Executive Leadership Coach
Deirdre Soraci, PCC, is an executive leadership coach, facilitator and founder of Soraci Coaching, Next Level Leaders®. Her boutique coaching firm works with leaders who want to evolve and make a greater impact. Her firm helps clients grow from the inside out- whether leading a team or leading themselves, clients emerge with greater capacity in both.
Deirdre is a growth-oriented, and results-focused professional with more than 20 years of global and multi-sector work experience. In her work as an executive coach, Deirdre has provided leadership and team development for global organizations, working across functionalities, and focusing on executive development and training with leaders in Asia, Oceania, South America, Europe, Africa, and the US. She has led leadership coaching engagements with C-suite executives in various sized US companies, startup founders, heads of non-profits and colonels in the US Air Force. She is an executive leadership coach and facilitator for Chief, an international organization of female C-suite executives, and leads one to one and group coaching engagements for the Harvard Business School executive program.
Deirdre has a keen ear for balancing performance outcomes with a holistic approach in coaching. She focuses on value and efficiency in each engagement, ever mindful of the demands of time her executive clients face. Formerly a series 7 licensed trader working in Tokyo, Japan, and speaking Japanese, Deirdre has first-hand experience of juggling complexities in a fast-paced business environment. She has lived and worked on four continents and has developed a high level of cultural humility and systems awareness, allowing her to integrate and leverage cultural differences and alternative perspectives for expanded awareness and greater effectiveness.
Deirdre is an insatiable learner and consistently searches for new tools to enhance her coaching and support her clients. She is an internationally certified professional coach, and certified in Team Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Intelligence, Facilitation, Immunity to Change and the Leadership Circle Profile 360. Deirdre holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College, and a Certificate in Financial Planning from Georgetown University. Prior to dedicating herself to coaching, Deirdre’s early career spans assignments with Booz Allen and Hamilton, and Merrill Lynch, Japan to Deputy Executive Director with Focus, in London, England. She is a certified meditation teacher and and has held numerous board positions as Treasurer and Strategic Partnerships and Marketing Director for various non-profits.
Professional Credentials
- Hogan Assessments Certification
- Leadership Circle® Profile 360 Practitioner
The Leadership Circle® - Immunity to Change TM Qualified Map Facilitator
Minds at Work - EQ-i 2.0 and EQ-i 360 Certification
Otto Kroeger Associates - Integral Coach® Certification
New Ventures West - Professional Coach Certification, PCC
International Coach Federation - Japanese Immersion Certification
Harvard University - Meditation Teacher Certification
The Mindfulness Center - Series 7 – General Securities Representative
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Expired)