Career Coaching

Seasoned professional with 7 years of experience in Consulting and Big Tech, with accelerated promotions, acing interviews and navigating workplace theatrics by retaining my authenticity. I have built a personal brand of being a no-drama straight shooter, who makes work light-hearted and fun. I am also known to come off as genuine and pleasant in my interviews. I specialise in helping people take off their corporate masks and portray their true self in resumes, behavioural interviews, so they are convinced of the persona they are selling and maximise their chances of getting offers.

I’ve spent over 15 years navigating the tech ecosystem, currently serving as a Senior Director and Business Value Consultant at Salesforce, backed by an MBA from Chicago Booth. My coaching bridges the gap between raw technical talent and executive-level business acumen. I don't focus on high-level theory; I focus on the tactical execution required to break into and climb the ranks at elite tech companies. My clients win because we treat the job search like a strategic sales pipeline. I work with you to master the networking mechanics of coffee chats, build a bulletproof interview narrative that proves your value, and execute high-leverage offer negotiations. If you want a structured, analytical approach to landing your target role and maximizing your compensation, let’s chat.

Finding a better job (and sooner!) has amazing compounding benefits. You feel stuck, fatigued, lost, or need a jolt to get moving? I don't pretend modern job hunting is easy, but I'm optimistic we can get you somewhere great. I'm a former Director at Spotify, a Harvard Business School grad, and have career coached for 10+ years — I'd be honored to help. Three beliefs inform my work as a coach: 1) Job hunting is a skill set which, like many others, can be practiced and improved 2) Careers are long and dream jobs often take multiple steps to build 3) You are capable of more than you think — let's work together to unlock what you’re missing I draw from real-world experience on both sides of the hiring table: I've hired for dozens of roles and interviewed for hundreds of jobs. So I know what recruiters and hiring managers look for, I know how to avoid the many mistakes that can impede success, and I know how to set you up to win. I can help you identify companies to target, get your foot in the door, and get your interviews sharp. I can help discern whether tech, startups, or scaleups are right for you. I'm most interested in helping folks find roles as product managers, sales leaders, managers, and marketers, but most of my practice can be employed nearly universally. My sessions are pragmatic, but I'm not shy about wisecracking. I believe personality fit matters with a coach even more than industry fit. If you're still not sure, but you've read this far, that's a good signal we may be onto something. I'm happy to offer a free intro call so you can feel confident you've got the right coach in your corner — you've got nothing to lose. For a limited time: Send me a connection request on Linkedin and mention Leland, and I'll drop $47 off the second session (the intro call is still free!)

Welcome to my profile! With an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and extensive experience in strategic roles at top companies like Saks, Neiman Marcus Group, and Ulta Beauty, I bring a wealth of knowledge to career development coaching. As a former Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, I have led numerous strategy and marketing projects, equipping me with the skills to help you navigate complex career paths and achieve your professional goals. Whether you're looking to break into a new industry or advance within your current field, I am here to provide tailored guidance and support. Let's connect and create a personalized plan to elevate your career!

Do you see your career as a strategic asset? This executive career coaching engagement is for senior professionals in Fortune 500, global, or complex enterprise environments who are making thoughtful decisions about their next leadership chapter. You may be considering an internal promotion, preparing for a Director-to-VP move, submitting your executive promotion package, evaluating an external opportunity, repositioning after a major transformation mandate, returning to the market after a long tenure, or deciding whether your next chapter belongs inside a company, in advisory work, in a founder/operator path, or across a portfolio of roles. At this level, career strategy is not simply about resumes, interviews, or visibility. Those may matter, but the larger work is about judgment, positioning, timing, fit, and leadership narrative. It is about understanding where your experience creates the greatest enterprise value — and how to communicate that value with clarity, credibility, and authority. As an MCC executive coach with 20+ years across Fortune 100 innovation, organizational transformation, people systems, coaching, board service, and business building, I bring a strategic and developmental lens to senior career decisions. Our work is confidential, rigorous, and grounded in respect for the complexity of the choices before you. Depending on your priorities, we may focus on: • Clarifying your context and the leadership chapter you are ready to pursue • Defining the roles, environments, and mandates that fit your strengths and ambitions • Strengthening your executive narrative and your unique market positioning • Translating a complex or nonlinear career into a coherent leadership story • Preparing for promotion conversations, executive interviews, or senior stakeholder discussions • Thinking through internal versus external moves, advisory paths, entrepreneurial options, or portfolio careers • Examining the leadership identity, confidence, and presence that your next chapter will require This kind of coaching is not for transactional job-search coaching. It is a strategic career partnership for accomplished leaders who want strategic career leverage and a clear, credible, well-positioned next move that is personally congruent. If you are exploring your growth direction or weighing an important career decision, I invite you to book an introductory call so we can clarify whether this kind of work would be a good fit.

