Sherry Richards

Sherry is an accomplished executive coach and psychologist with over 25 years of experience. She is committed to meaningful engagements that advance the effectiveness of individuals, teams, and businesses. Conceptual, yet practical, she quickly focuses on priorities and uses an evidence-based approach to build awareness and support changes where needed. 

She is known for a high degree of warmth, business savvy, and urgency for results. She connects readily with leaders to candidly assess individual, team, or organizational needs as well as possibilities shaped by competing priorities. 

Sherry’s coaching approach is strengths-based and relationship oriented, emphasizing self-determination and awareness of competing priorities which generally includes delving into personal life/goals/values. She starts with the expectation that an executive has many positives that have contributed to significant career achievements, with developmental opportunities that may include increasing flexibility, ensuring strengths do not over-function, illuminating blind spots, and addressing under-developed abilities or feedback. 

In business settings, her coaching blends awareness of business goals and human behavior.  Sherry’s clinical populations have included executives, rising business and university leaders.  Her experience in medical/healthcare settings has included executive development and conflict resolution in multiple healthcare businesses, strategic planning for a statewide health consortium, instruction of Pharm. D. and Ph.D. candidates in a university medical center, and a 2-year research fellowship in behavioral medicine. 

She received her Ph.D., Psychology, from the University of Miami; MS, Management, Georgia State University; MSW, The University of Georgia; BS, Shorter University.