Executive Coaching in San Francisco:
Foster Personal and Professional Growth, Optimize Performance, and Increase Impact

Work With a Dedicated Executive Leadership Coach in San Francisco​: A Thought Partner and Change Agent

Drawing on a proven approach grounded in developmental psychiatry and neuroscience, I collaborate with clients in a dynamic and creative process to unlock their full potential through leadership coaching in San Francisco. Together, we can enhance your self-awareness, inspire action, and drive meaningful transformation.

See What My Clients Are Saying About My Executive Coaching in the Bay Area

  • In my new role as CEO, I was having a hard time organizing my priorities. I was being pulled in multiple directions by different stakeholders and their often conflicting interests. I also needed guidance to help me champion my own needs as a leader in order to avoid burnout. Coaching with Kelly brought clarity to my decision making process and helped hold me accountable to execute my decisions, even if that meant inviting uncomfortable situations or conflict. She also got me to see that having boundaries for myself is ultimately good for my team and my organization. Ultimately, Kelly has given me a greater sense of control and self-confidence as a leader; I recommend working with her because she’s inquisitive and insightful in a way that will clarify how you see yourself in your leadership role.

    CEO, Fashion/Consumer Goods CEO
    New York

  • I have had the privilege of working with Kelly as an executive coach for the last six months. Kelly found me at a pivotal moment of change in my career that had caught me off guard - an unexpected layoff followed by a new, ambiguous role that had sunk me into a deep place of vulnerability and uncertainty. Kelly met me exactly where I was - I believe I even cried in our first session - and helped me take back agency over my new career path. One of the first things Kelly taught me was that our personal and professional lives are forever intertwined. That has stuck with me and made me feel more comfortable with factoring in my personal values and goals when making career decisions. In our work together, Kelly has helped me be the decision-driver in my new role by getting me to focus on my own professional goals and making strategic decisions to help me reach them. I have fostered strong work relationships, learned how to better prioritize projects I take on, and have reached significant goals including a recent promotion. If you choose to work with Kelly, you will be working with someone who blends empathy with accountability. She will provide space for you to feel your emotions and then bring you gently back to your goals to get you to where you want to be.

    Technology People Leader 
    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Ultimately, the impact of coaching with Kelly has been invaluable. Building my career as an executive in the fashion industry for 20+ years was a very specific path for me, until it wasn't. Kelly's guidance and advice helped me explore and map out what the next phase of my career in fashion could look like. Now, whenever I have those moments of unsureness, I revert back to what I learned from her and keep moving forward towards my new career goals.

    Fashion & Luxury Executive
    New York

  • I had the pleasure of working with Kelly over a series of sessions as I was navigating some key inflection points in both my career and personal life. Kelly did a great job of helping me distill the heart of the issues, develop a framework for how to approach things, and think through concrete next steps to support me through my journey. In one particular instance, she helped me prepare for a meeting with my manager where I needed to advocate for myself and a future career move that I deserved. Kelly did a great job helping me frame the conversation in a way to achieve the best outcome.

    CPG/Personal Care Marketing and Innovation VP
    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Kelly is a talented coach who was extraordinarily valuable in helping me navigate a career pivot. Before coaching with Kelly, I was struggling to articulate my leadership outside of the industry I had been in for the last 15 years. The lack of clarity was a roadblock to identifying and pursuing new opportunities. Kelly was invaluable in helping me to translate my experience into a broader career narrative. Her process helped focus my energy, push boundaries, and build confidence towards pursuing something new. She is an excellent storyteller, a compassionate listener, and an enthusiastic personal champion, all with a bias towards action. She is not afraid to push you out of your comfort zone and test your assumptions to get you where you want to go. I highly recommend coaching with Kelly!

    Business Development Executive
    New York, NY

  • Kelly helped me navigate multiple challenging situations at work. She opened my eyes to new ways of thinking and new strategies for success. She enabled me to tap into my strengths, identify areas for growth, and reconsider my work in the context of my core values. Working with Kelly ultimately helped me secure my recent promotion and reignited a confidence I had lost.

    Beauty Industry Marketing Operations 
    Los Angeles

How Bay Area Corporate Leaders Can Benefit From Executive Business Coaching

The Bay Area has long appealed to up-and-coming professionals—the strong economy, high wages, innovation, and diversity are all draws for individuals looking to grow their careers quickly, increase their income, and improve their quality of life.

