Gia Lacqua
Navigate Your Next Career Move with Confidence
University of Connecticut
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
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Starting at 1:00 PM UTC
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About
I'm Gia Lacqua, a Human Behavior Strategist who helps high-performing leaders uncover the invisible strategies driving their decisions, leadership, and success — and redesign the ones that no longer serve them. A former Fortune 100 Vice President with more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, including 12 in leadership, I combine real-world executive experience with a neuroscience-informed understanding of behavior. That combination is what lets me find the unconscious patterns shaping how clients think, lead, communicate, and decide under pressure. My work is grounded in one belief: every successful person is running a personal strategy, whether they designed it or inherited it. The behaviors that once fueled achievement often become the exact liabilities driving burnout, overfunctioning, and indecision. I help leaders see the strategy underneath the symptom, then rebuild it intentionally — aligned with who they are now, not who they had to be to get here. I'm a Forbes Coaches Council member, award-winning author of PowerShift, and host of the What The Shift podcast — known for translating complex human behavior into practical strategy that produces measurable change in leadership, performance, and life.
Gia also coaches for Executive Coaching, Life Coaching, Mental Health & Wellness, and Leadership Coaching. View all.
Gia’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Vice President
Your career is shaped by more than your skills or experience, it's shaped by the decisions you make along the way. As a former Fortune 100 Vice President with more than 20 years of experience, I've hired, developed, promoted, and mentored professionals at every stage of their careers. I've led through organizational transformation, navigated complex leadership challenges, and made high-stakes decisions in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Today, I help professionals do the same with greater clarity and confidence. My approach goes beyond traditional career coaching. As a Leadership Behavior Strategist and Trauma-Informed Certified Coach, I help clients uncover the behavioral patterns, assumptions, and success strategies influencing their career decisions, whether they're pursuing a promotion, navigating a career pivot, stepping into leadership, leaving corporate, or redefining success altogether. Together, we'll clarify what's next, strengthen your decision-making, and develop a strategy that aligns with your goals, values, and the leader you're becoming. My objective isn't just to help you land your next opportunity, it's to help you make career decisions you'll feel confident about long after the offer is signed.
Gia can help with:
Career Planning
General Exploration
Leadership
Personal Branding
Professional Networking
Skill Building
Why do I coach?
I became a Trauma-Informed Certified Coach because I wanted to understand why smart, capable people so often stay stuck in patterns they know aren't serving them. The deeper I studied human behavior, the more I realized that lasting change isn't about more discipline or better habits, it's about understanding the invisible strategies we've been running for years. After two decades in the corporate world, I saw those same patterns everywhere, including in myself. I'm passionate about helping others recognize the invisible patterns shaping their decisions so they can stop operating on autopilot and start leading with greater clarity, confidence, and intention. There's nothing more rewarding than watching someone realize they don't need to become someone new, they simply need a strategy that's aligned with who they've become.
Work Experience
Board Member; Vice Chair of the Board
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
May 2024 - Present
Board Governance
Official Member & Contributor, Forbes Coaches Council
Forbes Coaches Council
May 2024 - Present
VP Compliance
AbbVie
May 2020 - July 2021
CEO and Founder
elivate
December 2019 - Present
Vice President, Compliance
Allergan
July 2016 - May 2020
Compliance Director
Allergan
June 2014 - June 2016
Education
University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Science (BS), Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services