Lisa Higgins is an Executive Coach and Enneagram Practitioner focused on helping founders and senior leaders navigate the complex pressures they face with greater ease and purpose. She provides trusted partnership, bringing clarity to dilemmas and transforming challenging seasons into meaningful growth. Working with leaders across industries – from professional services to INGOs to social enterprises – she brings a highly personal approach rooted in the understanding that work is an expression of who you are and that external growth requires internal work. Lisa’s clients gain game-changing insights into their leadership journey and key relationships, as well as practical tools to turn these insights into action.
Background
Lisa partners with founders and senior leaders across industries – from INGOs to professional services to social enterprises. Lisa’s international experience and perspective comes from living in France and the UK, and working with clients across five continents. She speaks on the Enneagram as a transformational leadership tool at institutions including INSEAD and Bard’s MBA in Sustainability program.
Lisa draws from her background in education, including seven years as an expatriate educator in Paris and her experience with Teach for America. Her approach is informed by training in conscious leadership, self-leadership principles, somatic practices, neuroscience, and Internal Family Systems. Her clients consistently report improved ability to lead authentically, transform challenging team dynamics, navigate difficult conversations, and implement sustainable leadership practices.
Lisa holds an M.Phil., individual and team Enneagram certifications, and Martha Beck Wayfinder certification. She serves as Chair of the Advisory Board at Period Reality, facilitator at Opportunity Collaboration, and volunteers with Migrant Aid and Mamatoto Village in Washington, DC.
Expertise
- Partnership Dynamics, Team Relationships
- Strategic Navigation of Change and Career Milestones
- Authentic, Effective Communication
- Sustainable Leadership Practices
- Enneagram-Based Leadership Development
- Three-Center Intelligence (Mental, Emotional, Somatic)
- Integrating Emotional Intelligence into Talent Selection
Industries
- Consulting
- Professional Services
- Financial Services
- INGOs
- Social Enterprises
- Education/Academia
Education & Affiliations
- Period Reality – Chair, Advisory Board
- Opportunity Collaboration – Facilitator
- Migrant Aid – Volunteer
- Mamatoto Village, Washington DC – Volunteer
