About Adaptive Talent

Brad Herbert is a certified Leadership Coach (CPCC, PCC) with 30 years in HR spanning multiple sectors, countries, fast- growth start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies. He was the VP, Talent Development and Organizational Effectiveness for Electronic Arts’ 9,000 employees, and prior to that the VP of HR for its 15 worldwide studios. He’s been the HR Leader for two start-ups and began his career in Silicon Valley working at Netscape and EA during their hyper-growth years.

It’s been quite a ride, and since 2008 he’s had the incredible privilege of contributing to others’ success via his own practice, where he specializes in cultivating adaptability via leadership assessments, coaching and leadership development for individuals and executive teams, and consulting with executive teams to improve execution while scaling their companies’ culture and capabilities via organizational development.

His clients are usually CEOs and their direct reports in high-growth organizations. They are committed to achieving goals in all areas of their lives, and creating thriving, adaptable businesses where people love to work. Promoted to a Vice President and relocated to a new country at age 35, Brad truly understands the experience and pressure executives feel when trying to simultaneously execute strategies and develop the capacity of themselves and the company. Blending progressive talent theory and strategies, pragmatism, and a positive, casual style Brad’s partnership helps leaders achieve results, develop outstanding leaders, and strategically approach people and culture development to stay ahead of the growth curve and thrive in increasing complexity and disruption.

Brad has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Michigan State University, a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and graduate of the Leadership Program from the Co-Active Training Institute, is certified as a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation, and holds certifications in The Leadership Circle Profile, the Collective Leadership Assessment for leadership teams, the Leadership System, and Hogan assessments. He has a deep interest and additional training in adult development (the Immunity to Change and MindShift methodologies), neuroscience, and progressive approaches to organizational adaptability, leadership, and culture. Brad is married, loves learning, writing, travel, dogs, and experimenting with nutrition, exercise, and meditation. He is a member of the ICF Vancouver chapter where he was a finalist for the 2016 Coach Impact Award.

Katie Scott has over 20 years of experience leading teams to design and deliver exceptional compensation and benefit programs across both public and private organizations. Over these years, she has been able to design creative and relevant performance management systems and tools, deliver complex compensation programs, and drive employee engagement through recognition programs. She has supported and advised public company boards, responding to each unique need and expectation.

Most recently, she led Total Rewards at Universal Music Group (the largest music company in the world) where she designed their first global job structure, created salary structures, implemented innovative benefit programs, installed Workday for most employees, and worked with parent company Vivendi to redesign the cash incentive program.

Prior roles include leading teams at Lam Research, LSI organization (now Broadcom), FormFactor, Cypress Semiconductor, Shutterfly, and WorkHuman. She has a BA degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Drexel University.

Katie is a unique compensation professional with the ability to both think and design strategically, but also to roll up her sleeves and do whatever tactical work needs to be done.  With her background and connections, she can help:

• Navigate executive and board compensation offers and packages
• Develop meaningful incentive programs to drive business results
• Create or refresh compensation and job structures
• Design equity compensation programs that will align with shareholders’ requirements
• Evaluate the competitiveness of your overall compensation programs
• Resolve internal pay equity concerns
• Build compensation committee presentation materials to convey desired outcomes
• Act as interim Compensation leader

Sara brings 20+ years’ leadership experience to support organizations and individuals with big dreams and ambitious goals. Sara is passionate about the role that purpose-inspired leaders, organizations, and companies have in strengthening communities. She also knows that leadership can be fulfilling AND frustrating, even for dedicated, skilled, and creative people. Sara is a consultant, coach, facilitator, speaker, and the creator of Gauge Leadership Lab. Sara’s guidance offers her clients the tools and inspiration to address big challenges, do their best work, make a meaningful difference, and have fun doing it. Sara has served as an executive director, interim executive director, front-line volunteer, board chair, program director, and mentor. She draws upon leadership experience in the arts, higher education, health care, and public radio, and has honed her expertise through her work with clients in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Sara’s focus areas are:

• Leadership development: self-awareness (leadership capacities, limiting patterns); interpersonal and systems awareness; skill development (navigating conflict, fostering clarity, creating alignment); strengthening leadership presence and practice (applying insights to real-world challenges).
• Team effectiveness: tools and practices for building trust, strengthening communication, clarifying alignment, creating shared priorities.
• Coalition-building: design and facilitation of sector-based communities of practice (fostering trust; building shared knowledge; identifying shared interests and opportunities).

Sara obtained her MPA from the University of Alaska Southeast and a BA in Psychology from Trinity College. She received her executive coach training and certification through the ICF-accredited Coaches Training Institute and completed their year-long leadership development program. Sara is certified in Leadership Circle Profile; StrengthsFinder 2.0; and DiSC Workstyle Profile. A dedicated advocate of life-long learning, Sara teaches graduate-level courses on nonprofit leadership at Seattle University. Her commitment to social justice and racial equity has been profoundly shaped by nine years of service on the board of Arts Corps, as well as through continuing education with Cultures Connecting and the People’s Institute Northwest. She has also studied peacemaking practices from the Tagish Tlingit tradition of the Yukon Territory, with several circle keepers and restorative justice practitioners in the Pacific Northwest. A workshop enthusiast, she has pursued an eclectic range of interests, including improv comedy, meditation, and marketing. Still on the shortlist: Italian, mediation, yoga teacher training, and metal casting.