Helping women and organizations move forward with clarity, confidence, strategy, and purpose
We provide executive and personal coaching, leadership development, brand and image strategy, curated experiences, and organizational consulting designed to help individuals and organizations move from intention to meaningful impact.
Move HER Forward Coaching & Consulting is the home of CHIEF The Ambitious Woman, our signature leadership platform established in 2025 to equip ambitious women and girls to lead with Courage, Honor, Influence, Excellence, and Fortitude.
Signature Events
Strategic Retreats
Thoughtfully designed retreats that create space for reflection, alignment, and meaningful planning. Each experience blends strategy, connection, and renewed focus around what matters most.
Intimate Gatherings
Beautifully curated gatherings designed for meaningful connection and memorable moments. Every detail is considered to create an atmosphere that feels personal, intentional, and elevated.
Leadership Experiences
Immersive experiences that bring leadership development to life beyond the traditional workshop. Designed to inspire reflection, strengthen connection, and create lasting impact.
Milestone Celebrations
Intentional celebrations that honor life’s meaningful moments, achievements, transitions, and promotions. Each experience is thoughtfully curated to reflect the significance of the occasion.
Signature Events
Distinctive, elevated events created around a meaningful purpose, theme, or vision. From concept through experience, every detail is designed to feel memorable, polished, and uniquely yours.
Curated Experiences
Margaret creates curated experiences that honor and celebrate life fully through retreats, your meaningful moments, and promotions.
Brand Strategy
Maragaret helps you clarify your vision, define your brand position, and build a strategy that sets you apart and drives lasting impact.
Image Consulting
Margaret elevates how you show up with confidence and authenticity, aligning your image with your brand and empowering you to make a powerful, lasting impression.
Master Fashion Stylist
As a Master Fashion Stylist, Margaret curates looks that reflect who you are, elevate your presence, and position you to lead powerfully in every room.
Thoughtfully Designed Personal and Professional Environments
Margaret designs beautiful, functional office and home spaces that inspire productivity, reflect your style, and create environments where you thrive.
Leadership & Organizational Consulting
Leadership Programs
Customized programs that strengthen leadership capability, confidence, and strategic thinking. Designed to help leaders grow, influence, and lead with greater impact.
Workshops
Interactive learning experiences that turn insight into action. Participants leave with practical tools, fresh perspectives, and strategies they can apply immediately.
Culture
Strategic support to help organizations shape intentional, values-driven cultures. We align people, purpose, and performance to create stronger workplaces.
Engagement
Focused strategies that strengthen connection, communication, and commitment. We help organizations create environments where employees feel invested and energized.
Belonging
Thoughtful solutions that foster respect, connection, and inclusion. We help create workplaces where people feel valued, seen, and empowered to contribute.
Corporate Partnerships
Customized partnerships designed around your organization’s unique goals. Together, we advance leadership, culture, engagement, and meaningful organizational impact.
Personal & Executive Coaching
Leadership Presence
Strengthen how you show up, lead, and inspire others with confidence, authenticity, and executive presence.
Strategic & Critical Thinking
Develop the clarity and perspective to assess complex situations, think beyond the immediate, and make thoughtful strategic moves.
Communication & Influence
Elevate your ability to communicate with confidence, navigate important conversations, and influence others with credibility and purpose.
Career & Leadership Advancement
Create a focused strategy for your next level—whether that means greater responsibility, a promotion, a career pivot, or expanded leadership opportunities.
Decision-making & Discernment
Build the confidence to make sound decisions, recognize what aligns with your goals, and know when to move forward, redirect, or say no.
Emotional Intelligence
Increase self-awareness, strengthen relationships, manage emotions effectively, and lead with greater empathy, resilience, and intention.
Personal Brand & Visibility
Clarify the value you bring and strategically position your expertise, presence, and reputation so the right people recognize your impact.
Legacy, Purpose & Impact
Define what matters most in this season of your life and leadership, then align your choices, influence, and work with the legacy you want to create.
Move HER Forward Coaching & Consulting is a woman-centered coaching and consulting firm focused on personal growth, professional advancement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and elevated experiences.
Meet Margaret
Margaret D. Finley, CPEC, CDP
Certified Personal & Executive Coach | Certified Diversity Professional
Founder & CEO, Move HER Forward Coaching & Consulting
Margaret draws on her executive experience, coaching expertise, leadership background, ability to navigate rooms and relationships, and your belief that women can pursue ambition without sacrificing peace.
The Move HER Forward Philosophy
Move HER Forward is more than our name. It is our commitment.
We help women identify what is holding them back, clarify where they want to go, and develop the confidence, strategy, presence, and support required to move forward.
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Clarify. Prepare. Position. Move.
Our Signature Leadership Platform
CHIEF The Ambitious Woman
Courage. Honor. Influence. Excellence. Fortitude.
Created by Move HER Forward Coaching & Consulting, CHIEF The Ambitious Woman equips ambitious women and girls to lead courageously, build meaningful influence, protect their peace, and create lasting legacies.
CHIEF The Ambitious Woman is a signature brand and platform of Move HER Forward Coaching & Consulting.
Move Forward With
Greater clarity
Stronger executive presence
Increased confidence
Intentional career strategy
A more powerful personal brand
Healthier boundaries
Stronger leadership capabilities
Purposeful experiences and environments
“Margaret possesses a keen understanding of how businesses operate, and she articulately communicates the indispensable role that diversity plays in the success of corporations. She effectively navigates complex situations, inspiring those around her to embrace diversity as a cornerstone for success.”
Charlene Bridges
Senior Director, Program Management & Business Transformation
“I engaged Margaret as my coach, to help me determine what my next adventure would be. She was absolutely wonderful at getting me to see what my heart and mind were telling me. Making clear my goals and aspirations.
She was able to give me 'assignments' for our next sessions, but allowed flexibility if life took me in another direction. I always left our sessions feeling energized and excited!”
Debra Savage Saulmon
Experienced Accounting, Finance and HR Professional
“Margaret's knowledge and experience in training and leadership development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Executive Coaching is unparalleled. She brings her true self; filled with passion, the desire to address the questions and issues that are difficult, but necessary in order to make an impact.”
Carmen G. West
Global HR Executive | People, Operations, & Culture Transformation | Human Capital Management Strategy
“Margaret is highly connected to the pulse of the community - from creating and leading her own nonprofit to her board service at other nonprofits and the numerous speaking engagements that she is sought out for.
It is exciting to see Margaret match her life purpose with her talent as a coach. She shines brightly in this role.”
Barbara Smoot
Independent Director | Business strategy resuscitator, renovator and rejuvenator
“Margaret invested time with me in realizing my individual strengths, well beyond my resume. She created a personalized experience that maximized confidence and executive presence and connected me to opportunities that propelled me to a new career height.”
Benita L. Gilliard, MBA
Program Management, Tech Privacy & Regulatory - Retired
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Curated Experiences & Events
Strategic Retreats
Intimate Gatherings
Leadership Experiences
Milestone Celebrations
Signature Events
Brand, Image & Space Curation
Personal and Professional Brand Identity
Executive Image
Thoughtfully Designed Personal and Professional Environments
Leadership & Organizational Consulting
Leadership Programs
Workshops
Culture
Engagement
Belonging
Corporate Partnerships
Personal & Executive Coaching
Leadership Presence
Strategic & Critical Thinking
Communication & Influence
Career & Leadership Advancement
Decision-making & Discernment
Emotional Intelligence
Personal Brand & Visibility
Legacy, Purpose & Impact
Move HER Forward Coaching & Consulting is a woman-centered coaching and consulting firm focused on personal growth, professional advancement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and elevated experiences.