Hi, I’m Kim Liebhauser.
If you've landed here, there's a good chance someone in your life has told you who you should be, what you should want, or what success is supposed to look like for you.
I'm here to gently and firmly hand that back to them.
After 38 years in federal leadership – moving from first-line supervisor to executive with over 700 people in my charge across the West - I had thousands of one-on-one conversations. The one that mattered most were never about job performance. They were about the person sitting across from me who was stuck in their own head and couldn't get out of their own way.
My job, as I saw it, was to hold up a mirror and refuse to let them stay small.
The Truth About Me
I'm an Enneagram 8 and I've been called a Truth Teller and a Conflict Navigator - and both are accurate.
The Truth Teller part used to be more blunt than it needed to be. I've learned that truth without love and timing just lands as noise. Now I say the hard thing when it matters, in a way people can actually receive it.
The Conflict Navigator part surprises people - I don't particularly enjoy conflict. What I love is what's on the other side of it. Stronger relationships. Clearer teams. People who went through something hard together and came out more themselves. I've learned to see the way through, because what's waiting on the other side is worth it.
That's what I bring to coaching.
Credentials
38+ years of leadership experience in public service, from field teams to statewide executive roles
Certified Enneagram Coach, trained to use it for real transformation, not just typing
Student of identity, self-awareness, and what it actually means to lead as yourself
Lifelong learner, wife, mom, grandma - still figuring things out alongside everyone else
