About
Elizabeth Dean is an executive leadership coach who works on the human component of high‑performance business, turning senior leaders into influential communicators who lead with courage, clarity and intentionality. She has coached more than 450 individuals and groups.
Coaching entered her life from the client's side of the table. At a pivotal crossroads of her own, she hired a coach, wanting something more actionable than therapy. The experience changed the direction of her career. Not long after she finished her training at the Coaches Training Institute, a recruiting CEO's confidence in her, “We've got coaching clients! Can you take them??”, put her fully into the work.
Her north star is Shawn Achor's The Happiness Advantage, the TED talk that moved her from thinking about coaching to actually pursuing it. Outside the work, what she loves is collective experience: concerts, shows, gatherings that bring people together around a shared story.
A performer and trainer at Walt Disney World, then years across technology, hospitality and entertainment. Presence was her job.
The craft she practiced professionally is the craft she teaches: how to hold a room, and how to say the hard thing well.
Where the practice has been, and who she works with.
Partnered since 2016, coaching executives on leadership and career transition for a firm Forbes named among America’s best executive search firms.
Premier Platinum coach since 2019, working with leaders at global organizations.
Travels nationally with a Top‑100 CEO delivering on‑site leadership and development workshops.
Co‑leads member credentialing office hours, helping other coaches earn the credentials she holds.
PCC with the International Coaching Federation. CPCC with the Coaches Training Institute.
“We are feeling machines that think. I coach leaders to master the internal and external human dynamics that drive every KPI.”
The fastest way to know whether someone is the right coach for you is a conversation with them.
How the work actually runs
Approach