Leigh Stallings

Succession Planning Consultant/Executive Coach

Leigh Stallings has over 25 years of progressive Human Resources experience, she has dedicated her career to building high-performing teams, developing strong organizational cultures, and coaching leaders to reach their full potential. Her Human Resources journey spans across diverse industries, where she has led strategic initiatives in talent development, organizational effectiveness, and leadership coaching.

As a certified 360 Feedback Coach, she specializes in helping executives gain meaningful insights into their leadership styles, turning feedback into actionable growth. She has partnered with senior leaders and C-suite executives to enhance performance, drive engagement, and align teams with business strategy.

Her approach blends strategic HR leadership with a deep commitment to individual development, enabling organizations to thrive through empowered, high-impact teams and confident, self-aware leaders. Leigh uses an empathetic coaching style, which encourages leaders not only to embrace feedback but also to leverage it as a catalyst for personal and professional advancement. Her commitment to continuous learning and her ability to adapt to evolving business challenges has made her a trusted advisor within the HR community.

She is based out of Atlanta, GA where she enjoys hiking, playing pickleball and spending time with her three daughters and two grandchildren.

Elizabeth Young Conti

Senior Human Resources Consultant

Ryan Allen

Digital Marketing and Video Production Specialist

Sharon Morris

Assessments Guru/Executive Coach

As a Coach, Sharon motivates top-level management to build stronger teams to improve results. She is an expert in leadership development, team building, and management effectiveness.

Sharon partners with her clients to assess the most strategic, results-oriented action plans needed to work through challenging personal and professional issues. Clients appreciate her direct approach, objectivity, and mentoring style.

Sharon is licensed to facilitate the Everything DiSC Library of assessments, including the 363 for Leaders, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team based on the work of Patrick Lencioni and using the complete suite of the PXT Pre Selection Hiring assessments. Sharon also works with leaders at all levels in the organization through her comprehensive training programs. She uses this expertise to assist  SUCCESSIONapp® clients to bring objectivity to the succession planning process.

Shari Goodwin

Executive Coach

Shari Goodwin is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, business strategist, author, TEDx speaker, and horsewoman with over 25 years of experience, including starting four businesses and serving as Director of Program Strategy for a global engineering firm. One of the start-ups, an IT staffing and consulting firm, generated $2.1 million in its first year. As a former environmental scientist, she led the creation of winning proposals valued to $65 million and directed the development of science and engineering analyses for federal court litigation, including the US Supreme Court.

An executive leadership coach for 15 years, Shari helps leaders and teams position for optimum impact and quality of life. She is the author of two inspirational Amazon best-sellers, Take the Reins! 7 Secrets to Inspired Leadership, and Reinventing Greatness: Leading Yourself & Others Through Change with Confidence & Trust, and holds a Master’s degree in biology with undergraduate degrees in Zoology and English. Her equine-assisted leadership programs have served hundreds including the Federal Executive Institute, the World Bank, and many leadership teams. Shari was a founding member of the Board for George Mason University’s Women in Business Initiative, was the 2020 Board Chair of the Women’s Business Council for the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the International Coach Federation.

She and her husband live with two rescue dogs, two barn cats, and five horses on a farm in Virginia.