Hi, I’m Celine.

I help Unicorn CEOs turbocharge their leadership with confidence and impact.

It’s lonely at the top. There’s no one to confide in: not your board, team, family or friends.

You need a support system. That’s where I come in.

Feel what it’s like to have someone in your corner with decades of real business experience and powerful emotional intelligence know-how, and a practice focusing on Unicorn CEOs and leaders of massive businesses.

Book a call to discuss 1:1 coaching, executive-team coaching, and leadership offsites.

Clients come to me to work on

  • Leveling Up their Leadership

  • Leading Effective Teams

  • Burnout & Balance

  • Managing Conflict

  • Giving and Getting Feedback

  • Crafting Culture

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I’ve spent hundreds of hours coaching and advising clients across the globe, including multiple unicorn and public company CEOs and their teams, investors, and board members.

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Testimonials

  • Matt Mochary, CEO Coach, Mochary Method

    “Celine is a phenomenal coach, one of the best coaches I know at helping leaders who are building massive businesses."

  • Mary Yang, Board of Directors, Sunnova (NYSE: NOVA)

    “Celine has created tremendous impact in my focus and approach as a leader. I would highly recommend her to leaders in public and private companies of all stages.”

  • Aileen Lee, Investor, Cowboy Ventures (Fun Fact: Aileen coined the term “Unicorn”)

    “Celine coaches the best to be the best!”

About Celine

I bring a unique combination of real business experience and “squishy” emotional intelligence know-how. My specialty is making the soft skills practical.

On the business front: Ex-McKinsey consultant with years of experience driving results with Fortune 500 companies. Marketing and strategy executive. Ex-investment banker who lives and breathes data. “Show me the numbers”. Stanford MBA.

On the coaching front: Teach “Leading Effective Teams” at Stanford. Facilitator for Stanford Business School’s most popular elective, “Interpersonal Dynamics” (also known as “Touchy Feely”). Tiny Habits Coach trained by BJ Fogg of Stanford’s Behavior Design Lab.

On the personal front: Passionate about nonprofits supporting education, women, and AAPI communities. Always learning. Speaks multiple languages. Adventurous eater. Crossfit. Martial arts. Dances (badly). Getting schooled in behavior design by my puppy.

Bio

Education

  • Stanford MBA

  • London School of Economics BSc

Business

  • McKinsey consultant and Citibank / Goldman Sachs banker

  • Entrepreneur with my own strategy consulting practice

  • Strategy thought leader and guide for $1 billion apparel division

  • Denim merchant for $90 million product

  • Interim CMO for Inc 5000 fastest growing company

Coaching, Teaching & Training

  • Lecturer for “Leading Effective Teams” masters course at Stanford

  • Facilitator for Stanford’s iconic MBA course “Interpersonal Dynamics” (or “Touchy Feely”)

  • Executive Coach Certification from UC Berkeley’s Executive Coaching Institute

  • Tiny Habits-trained by BJ Fogg of Stanford’s Behavior Design Lab

  • Lecturer on “Influence and Power” course for Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University

Impact

  • Chaired Stanford GSB’s Alumni Consulting Team that donates $ millions of pro-bono consulting projects to nonprofits, with a focus on racial equity

  • Advised education nonprofits as diverse as startups founded at Stanford’s Design School to San Mateo County’s Big Lift program for pre-K education

Why I coach

I believe that people do business with people. Working as a strategy consultant with senior executives taught me that the key to performance and execution is people; it’s always about culture, leadership and teams. Coaching was a natural extension to my consulting practice, as a way to turn the best laid plans into reality.

I believe that the hard skills get you into leadership but the soft skills are what make you great. I kept hearing that leaders know empathy, influence and connection are important… but that it’s really hard to “do” them in practice. They just want to know the practical actions they can take to make the soft skills “happen”. That’s my passion and specialty.

I believe that leaders have a responsibility to their teams. They have the ability to influence the performance, well-being and happiness of their people; so coaching leaders is my leveraged way of having impact on a lot of people!

Working with me

Get in touch for a consultation

Are you ready for coaching? Let’s talk to see if we are a fit. You should feel a “click” when things are right, when your coach has the approach and style that fits you.

Clients who do best are those who are open: to learning about themselves, digging into what they really want, and trying new frameworks, approaches and behaviors.

Coaching Logistics

All sessions are remote. It’s your choice to have them on Zoom or by phone. Some clients find it productive to “walk and talk”.

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