Honor Hawkins

Making High Performance Healthy

Honor Hawkins, MA, NBC-HWC, is a national board-certified coach and seasoned communications strategist who helps senior leaders expand capacity and impact.As Senior Counsel at Mackey Strategies, Honor specializes in executive coaching. She offers personalized coaching sessions, team engagements, and strategic guidance to empower leaders to excel sustainably.

With expertise rooted in the science of health and well-being, Honor coaches the whole person, not just the professional role. She works with leaders to identify blind spots, clarify priorities, and design practical strategies that move them from where they are to where they want to be. Her coaching frameworks help clients boost motivation, manage their energy, and understand the psychology of leadership so they can manage through stress and lead from a place of strength.

Expertise in Coaching and Communication

As a board-certified coach passionate about human flourishing, Honor brings both rigorous science and hard-won insight to help leaders build the inner foundation that makes lasting excellence possible. Her areas of expertise include:

• Behavior Change & Goal Clarity: Structured processes to identify obstacles, clarify aspirations, and build personal accountability for meaningful change.

• Leader Vitality: Practical, research-backed strategies to protect and restore the physical, psychological, and emotional energy that fuels leadership effectiveness.

• Burnout Prevention: Evidence-based approaches for identifying risk factors and developing proactive, personalized resilience.

• Leadership Transitions: Coaching and sustained support for navigating complexity, change, and high demand with clarity and confidence.

• Strategic communications: Consulting to help leaders, teams, and organizations to clarify their vision, define their voice, and strengthen communications that build connection, trust, and alignment.

Honor's approach helps ensure that her clients don't have to choose between performing well and living well.

Credentials and Community

In addition to coaching, Honor is a seasoned communications strategist with senior experience at complex organizations that include Vanderbilt University and Toyota Motor Corporation. She holds a master’s degree in communication management from USC Annenberg and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. She is dedicated to boosting professional and personal well-being for leaders committed to creating positive ripples at work and beyond.