Shoshana Engelson
Career Growth Guided by a Former Strategy Consultant & Founder
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Emerging Whole
Hi! If you can't find a time that works for you in my availability range, I'm happy to accomodate and see what we can do. Please message me to coordinate. I do have limited flexibility on weekday mornings and Sunday mornings as well.
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I'm Shoshana, founder of Emerging Whole and a Minneapolis-based coach and consultant. For over a decade, I worked in strategy, organizational effectiveness, and change management, partnering with government agencies, nonprofits, universities, and leadership teams to help them navigate complex change. Along the way, I mentored countless people finding their footing early in their careers, and I built career development programs designed to give junior professionals the guidance and support I wished I'd had. Eventually, I made the leap myself, leaving a long career at Accenture to build something of my own. That transition, like many of the biggest shifts in my life, taught me firsthand that growth rarely happens in a straight line. I've navigated my own share of challenges along the way, professionally and personally, and I've learned that real change happens when strategy meets self-awareness. Outside of my professional life, you'll usually find me outdoors, making playlists, gathering the people I love around a table, or writing. Words have always been how I process the world, and I'm excited to share more of that soon: my first book, a poetry memoir, is coming out in the near future. That same belief in showing up as a whole person, not just a title or a resume, is the philosophy behind Emerging Whole: helping people bring their full selves to their work and their lives, rather than leaving parts of themselves at the door. Whatever brought you here, I'm glad you did, and I'd love to help you find more chapters of clarity, confidence, and wholeness in whatever you're navigating next.
Shoshana also coaches for Life Coaching, Mental Health & Wellness, and Executive Coaching. View all.
Shoshana’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Associate
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.
Shoshana can help with:
Career Planning
Cover Letters
Interview Prep
Job Search Strategies
Leadership
Networking Strategy
Personal Branding
Professional Networking
Resume Review
Skill Building
Why do I coach?
I coach because I know what it's like to feel stuck between who you've been and who you're becoming, and I know how much of a difference it makes to have someone in your corner while you figure that out. Early in my career, I was fortunate to have mentors who saw potential in me before I fully saw it in myself, and that shaped how I've shown up for others ever since. Throughout my time in strategy consulting, I made it a priority to mentor others and build development programs to help junior professionals find their footing, because I remembered what it felt like to need that guidance myself. But the deeper reason I coach goes back to my own path. I've navigated a lot in my personal life and with my own mental health, more than I could fit into a bio, and I've worked closely with coaches of my own along the way who fundamentally changed how I approach challenges, relationships, and myself. Leaving a long, successful career to build something new was one more chapter in that journey, and it forced me to confront parts of myself that I'd spent years managing quietly while performing at a high level. Experiencing that kind of support firsthand, and seeing what it made possible for me, is exactly why I do this work now. I coach because I know what it's like to need someone in your corner, and because I know what's possible when you have one.
Work Experience
Founder
Emerging Whole
2026 - Present
I founded Emerging Whole to partner with people and organizations, helping them gain clarity, align with what matters most, and move forward with intention. Visit emerging-whole.com for more information
Strategy Manager
Accenture
November 2020 - August 2026
2025-2026: Directed all aspects of client delivery for a university-wide HR organization design and change management effort, owning senior stakeholder relationships, facilitating executive decision-making, and leading consultants through the design, communication, and implementation of the university's future-state HR processes and structure. 2025: Created a Responsible AI strategy for a state government agency - including ethical considerations, establishing a CoE, risk assessment framework, and training materials. 2024: Developed a 5 year strategic plan and execution roadmap, including KPIs, for a telecommunications nonprofit. Led workshops and interviews with the client's senior executive team, Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and other key stakeholders. 2023-2024: Worked for a state Judicial department, establishing a Change Management Activation network to implement the client’s new mission, vision, and values across 23 districts. 2023: Worked for Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), driving societal impact for nonprofits through new operating models and strategic innovations. 2020-2022: Part of Accenture’s Global Corporate Citizenship Innovation team, where I designed and executed the strategy for our Social Innovators Accelerator program. The Accelerator provides funding, resources, coaching, and connections to innovators working on novel solutions with our clients and partners to advance progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In this role, I managed our $2.5M annual fund, and I coached 50+ innovation teams from 18 countries and all continents (excluding Antarctica) on their journey from concept to real-world impact. Leadership Development, Organizational Design and +8 skills
Senior Consultant
Accenture
December 2018 - November 2020
Senior Analyst
Accenture
June 2018 - November 2018
Program Director
Herzl Camp
May 2016 - August 2016
Trained, supervised, and evaluated 22 staff members by leading orientation, providing continuous feedback, and creating and executing programming focused on team building, conflict resolution, and leadership development. Designed, scheduled, and executed 6 weeks of programming focused on community service for 84 campers, ages 14 and 15.
Development associate
ServiceCorps
2016 - 2016
Designed and executed a unique leadership training curriculum for the 2017-2018 fellowship class. Built relationships with potential corporate and social sector partners through strategic and targeted outreach.
Marketing & Communications
Korn Ferry
June 2015 - August 2015
Hello. We’re Salo, the staffing and consulting super connectors. We drive business success in Chicago and Minneapolis by connecting our clients to an unrivaled assembly of finance, accounting and human resources talent with a proven history of success. Our passion for problem solving has made us a leader in driving business outcomes on a project or interim basis, as well as in finance and accounting search services. Let’s get solving. Responsibilities included: -Created content marketing presentation by researching, writing a script, and designing a presentation to be delivered to a national professional services alliance -Conducted market research on content marketing, opportunities for brand awareness, project management tools, and social media, including competitive analysis -Designed an editorial calendar encompassing all of the company’s social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn -Wrote and reviewed company case studies to be for business development and B2B marketing -Supported the marketing department to increase efficiency in the following processes: invoicing, archiving, and uploading data into the company’s CRM system
Communications Coordinator
NEXUS Global Summit
March 2014 - August 2015
Contributed to planning the 2014 and 2015 Nexus Global Youth Summit at the United Nations in New York City. Nexus is a movement of young investors and social entrepreneurs working to catalyze new leadership for addressing the world's most pressing issues. The organization strives to improve philanthropy and social impact investing. Responsibilities included: -Established and finalized a strategic social media plan -Developed and implemented a membership survey in order to better understand the demographics of Nexus members, their top priorities, their collaborations with one another, their needs and requests, and their suggestions for the future of Nexus offerings. -Designed content for a "Nexus: Next Steps" pamphlet, including an organizational brief of the Nexus mission and vision, as well as ways to get further involved in philanthropy and the Nexus network itself. -Managed all press and media inquiries (The Huffington Post, Forbes, Fortune, and more) -Wrote a press advisory and backgrounder document -Created orientation materials to train press ambassadors/spokespersons -Celebrity outreach -Sponsorship outreach -Wrote blog posts for the Nexus website, highlighting featured members and their collaborative accomplishments
Education
Quantic School of Business and Technology
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2022 - 2023
Powell Impact & Sustainability Scholarship recipient
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Organizational Studies, Spanish
Activities and societies: Chi Omega, TAMID Consulting & Investment Group, Barger Leadership Institute, K-Grams, Dance Marathon Organizational Studies is an interdisciplinary program that explores organizational issues and trends through psychology, economics, and sociology. My concentration included social change, corporate social responsibility, strategic change management, and nonprofit management.
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Shoshana also coaches for Life Coaching, Mental Health & Wellness, and Executive Coaching. View all.