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For nearly 40 years I have guided professionals through profound personal and career transformations as a catalyst for developing transformational leaders.

My personalized approach blends professional development with an empathetic exploration of your identity, values and purpose. I provide emotionally intelligent coaching to those navigating major inflection points - dealing with frustrations, shifting motivations, or seeking to make a greater impact by passing wisdom to new generations. I seek to help individuals to look at yourself first, not the market, in order to clarify your goals and long-term motivation.

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"Working with Kelly was like finding a rare gem - a friend who offers eye-opening hints, provides profound insights, emotional safety in your conversations. Kelly's ability to understand my challenges, aspirations and areas for growth was remarkable. I am beyond grateful for Kelly and her unwavering support that has been a constant source of encouragement throughout our sessions. Whenever I encountered an obstacle or sought guidance, she has consistently led me to practical solutions and shared valuable resources that have helped me navigate complex situations with clarity and confidence. She's been instrumental in my journey and remains my number one recommendation."

Merima Burgić OKić, Director of Client Services, Jitasa
"I’ve had the chance to work with Kelly for the past year and she has been an inspiration and instrumental in the growth that I have experienced within my profession and personally. Kelly is always able to give resources that are specific to my individual needs. I continue to work with Kelly because she is the kind of coach that continues to impact my whole life."

Janelle Cox, Counselor Supervisor & Educator
"It's no news that people create success working together. And the most successful build working relationships from their strengths. That is what is so awesome about Kelly, she helps you do just that. She has coached our executives, colleagues, and students to use what they have to do more and be more. She has inspired me personally and many people across our system of five colleges to discover how much easier it is work from strengths, no pain just gain. With Kelly it just makes sense and even better, her coaching gets you results!"

Don Packham, HR Execuive
"Kelly is a master at systems and leadership development. With great skill and intuition, she has coached me to know my strengths and lead our organization through change. I am incredibly grateful for her experience, resources, and knowledge. Any leader would benefit from Kelly's ability to affirm your gifts and challenge you to grow simultaneously."

Becki Barrett, Executive Coach
"Kelly is a person of high integrity. She has the unique ability to be both a great listener and someone who speaks the truth directly. She has worked across cultures with our global staff and has helped people personally and professionally. Her intimate knowledge of StrengthFinders, as well as years of helping people improve, has been the right mix for our people and our organization and we look forward to working with her."

Jeff Russel, Founder of Jitasa
“Kelly’s professional consulting services have changed my life. Over the past two years, Kelly has brought clear honest conversation and a non-biased perspective into our organization, which has allowed monumental change to occur within our executive staff. Kelly’s kind yet direct approach, cuts to the heart of every conversation to leverage every opportunity resulting in success on every front. On a personal level, she has encouraged and pushed me to work on my family life with the same level of focus and intensity that I bring to work each day. Since working with Kelly, my life has been far more fun and fulfilling than it ever was before! My only regret is that I wish I had hired her years ago to help navigate a few previous hires to avoid past disruption! However, I’m thankful more than ever to now have her by my side as a business coach, a mentor, and friend for life.”

Ryan Prahm, General Contractor
"Kelly Soifer is a driven, motivational figure that continues to inspire me each day. Kelly's extensive leadership experience coupled with her emotional intelligence and cultural awareness gives her a shrewd take on pertinent questions. Kelly has mentored me for just under a year now, from her wisdom I've been lead to grow into my natural strengths and abilities. She takes a personal approach to mentoring individuals, and tailors conversations and recommendations based on potential areas of growth and avenues for development."

Sophie Rivera, Enterprise Patient Communications Consultant at Artera
"Kelly is a great coach. I had a wonderful experience working with her. It helped me develop as a leader personally and professionally and helped my team grow as a result. Adding Kelly’s experience and input to your team’s growth has a great return on investment. Kelly has the ability to cut through the noise in a life giving, encouraging way. Like any good coach. If your team is willing to do the work, they will grow in self-awareness, build a common language as a team, learn how to use each others' strengths to support one another and accomplish the mission. My only regret is that I didn’t take my whole team through her coaching but I was rebuilding an organization at the time and didn’t know who was staying. My team has grown since then and we are in a much better place as an organization in large part because we worked with Kelly. You will see great benefits. One last thing about Kelly. She doesn’t just transform your team’s group dynamics. She shows you how her leadership principles work in all your relationships which ultimately benefits the team as a unit, as individuals and your entire organization."

John Rittenhouse
"Kelly has been a huge resource to our team. She introduced my development group to CliftonStrengths and facilitated detailed discussions on the results with each of my squads at both the individual and squad levels, and later to the rest of our 200+ person company. She has provided 1:1 coaching in both proactive ways and in reactive situations, and she is a trusted advisor for anyone looking to talk through a problem. She is insightful, direct and emphathetic -- a great extended member of our team."

Mark Derbecker, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Seeq
“I have come to depend on Kelly's remarkable support, insight and encouragement through a wider variety of personal and professional challenges over the last couple of years. Her enormous capacity for compassion and empathy underpin her unique capability to help individuals and organizations grow and thrive. An investment in working with Kelly is an investment in yourself and your organization that will yield manyfold returns!”

Chris Hamlin, Co-Founder & Lead Advisor at HancockHamlin
"Kelly is exceptional. I’ve watched her help us take our tiny nonprofit and turn it into something powerful thanks to her advice and guidance. She thinks big and connectively- how parts of our life inform our work and vice versa. And she seems to always have another amazing person or resource to connect us to! We could not have gotten this far without her!"

Alicia Eastvold, CPA, Non-Profit Controller
"Kelly has played a vital role in my professional development journey, helping me not just recognize my potential but also discover my true passions. Since my association with Kelly, I have experienced a remarkable transformation in my approach to work. I am now more productive, efficient, and focused, all while maintaining a healthier work-life balance. Kelly's emphasis on prioritizing well-being has been invaluable, enabling me to tackle challenges with more resilience and clarity. One of Kelly's greatest strengths is her ability to help clients identify and leverage their strengths and values. Her insightful questions and tailored readings have empowered me to align my actions with my core beliefs, leading to more meaningful and fulfilling work experiences. As an autistic executive, I have found Kelly's coaching to be particularly valuable. Her genuine embrace of neurodiversity and her ability to work with neurodivergent individuals like myself in a way that enables us to embrace and leverage our unique qualities positions her at the forefront of leadership development."

Geoff Albert, Executive Director of Collaborate Pasadena