Tracy Podell, Senior Partner at Evolution, has first-hand experience building the plane while she flies it. After years working in marketing in early-stage startups that achieved explosive growth and acquisition by companies like Viacom and Tinder, she’s seen the pitfalls and challenges executives can (and inevitably will) encounter during their company’s toughest growth challenges.
Tracy works with startups and iconic tech companies like Slack, Headspace, Amazon and Dropbox, family and impacting investing offices like Builders Vision and S2G, along with fashion and beauty retail like Abercrombie, Osea and Ilia.
Tracy is highly sought-after for helping grow executives into the the next phase of their leadership, be it taking on a bigger role than ever before or leading the company through an intense growth phase. Key areas of focus are communication, influence, emotional intelligence and reactivity, team management, imposter syndrome and strategic thinking. She has a strong background in communication coaching and is frequently brought in to work with executive teams on alignment, building trust and processing conflict.
With a unique background in theater and improvisation, Tracy utilizes her creative side to support her clients with public speaking, storytelling and executive presence. She is also passionate about empowering women leaders, launched Evolution’s Women’s Startup Circles, the Women’s Career Reinvention Lab program and is often asked to speak on Women’s Leadership.
Certifications include: Coaches Training International (CTI) Certified | CoActive Professional Coach Certified | Certified Professional Positive Intelligence Coach | and International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Enneagram and Somatics
“Before I had a baby, my career was my whole life. Once my daughter was born and I returned to work, I realized I needed a new way of working. I sought out a coach to help me with that big transition and found Tracy. Tracy has helped me with so much more than just navigating my new work life. She’s guided me through a big promotion and my first time in the C-suite, helped me find my voice as a leader in my organization, and led me to find more time for joy in my day to day life. Her advice is both strategic and tactical and she’s given me so many tools that I use on a daily basis.”
“Nothing is more critical to building a high-performing executive team than trust and the ability to process conflict. Tracy played two important roles for Loop in pursuit of having such a team. As a 1-1 coach for our executives, she helped them process their interpersonal challenges and take a Powerful mindset into them. As a facilitator in our team sessions, she equipped us with the tools and conversational frameworks to process our issues effectively and productively move forward. Hearing our team use the language and tools Tracy gave on a daily basis is the surest sign of the positive impact she’s had on our team!”