Cailin K. O'Riordan Coaching
LEADERSHIP IS EVER-EVOLVING
Just like a kaleidoscope, leadership is dynamic and always shifting. We help you strategize with clarity, integrate new insights seamlessly, and elevate your impact - driving growth for you, your team, and your organization.
Services
Executive and Team Coaching
Coaching that expands agency, sharpens clarity, and enhances leadership judgement and foresight
Leader Observations
Feedback that strengthens presence, influence, and how leaders show up in key moments
Leader and Team Assessments
Actionable insights that clarify strengths, surface opportunities, and guide development
Philosophy
INTEGRITY
Ensuring the ethical foundation of our work and the quality of our guidance from the onset.
TRANSPARENCY
Emphasizing a willingness to raise difficult issues in ways that are thoughtful and effective.
COLLABORATION
Serving as accountability partners and trusted advisors in sharing perceptions, insights and practical approaches to leadership dilemmas.
COMPLEXITY
Helping clients pay attention to the holistic nature of organizations and the importance of alignment to enable effective strategy execution.
CAPABILITY
Working continuously to ensure leaders, teams, and organizations are better equipped for future challenges that will inevitably arise.
Client Experiences
Representative Clients
Healthcare Systems & Medical Organizations
McKesson Specialty Healthcare
The Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Permanente
The Cooper Companies
Queensland Health
Australian Lung Foundation
United Healthcare
Anthelio Healthcare
Biotechnology, Pharma & Life Sciences
Audentes Therapeutics
Third Harmonic Bio
Better Therapeutics
Genentech
Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Karyopharm Therapeutics
Gilead Sciences
Day One Bio
Astellas Pharma
Technology & Digital Platforms
Autodesk
Logitech
Equinix
VMware
Zendesk
Splunk
CSSI
Turntide Technologies
Western Digital
MongoDB
DoorDash
Salesforce
Moloco
Hinge Health
Corporate, Financial, & Education
Corporate & Consumer:
Nike
Flight Centre
Finance & Professional Services:
Suncorp Australia
Essex Property Trust
AVALT Private Equity Firm
Kapor Capitol Private Equity Firm
Wheeler Accountants
Capgemini
Beveridge & Diamond PC
Education & Nonprofit:
Queensland University of Technology
American Institute of Architects
Cailin O'Riordan, PhD and Partners
Dr. Cailin O’Riordan, Ph.D., is an executive coach and trusted advisor. Cailin works closely with leaders in support of their efforts to develop their leadership capabilities, their team effectiveness and to transform their ever-evolving organizations. With Cailin, clients are able to examine their strategy and organization architecture, aligning the company’s design, culture, and leadership with the strategic needs and goals of the business.
Clients appreciate her ability to think critically and creativity about complex issues, quickly seeing underlying patterns and root-causes, and define strategic priorities clearly in order to solve critical challenges. These characteristics are combined with her practical, direct style which enables clients to 'get it done'.
With a background in academia and senior executive roles in talent management and organizational effectiveness, Cailin has helped create exceptional environments for some of the world's most recognized corporation, which gives her hands-on experience in several industries and markets.
Cailin has authored and co-authored publications on interpersonal communication, nonverbal communication, health communication and leadership effectiveness. She holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in the field of Interpersonal Communication, with a specialization in quantitative and mixed-methodologies.
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In addition to her independent coaching practice, Cailin co-founded an executive coaching network, Collective Wisdom Coaches. This referral-based network allows her clients to benefit from like-minded coaching approaches and methodologies at scale. This collective is founded on the philosophy that partnerships with and community amongst leadership experts yields better outcomes for her clients.
cailin@cko-consulting.com • 415.515.0055
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving clients globally