While there may be no shortage of job opportunities in San Francisco, the area does face unique challenges. A high volume of small to medium-sized businesses offer opportunities for professionals to cut their teeth as they vie for positions in larger corporations. However, to keep costs down, these businesses often rely on versatile teams with managers who are heavily involved in day-to-day operations—often requiring managers to spread themselves thin.

Executive coaching can help managers and executives hone their leadership skills to manage workplace challenges and the cross-over effects on their personal lives. Tailored coaching allows leaders to improve time management, learn how to delegate effectively, and develop strategies to help them grow their leadership roles without burning out. These tools can help leaders simultaneously drive better career outcomes and maintain their personal well-being.

As an Executive Coach in San Francisco, I Encourage Transformational Change for My Clients

I offer coaching services to individual clients and companies looking to foster growth, optimize performance, and increase impact.

Ambitious personalities seeking their next challenge or striving to avoid burnout.

Individuals transitioning into a new role or feeling stagnant in their current position.

Top performers with high IQ learning to nurture their emotional intelligence.

Career-focused professionals reorienting to the demands of parenthood.

People navigating challenging dynamics with bosses, subordinates, or colleagues.

Entrepreneurs and start-ups seeking to drive expansion and success.

Leaders seeking a thought partner to navigate the loneliness of being at the top.

People transitioning from traditional employment to entrepreneurship.

HR and talent executives investing in leadership development for both rising stars and seasoned professionals.

Businesses focused on strategic planning and change management.

Companies evolving from command-and-control to servant leadership.

CEOs looking to galvanize a board of directors, leadership team, or new generation of employees.

Executives in the Bay Area Face Unique Challenges—All of Which We Address Through Executive Coaching​

Navigating Unprecedented Change

Addressing major change in a job, company, or industry—coupled with surprise, uncertainty, ambiguity, and/or complexity.

Overcoming Communication
and Management Challenges

Navigating difficult conversations, relationships, and workplace politics to manage down, up, and across with ease

Optimizing Major Career Transitions

Planning and managing major transitions, including a new position, promotion, reorganization, leave, or layoff.

Navigating Existential Crossroads

Making sense of job dissatisfaction, overwhelm, boredom, or career burnout.

Cultivating Effective Teams and Cultures

Embracing servant leadership and improving strategic influence and relationship-building skills.

Manifesting Work-Life Balance

Integrating professional and personal goals, learning to set and maintain boundaries, and building a personal brand.

My Coaching Methodology: What I Bring to the Table in the San Francisco Bay Area

A combination of empathy, curiosity, and discipline

A safe, judgment-free zone

A commitment to client-led goal-setting and conversation

A balance of active listening and thought-provoking questions

An exploration of identity and actions

Tools and frameworks to expand awareness and agency

Customized action plans to achieve goals

Accountability against those plans

The Executive Coaching Impact: How I Enable San Francisco Leaders To Achieve the Success They’re Seeking

I provide actionable strategies to help you enhance your ability to lead, innovate, and succeed in both your professional and personal life.

I assist you in developing both the mindset and skillset required for effective modern leadership.

I guide you in leading with authenticity, confidence, resilience, empathy, empowerment, and accountability.

I help you navigate the challenging journey of achieving success in both business and life.

I guide you through the complexities of today's business world, empowering you to tackle tough challenges that demand vision, courage, and resilience.

I assist you in crafting and conveying your vision to align individuals, teams, and cultures, driving greater impact and success.

I help you create a purpose-driven, values-focused, and high-performance business culture that maximizes the potential for success.

Where I Offer Executive Coaching in the Bay Area—Including Silicon Valley and Marin County

I work with clients in all Bay Area communities, including:

  • San Anselmo

  • San Francisco

  • Fairfield

  • Fremont

  • Gilroy

  • Hayward

  • Larkspur

  • Los Altos

  • San Jose

  • Antioch

  • Berkely

  • Campbell

  • Concord

  • Cupertino

  • Daly City

  • Oakland

  • Palo Alto

  • Richmond

  • San Rafael

  • Santa Clara

  • Oakland

  • Palo Alto

  • Richmond

  • San Anselmo

  • San Francisco

  • Vacaville

  • Vallejo

Executive Coaching in the San Francisco Bay Area: Getting Started With Kelly Johnson

Say Hello

If you want to learn more about my executive coaching services, please fill out my contact form.

Have a Chat

We’ll schedule an initial 30-minute consultation to discuss the challenges you’re facing and determine if working together will be a good fit.

Start Coaching

We’ll outline a plan to level up your leadership and dive right in with regularly scheduled coaching sessions.