie is an awesome coach. She is thoughtful and knowledgeable, and takes time to understand a situation and help her client get to their own solutions, while providing gentle guidance down the right path. She is experienced and knows the right questions to ask. She's responsive and truly wants to help, always making herself available for quick questions or to meet other members of the team to gain better perspective.” -Yaakov Zar, CEO of Lev

"Mollie is a great coach. She has elevated my company by giving me clear steps towards professionalizing our organization. I am now more confident in my company, my team, and myself. Mollie is an active coach and tailors her work to my specific needs." -Sam Walder, CEO of Trala

Speaking Testimonials:

We invited Mollie to be the keynote speaker for the executive leader track at our annual conference. Track attendees represented leaders from across the network, spanning different functional areas, organizational structures, and team sizes. Mollie’s keynote focused on emotions in the workplace and struck the right chord for our network leads. They felt seen in the research, data, and antidotes shared – making it one of the mostly highly rated sessions of the conference. The content was extremely actionable, and leaders walked away with tools to immediately implement within their teams and organizations. It helped the audience take a step back and understand how to prioritize wellbeing for themselves and their teams. I highly recommend Mollie! -Feeding America

Contact:

You can find her on twitter @molliewest

Email: hello at molliewestduffy dot com