Executive Coaching and Targeted Career Consulting with Pian Shu, Ph.D.
I help senior professionals overcome complex workplace challenges through a unique blend of effective problem-solving, intuitive insights, and mindfulness guidance. My approach empowers you to achieve professionally rewarding outcomes while cultivating the clarity and creative energy essential for sustained excellence.
Whether you‘re an academic navigating the path to tenure, a business professional seeking career advancement, or an executive juggling multiple responsibilities, I provide tailored coaching that addresses your specific needs. Achieving success shouldn't come at the cost of well-being—my methods help you not only reach your objectives but also genuinely enjoy the journey of growth and discovery.
“During a recent career and life transition, Pian offered me insightful perspectives that helped me embrace new changes and challenges. Her sessions were not only practically useful, but more importantly, in a seemingly magical way, allowed us to see the problems I was facing from entirely new angles and take a creative approach to assessing and ultimately overcoming them.”
Emily H., Social Science Researcher
About Me
My passion for providing executive coaching and career consultations grew from my experiences teaching at Harvard Business School, the Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business, and Boston University. As a professor, I taught a range of topics, including business strategy, operations management, and design thinking. I guided students on how to think through complex business cases and encouraged them to challenge conventional wisdom.
My experiences teaching in dynamic, discussion-driven classrooms have shaped how I approach coaching and consultation sessions. My methods combine active listening, guided questioning, pattern recognition, and insight discovery. In addition, I also incorporate my training as a mindfulness mentor, which deepens my ability to help you develop mental clarity and focus as you navigate complex career decisions and leadership challenges.
By diving into your unique perspective rather than following a one-size-fits-all playbook, our work together will generate strategies and solutions that align with your priorities, strengths, and real-world constraints.
My educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. My academic research on innovation, entrepreneurship, and labor productivity has been published in leading economics and management journals. In my spare time, I enjoy hiking and films.
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Where Clarity Meets Purposeful Action
From a clear understanding of where we are, we forge a path that progresses toward our visions and purposes. Our mind has a focus, and our actions become cohesive rather than scattered. As a result, we build a circle of momentum and commitment to create positive change.