Virginia Bauman
Virginia Bauman

“Our otherness is a key that can unlock a doorway of compassion. If you walk through this doorway you will find powerful self-leadership.”

Virginia Bauman

Coach & Facilitator

Bio

Virginia coaches leaders to bring more of themselves to every situation leadership demands.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in software engineering from Virginia Tech and has been building companies ever since. A three-time founder, Virginia’s executive experience spans software to brick and mortar retail. She is a certified coach and uses the breadth of her experience to help her clients creatively confront the challenge of inhabiting the crucible of leadership. 

Her identity plays no small part in her coaching, and she believes a leader’s identity has a big part to play in their leadership. She coaches from the belief that our deeply personal inner work is our leadership foundation. She supports leaders building increasingly supportive organizations for underrepresented people.

After building companies in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Virginia is coaching and living with her family in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.

Reboot Podcast Episodes featuring Virginia

Wisdom for Work #19 – Strategic Delegation: Building Trust & Setting Clear Expectations

Wisdom for Work #19 // Jan 9, 2024

Wisdom for Work #19 – Strategic Delegation: Building Trust & Setting Clear Expectations

In this episode, Reboot Coaches Ali Schultz and Virginia Bauman dive into the world of delegation, highlighting the importance of clarity, trust, and accountability in the process. Virginia shares a valuable mental model for delegation, emphasizing the factors of individual readiness and task importance.

Wisdom for Work #13 – Accountability & Trust

Wisdom for Work 13 // February 14, 2023

Wisdom for Work #13 – Accountability & Trust

In this Wisdom for Work, Coaches Ali Schultz and Virginia Bauman illustrate why the key to accountability is healthy channels of communication and cultures of trust. They make important distinctions between leader-led and self-led accountability and share why one method is often more impactful than the other.

Wisdom for Work #23 – Cultivating Conditions of Courage

Wisdom for Work #23 // May 14, 2024

Wisdom for Work #23 – Cultivating Conditions of Courage

How can leaders create a safe space for honest conversations, even when those truths challenge the status quo? In this episode of Wisdom for Work, Reboot Coaches Ali Schultz and Virginia Bauman unpack the concept of “conditions of courage,” exploring how fostering psychological safety within teams goes hand-in-hand with individual leaders cultivating self-awareness about the conditions that empower them to be honest.

Check Out Virginia's Written Work

Neurodiversity in Leadership

Neurodiversity in Leadership

Creating workplaces where ADHD leaders feel included, accepted, and safe.

Leading in Times of Volatility: Questions to Sit With

Leading in Times of Volatility: Questions to Sit With

How curiosity, compassion, and creativity help us lead amidst choppy market conditions.

Beyond Accommodation: Advice for Building More Inclusive Organizations

Beyond Accommodation: Advice for Building More Inclusive Organizations

How curiosity, compassion, and creativity help us lead amidst choppy market conditions.