About
I am Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro. I work with senior accomplished women at the executive level.
I have been a CEO for twelve years and a senior leader for a decade before that. Across that arc I have built and launched programs, businesses, and campaigns at the multi-million-dollar level, carrying full P&L, board, and team responsibility throughout. Today I am the CEO of the USTA Mid-Atlantic Foundation, where I am leading a capital campaign and signature programs for women and girls.
I hold an M.S. in Management, Strategy, and Leadership. I am ICF Level 2 trained, Gallup Strengths Certified, and YNAB Coach Certified. I have been coaching formally for two years and informally for much longer than that, in board rooms, around dinner tables, and at the edges of long days, with the women who kept asking me to think with them.
Beyond the credentials
I am the mother of a teenage daughter and a teenage son. I serve on the boards of community organizations whose work I believe in and volunteer in causes that matter to me. I am the dog mom of one very loved animal who does not care about any of the above. I read fiction, mostly romance, and nonfiction, mostly biographies. I am an Enneagram 8, INFP, High D, and the kind of person whose top CliftonStrengths are Deliberative, Adaptability, Relator, Futuristic, and Ideation. The shape of all of that informs how I show up in a coaching session, in a board meeting, and at home.
What the practice is for
The practice is for senior accomplished women who have built the life and have started questioning whether it is the life they actually wanted. SVP, VP, senior director, executive level. Often a partner. Often a mother. Good at her job. Tired.
She does not need career advice. She does not need a productivity hack. She needs a thinking partner qualified across the dimensions her actual life spans, not just one of them.
How the work happens
The work is integrated. Coaching, financial coaching, strengths work, identity work, executive advisory. Most coaches focus on one of these. The practice does all five, and they reinforce each other, because the woman's problem is rarely contained in one lane.
The work begins with the Clarity Snapshot, the six-dimension diagnostic at the front of the practice. Energy, Alignment, Money, Direction, Self-Authorship, Purpose. The Snapshot gives us a shared map of where you are before we move anything.
My greatest challenge was that I struggled with confidence in new work situations. I think it was best described as imposter syndrome. Better understanding my strengths and how they can be used to overcome these challenges was so helpful. — JS, coaching client
A note on money
Some women come to me specifically for the financial coaching work, which has its own page on the site. The short version: my family carried more than one hundred thousand dollars in debt at one point and walked it back to zero through the same kind of disciplined, plan-based work I do with clients now. The certifications followed.
Where to begin
The Clarity Snapshot is the entry point for most women. Eight to ten minutes, your snapshot delivered within minutes, organized by dimension. If you already know which format fits, you can book a Clarity Hour or apply for the Container directly.
If you want to ask a question first, write to hello@tarafitzpatricknavarro.com. I read every email.