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Every morning before work, I’d vomit. Not from illness. From dread. Knees pressed to cold tile. Gripping the toilet. Mascara streaked. Fluorescent lights buzzing overhead like a warning. My body screamed what I couldn’t say: I Was Never Built for Corporate This life didn’t fit. From the outside? → Six-figure salary → Corporate clout → Respected title → Polished smile that said “I made it” But inside, I was unraveling. Running on caffeine, adrenaline & silent desperation. That paycheck? Not peace. It was hush money for my intuition. Then in 2009, I was laid off. What should’ve felt like failure? Felt like freedom. It stripped away the mask and forced the question I’d buried: Who am I without the performance? — I Grew Up Watching a Master Be Coached My dad, George F. Burns III, was a PGA Tour pro with 80 Top 10 finishes. I watched him move with grace under pressure. But the real edge? His coach. Steady. Unshakeable. He didn’t fix—he reflected. Even as a kid, I knew: That’s what I’m here to do. — Who I Am Now → PCC through the International Coaching Federation (only 25% of coaches hold this) → TEDx speaker → Podcast host → Trauma-informed strategist → Trained in CBT, DEI & unconscious bias → Educated at Holy Cross, UPenn, Princeton & Case Western → Improv-trained at The Second City If you can lead in chaos, you can lead anywhere. I’ve helped clients: → Scale from $4K to $132K/month → Grow a payroll firm from $30M to $100M in 9 months → Cut healthcare attrition by 50% in 12 months → Coach leaders at SHRM, Thermo Fisher, Fort Bragg & more — Who I Serve → Biotech, tech & cybersecurity leaders → UHNW families → Military & government execs → Family businesses & founders They look successful. But inside? They’re asking: Is this all there is? — What I Actually Do → Create psychologically safe spaces → Help leaders name truths they’ve buried → Rewire nervous systems for sustainability → Guide deep, aligned transformation This isn’t life coaching in a blazer. This is executive soul reclamation. — Still Reading? You’re craving more than performance. You’re ready to feel like you. Book your 1:1 call now: https://brand.kellymeerbott.com/widget/bookings/complimentary-leadership-coaching Explore more: kellymeerbott.com
Manage international consulting firm delivering custom executive/business executives training for professional/personal development, enabling maximum positive results for growth to national customers. • Worked with 10000+ executive coaching hours to 400+ individual and corporate clients (to date) • Provide a confidential sounding board/thinking partner for C-suite executives. • Onboarding new executives or successors to key positions. • Develop emerging leaders / high potential leaders. • Enhance cross-cultural dexterity/adapting to expat assignments. • Support change-leadership by honing in on specific competencies, strategies, and attributes during a change process. • Integrate specific learning programs into the culture through short-term training follow-up. • Increased productivity 25% & decreased attrition 15% • Increased Revenue from $48000 annually to $1,584,000 annually in 16 months by creating a customized executive coaching plan • Talent Management/Organizational Development • Provide consultation to corporate HR leaders on specific executive-level talent solutions. • Design and facilitate global executive meetings. • Conduct strategic workshops engaging all levels of management to assess needs and determine implementation strategies. • Project Management • Design and facilitate strategic planning sessions. Accomplishments through the creation of customized Executive Coaching Plans: • Heightened awareness of leadership strengths, competencies, and attitudes. • Individualized assessment and feedback that guides the executive to their truth. • Enhanced emotional intelligence, people management skills and strategies. • Private, confidential goal setting and achievement. • Expert consult on leading unique constituent groups. • Increased effectiveness, endurance, and fulfillment on the job. • Exponential organizational impact as the individual leader incorporates coaching skills into their own management practice
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• Developed Marketing, Customer Service, and Customer Retention Training for the Virginia Department of Business Assistance's (VDBA) Entrepreneur Express & Grow Sales Seminar Events; presenting to ~1,500+ individuals over 12 months • Developed 10 training programs presented in two years; Training and Presentation Programs via Analyze, Design, Develop, Instruct, and Evaluation (ADDIE) process • Managed: review and analysis (Identifying group / individual training needs); Conducted new employee orientation and on-the-job training; analyzed/advised instructional methods for individual and group training; developed training-aids, including: handbooks, visual aids, and tutorials; tracked trainee progress via tests, observation, and supervisors’ feedback; evaluated training program effectiveness
• Senior manager with oversight of contracts for magazine's clients to brainstorm the best use of magazine's assets; six simultaneous projects worth ~$349K • Facilitated ‘Thought Leadership’ and innovation via strategy meetings with clients for impartial third-party perspective(s); guide client via open-ended questions to best solution via redesigned structure • Led strategy sessions, and directed execution of meeting agenda(s) • Customized five sales/marketing curriculums delivered via online and in-class to provide learning objectives for cutting edge thinking, methodologies and approaches to work in training, facilitation and e-learning programs • Provided 360-degree viewpoints on staff/consultant teams to collaborate, strengthen, and improve marketing/sales via training and development; 36 programs developed over four years via projects and proposals methodology • Responsible for leading and/or contributing to proposal development in collaboration with other staff and consultants within network of associates for sales to public/private sectors; revenue resulted in contracts of ~$250K within 12 months • Identifying new partners / sources of new business via face-to-face meetings with discussions resulting in newly designed workflows; developed marketing / PR plans • Managed ELM's social media channels for a 37% increase in new business revenue • Developed improved proposals/business development practice to complete new business proposals in a shorter time period, from 365 days to 10 days