I've helped candidates land 25+ offers across tech and consulting — and before that, I was the one sitting in the hot seat figuring out how to actually break in. On the industry side, I've worked as a Program Management intern at Microsoft (federal contracts team) and as a Consulting Analyst at Stout on the IP and data team, and I'm about to start as a Business Analyst at Capital One. That mix means I've seen hiring up close at a big tech company, a boutique consulting firm, and a large corporate analyst program — three very different processes, three very different "what actually gets you hired" playbooks. Put it all together and here's what I can actually do for you: build a resume that gets you the interview (not just a "thanks for applying"), network with purpose instead of cold-emailing into the void, nail the case interview efficiently without just memorizing frameworks, and crush your behavioral rounds by turning your actual experiences into a story that lands. I've done this for myself and for dozens of other candidates. Happy to do it for you too.

Welcome to my profile! With a robust background in leadership and innovation from NYU and an MBA from Columbia Business School, I bring a wealth of experience in career development and strategic talent acquisition. At Google, I have successfully built and led recruiting engines for teams of over 5,000, translating aggressive growth targets into actionable hiring strategies. As a co-founder of the non-profit Technology for Families In Need, I have also demonstrated my commitment to social impact and innovation. Having coached numerous individuals to achieve their career goals, I am passionate about helping you navigate your career path and achieve success. Let's connect and create a tailored plan to elevate your career!

Over more than a decade in strategy consulting, including my time at Accenture, I mentored numerous individuals as they navigated their own career paths, and I helped design and lead career development programs specifically built to guide junior professionals through their early and mid-career journeys. That experience taught me how to translate big-picture strategic thinking into practical, personalized guidance for someone figuring out their next move. Since founding Emerging Whole, I've brought that same combination of structure and mentorship to career coaching, helping clients get clarity on their goals, navigate transitions, and build the skills and confidence to advance on their own terms. Whether you're aiming for your next promotion, considering a pivot, or building something of your own as I did when I left Accenture to start my business, I bring both the frameworks of a strategy consultant and the perspective of someone who has personally walked the path of a major career change.

I help thoughtful, conscientious professionals see themselves more clearly. They may be considering a transition, stepping into leadership, preparing for an important opportunity, wrestling with a difficult dilemma, struggling to lead or advocate authentically within a company’s culture, or wondering why a path that looks successful no longer feels right. Over the past three years, I have provided 550 hours of professional coaching to over 50 clients, including founders, vice presidents, senior directors, physicians, and recent MBA graduates. My perspective draws on my own experiences at Citi, McKinsey, Hulu, TrueCar, Wayfair, and HelloFresh; degrees from Cornell and Chicago Booth; in functions spanning M&A, strategy, marketing, sales, supply chain, and P&L leadership. Our work does not begin with résumé edits, interview scripts, or other quick fixes, though it can include them. Instead, I focus on uncovering a client's unique gifts, values, motivations, and goals. The process is client-led, reflective, and practical. I draw on deep reflection exercises, Enneagram typing, and structured accountability to help clients see the full range of choices available to them. This enables career decisions that better fit the broader context of their lives, aspirations, and circumstances. Specifically, it can shape target selection, interview storytelling, case interview prep, authentic self-advocacy, or questions of work-life balance as an enabler of high(er) performance.

My approach to career coaching combines practical professional experience with an understanding of what it takes to navigate career changes, position transferable skills, and pursue opportunities with intention. My background spans interior design, project management, retail, entrepreneurship and military service, giving me firsthand experience adapting across industries and translating diverse experience into a cohesive professional story. I help professionals identify the value they already bring to the table, communicate it more effectively, and develop an actionable strategy for where they want to go next. Whether you're considering a career pivot, strengthening your resume and professional brand, preparing for interviews, or determining your next move, my goal is to help you leave with clarity, practical next steps, and a strategy you can actually execute.