REF Northern Virginia
Leaders Powered by Collective Intelligence
REF brings together business owners from diverse, non-competing companies into 'CEO Advisory Roundtables'
Designed to help them grow their businesses and enhance their lives. Our members, representing a variety of sectors, meet monthly for collaborative learning and exchange. These Mastermind groups offer feedback, solutions, and accountability, fostering a supportive community.
Looking for executive coaching in Northern VA?
While there are many options, REF offers more. Why? Because when it comes to achieving your goals and improving your leadership skills, there's nothing quite like the power of peer advisors.
REF provides a unique space where members gain clarity to make their most important and challenging business, professional and personal decisions.
Selective trust-based Forum Groups made up of top-tier business leaders (by invitation only).
Forum Groups led by Forum leaders with business experience.
Case method.
Holistic approach: Personal, professional, and business growth.
Continuous education through leading professionals.
Introspection, reflection, and planning.
REF is an exclusive experience where executives from a variety of industries share experiences, insights, and challenges. Through regular meetings and facilitated discussions, REF Members gain valuable perspectives, feedback, resources, and support they simply can't get from traditional coaching or consulting.
REF, formerly "Renaissance Executive Forums" is a global organization that brings together peer advisory boards for top-tier business executives.
Forum Groups are the core of the different REFs memberships.
Members access the Collective Intelligence of their Peers in an environment of Trust and Confidentiality.
Founded in the USA 30 years ago.
The answer is simple: peer groups offer a trusted group of executives that just can't be matched by working with a single coach. In a peer group, you'll not only learn from a diverse group of executives, you’ll build lasting relationships to help you succeed for years to come.
REF provides valuable guidance from your peers, your Forum Leader and thought leaders. For 20 years, CEOs and business owners have relied on the REF community to become better leaders and achieve better results in Northern Virginia.
So, if you're ready to take your leadership skills to the next level, it's time to explore the benefits of REF peer groups.
Improved decision-making
Accelerated personal, professional and business growth
Global network of Business Leaders
Meaningful relationships
At REF, Members tap into the wisdom that emerges from the Collective Intelligence of their Peers in an environment of trust and confidentiality.
We propel Collective Intelligence through a personal, professional, and business development approach.
We believe evolved and connected leaders are a positive force in the world.
Meet our Team in REF Northern Virginia
I lead a community of REF in Northern Virginia (NOVA). Our team of Forum Leaders helps progressive executives learn together in a confidential and trusted community. We provide Forum members continuous access to the collective intelligence of their peers, so they can make better decisions, scale their businesses, and grow as leaders.
I’m an ICF (International Coach Federation) credentialed Leadership and Executive Coach (PCC level), Instructor and Facilitator, and Program Manager with over 25 years of practical business, managerial, and leadership experience in Fortune 500 companies, such as IBM and Siemens. As a Forum Leader, I support executives through providing an opportunity to share challenges and best practices while leveraging the collective experience and expertise of the group for the purpose of self-development, growing the business and getting results.
I help executives in tech and STEM be great leaders. The outcome: increased bottom-line results, deeper customer relationships, stronger leadership bench-strength, and a culture of creativity and innovation. As a scientist in my 'previous life', with a PhD in physics, several patents in the field of OLEDs, and expertise in autonomous driving and speech recognition I can connect well with analytical leaders, especially scientists, engineers and technology professionals. I am able to help them and their teams change behavior and close performance gaps. When I'm not at work, you can find me section hiking the Appalachian Trail or sailing the Chesapeake Bay.
After spending fifteen years as an M&A Investment Banking professional working with successful business owners and their teams, Kathi became a certified executive coach and formed Golden Leadership Coaching. She is a trusted advisor to senior leadership where she assists and develops executives into the effective leaders they desire to be. She specializes in providing executive and leadership coaching and consulting services to entrepreneurs and senior executives and their leadership teams in finance, technology, analytical/engineering, Non-Profit and Government Contracting. As a REF Forum Leader, Kathi adds the power of peer insights and perspectives to the equation as she helps leaders navigate change and get to the next level.
Our Purpose
Is to accelerate the personal, professional, and business evolution of our Members, because we believe evolved and connected leaders are a positive force in the world.
CEO, Owner, President, or equivalent.
SMB: $5M-$30M in revenue.
Corporate: $30M-$300M in revenue.
Large Corporations: More than $300M in revenue.
C-Suite and upper management.
Corporate: $30M-$300M in revenue.
Large Corporations: More than $300M in revenue.
Testimonials
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“A CEO Advisory Group offers business leaders a vital opportunity, especially for those facing tough decisions and feeling isolated in their roles.”
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“Lee Self is a remarkable leader—selfless, compassionate, and deeply insightful. Her peer group has been invaluable, serving as my informal Executive Board for NSS.”
