20+ Years Construction Industry Experience
Prosci Change Management Certified
Organizational Design Experience
Recovery
Informed Leadership
When Work No Longer Fits the Reality People Are Operating In
Organizations rarely fail because their people don't care or their leaders can't lead. They fail because the systems themselves create pressure that nobody can sustain.
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Roles grow without clarity. Schedules leave no margin. Accountability is uneven. Change is introduced without support, then blamed on "resistance" when it doesn't stick.
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Pressure moves downstream. Leaders absorb it. Teams carry it. Burnout becomes normalized. Turnover feels inevitable. Safety, trust, and performance quietly erode long before anyone names the issue.
By the time leadership gets labeled the problem, the damage is already done. People aren't failing; they're responding exactly as the system designed them to.
Fixing this doesn’t start with motivation or mindset. It starts with redesigning how work functions.
A More Thoughtful Way to Work
Align operations, leadership, and people, so performance holds up under real-world pressure.
Copper Penny Coaching helps organizations examine how work is structured, how leaders are supported, and how expectations show up day to day.
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This work blends operational clarity, leadership support, and recovery-informed insight, guided by disciplined change management, so improvements don’t fall apart when things get busy.
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The result is work that performs without relying on burnout, leaders who can lead realistically, and teams that last longer because the environment finally makes sense.
What Changes When Work Is Designed Well
Reduce
Preventable Turnover
When expectations are clear and pressure is managed intentionally, people stop burning out, and stop leaving.
Support Leaders Without Breaking Them
Leaders get structure
and clarity instead of absorbing pressure
alone after promotions
or during growth.
Strengthen Safety and Decision
Making
Clear accountability and communication improve
judgement under pressure, where mistakes are most costly.
Make Change Actually Stick
Change is guided, supported, and reinforced so new ways of working don’t
quietly revert.
For 20 years, I worked across every level of construction, from the front desk and jobsite to workforce development and regional operations.
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I thought I had mastered balancing operational demands with people management, until my own burnout showed me what was missing. My recovery journey revealed that the same principles helping individuals heal can also transform how organizations operate.
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What makes Copper Penny Coaching different?
Most consultants have theory but lack AEC experience. Most recovery coaches understand personal healing but lack corporate credibility.
I have both.
Meet Monica
Recovery Wisdom Meets Real-World Results
A Clear, Low-Drama Process
Understand the Pressure
We identify where work design, expectations, and leadership strain intersect.
Redesign What Isn’t Working
Roles, workflows, and accountability are clarified to reduce chronic stress.
Guide the
Change
Using Prosci principles, we support adoption so people know what's changing and why.
Support What Sticks
Fractional engagement ensures improvements hold up as the
business evolves.
Trusted by Leaders Who Get Real Results
"I finally felt like someone understood both the work and the weight of it."
— Project Executive
“Monica helped me see what I couldn’t see on my own, without making me feel wrong.”
— Project Scheduler
“This work didn’t just help our organization. It helped me breathe again.”
— Regional Controller
No judgment. No fluff. No fixing. Just clear, grounded support inside real work.
Ready to Stop Patching and Start Fixing?
Book a free call to explore how addressing systems instead of symptoms can transform your workplace challenges into sustainable solutions.
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