
Gia Lacqua
Helping High Achievers Navigate Life's Biggest Transitions
Studied at University of Connecticut
Works at Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
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Gia's Offerings
Custom hourly · $250/hr
Get help with Communication Skills, Personal Growth, and .
Gia also coaches for Executive Coaching, Mental Health & Wellness, Leadership Coaching, and Career Coaching. View all.
Gia’s Life Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Vice President
Major life transitions have a way of challenging not just what we do, but who we are. Whether you're navigating a career pivot, burnout, entrepreneurship, leadership, an empty nest, divorce, caregiving, or simply feeling like you've outgrown the life you've built, those moments require more than advice. They require a new strategy. As a former Fortune 100 Vice President, Leadership Behavior Strategist, Trauma-Informed Certified Coach, and award-winning author, I bring a unique combination of executive leadership, behavioral science, and real-world experience to every coaching relationship. I've spent more than two decades leading through change while helping high performers make complex decisions under pressure, and I've personally navigated the identity shifts that come with redefining success. My coaching is grounded in one core belief: most people don't need to become someone new, they need to stop operating from strategies that no longer fit who they've become. Together, we'll uncover the patterns shaping your decisions, gain clarity on what matters most, and build a practical path forward with confidence and intention. If you're standing at a crossroads and know the old way isn't working anymore, I'll help you navigate what's next with clarity, courage, and a strategy designed for your next chapter.
Gia can help with:
Communication Skills
Personal Growth
Resilience
Self-Reflection
Stress Management
Time Management
Work-Life Balance
Gia also coaches for Executive Coaching, Mental Health & Wellness, Leadership Coaching, and Career Coaching. View all.
About Gia
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.
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