For leaders at the threshold.
Welcome to AWE7. Pull up a chair. I’m Maria, and this is my boutique leadership practice. AWE7 offers competency-based coaching, training, and advisory for leaders at the threshold. Whether you are a student stepping into leadership, a faculty member taking on a department, or a professional newly trusted with a team, you are in the right place.
Shocking, we know, but leaders are human too. They need to be heard, a space to exhale, to laugh until the tears roll, and to have honest conversations that hit home, so they leave freshly inspired to lead with new vigor. That is the human edge we are all wired for. In an age of intelligent machines, AWE7 helps you lead with their support while keeping leadership deeply, unmistakably human.
Human experiences delivered for
- University of California, Merced
- University of Texas at Austin
- Merced College
- Loyola College, Chennai
- Loyola College USA Alumni Chapter
- JDAX, Santhome
- Hitachi, Chennai
- ADEM, Chennai
- Mystic Media House, Madurai
After your last training day, what could your people actually do differently by Monday (and no, a five-star survey doesn’t count)?
The degree got them through the door, but once the shine wears off, do they bring the steadiness and ownership the job quietly expects?
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Start where you’re curious.
Framework
The seven human capacities, the Mastery Pathway, and why AWE7 is competency-based by design.
Explore the framework → 02Method
Assess. Weigh. Educate. How every engagement is diagnosed before it’s designed, powered by the AWE7 Pulses.
See the method → 03Programs
The AWE7 Day, the Series, the Insight Brief, and Career-Ready Scholars.
See the programs → 04About
Meet Dr. Maria Albert, and why wellbeing and excellence belong together.
Meet Maria → 05Events
Free AWE7 skills sessions are coming to YouTube. Be the first to know.
What’s coming →Own the AWE.
An AWE7 Leader doesn’t compete with change. They lead through it, with the human capacities no revolution can replace.
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Every AWE7 Leader starts with a conversation. Tell us about your organization and goals, and we’ll be in touch within two business days.
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