About Rita |
Dr. Rita Webster
Founder, WiseLeader, LLC
Executive Coach for Women and Chief Leadership Officer
Rita Webster, Ph.D. is a masterful leadership advisor, trainer, team facilitator and executive coach for women. She designs leadership programming for executive teams, runs Women's Roundtables and helps leaders build confidence to lead change well.
As an executive coach for women, Rita is inspired by the difference leadership development for women makes in the lives of corporate executive leaders. Her clients become more confident and contribute at higher levels with less stress.
Rita understands the importance of building a professional network for women. She knows first-hand how hard it is to find time outside of work and family to build those valuable relationships. She designed and runs the Executive Womens Change Leadership Roundtable for female executives from non-competing organizations to have a confidential space to tell it like it is, get support, share new ideas and build relationships with like-minded leaders.
Rita serves as a job transition coach for executive women leaders when they are looking for a bigger role or are in the job market for a new role. She coaches women through the Land A Job You’ll Love process that she designed. She also serves as an executive team development facilitator for teams who want to work together better, lead change and have big decisions to make.
Rita holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is certified as a global team coach.
In addition to her work as an executive coach for women, Rita is a Founding Mother of Awesome Women a nonprofit focused on creating a world in which “every woman’s voice makes a difference.” She was instrumental in co-designing the signature speaking and executive presence process for the organization.
Rita has co-lead the prestigious ACE Leadership Program with Margaret Anderson-Kelliher at the Minnesota High Tech Association, is a volunteer at Mentiium, a member of the Minnesota Change Management Network, the Performance Excellence Network and is a former board member of the Minnesota Organization Development Network.
Rita is a proud grandmother and an avid gardener. She spends her spare time entertaining or walking or biking with friends along the Mississippi River which is near her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Founder, WiseLeader, LLC
Executive Coach for Women and Chief Leadership Officer
Rita Webster, Ph.D. is a masterful leadership advisor, trainer, team facilitator and executive coach for women. She designs leadership programming for executive teams, runs Women's Roundtables and helps leaders build confidence to lead change well.
As an executive coach for women, Rita is inspired by the difference leadership development for women makes in the lives of corporate executive leaders. Her clients become more confident and contribute at higher levels with less stress.
Rita understands the importance of building a professional network for women. She knows first-hand how hard it is to find time outside of work and family to build those valuable relationships. She designed and runs the Executive Womens Change Leadership Roundtable for female executives from non-competing organizations to have a confidential space to tell it like it is, get support, share new ideas and build relationships with like-minded leaders.
Rita serves as a job transition coach for executive women leaders when they are looking for a bigger role or are in the job market for a new role. She coaches women through the Land A Job You’ll Love process that she designed. She also serves as an executive team development facilitator for teams who want to work together better, lead change and have big decisions to make.
Rita holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is certified as a global team coach.
In addition to her work as an executive coach for women, Rita is a Founding Mother of Awesome Women a nonprofit focused on creating a world in which “every woman’s voice makes a difference.” She was instrumental in co-designing the signature speaking and executive presence process for the organization.
Rita has co-lead the prestigious ACE Leadership Program with Margaret Anderson-Kelliher at the Minnesota High Tech Association, is a volunteer at Mentiium, a member of the Minnesota Change Management Network, the Performance Excellence Network and is a former board member of the Minnesota Organization Development Network.
Rita is a proud grandmother and an avid gardener. She spends her spare time entertaining or walking or biking with friends along the Mississippi River which is near her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.