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Annalise Koltai

leadership & Team Coach

I am a leadership and team coach attuned to the complexities of leading at this point in history. My role is to support individuals and teams to create the necessary conditions for transformation. I bring nuanced insight and experience into systems, relationships, and individual dynamics. I understand that the messiest and most intimidating problems are also the most human. 

With warmth and humor,  I partner in disrupting the patterns that hold leaders and teammates back from cohesive purpose and high performance. By meeting people where they are and helping them to honestly define a unified vision for their company’s future, I partner in building thriving environments that can weather the volatility that is inherent to leadership today. 

It is a true joy and privilege to coach leaders who are shaping the world, from Chief Technology Officers to Heads of Client Success to Startup Founders. I see each opportunity as a chance to make the world a little more conscious.

I received my Masters in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, formal training in psychotherapy, and hold additional certifications and training from the International Coaches Federation, Co-Active Training Institute, The Center for Right Relationship, and the Leadership Circle Profile.

The goal of the work

Is to uncover how leadership and teams are undermining their own efficacy. We want intent to always line up with impact. To accomplish this, leaders and stakeholders must be committed to the same vulnerable work as everyone else on their team. Only with such alignment can enhanced performance echo throughout an entire organization.

By centering the client, I affirm the inherent goodness and strength already present in their work while building the case that success does not have to come at the expense of their well-being. We explore the intersection of the personal and the professional through building self-awareness, fieldwork, and organizational integration.

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As your developmental partner in this work…

I bring nuanced insight into the processes that drive long-term, holistic development in leadership, alignment, and culture. With honesty and awareness, let’s illuminate the real work that leads to conscious growth and development. I promise—it is well within your grasp.

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