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ABOUT
ME

I’m a certified leadership and performance coach with a passion for helping others find their professional paths.

My coaching practice is informed by 20+ years of leadership experience, spanning multiple executive roles at a Fortune 200 company, at a major global law firm, in the federal government and at a leading national non-profit organization.

In the course of my professional journey, I’ve built and revitalized inclusive and high-performing teams ranging in size from 5 to 550 people, led complex organizations through significant change, and gained deep experience in organizational design and development, executive communication, networking, advocacy and public speaking.

I received a B.A. from Yale University (magna cum laude), a law degree from New York University School of Law (summa cum laude), an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (Faculty Award for Academic Excellence), and a Certificate in Leadership and Performance Coaching from Brown University.

How Coaching Works

Coaching is based on the fundamental insight that each of us is a powerful, resourceful and creative problem solver. At its core, it’s an interpersonal dialogue that empowers the client to:

Get clear about what they really want,
Identify and overcome self-limiting beliefs and self-criticism,
Shift mindset from reactivity to creativity, from scarcity to growth, and
Make the choices, commitments and actions needed to reach their goals.

Yes! Anyone and everyone can benefit from coaching. My clients are typically professionals who are at some kind of crossroads or otherwise looking to take their work to the next level, including:

Exploring a potential career change or new job opportunity,
Taking on a new leadership role or professional project,
Seeking to revitalize a team or key professional relationships, or
Working to build a new personal brand or expand their network.

We start with a free discovery consultation to identify your goals and demonstrate how coaching works and what it can do.
Based on your needs, we’ll plan a coaching arc – typically 4-6 sessions (meeting weekly or biweekly) – that is tailored to your journey.
Sessions are 1 hour on Zoom and are 100% confidential.
Each session is a creative conversation –- based on powerful questions, deep listening, visioning, and (of course) pathfinding.
Depending on your objectives, we may leverage one or more “navigation tools” – including leadership style self-assessments, tools to map personal purpose and core values, and practical strategies for navigating career landscapes, stakeholder relationships and networking – to help chart your course.

Testimonials

Joel has been a terrific leadership coach. He’s a great listener, a great facilitator of conversations and created a very useful structure for our work together. He’s extremely knowledgeable in both the literature and theory behind leadership as well as having years of experience as a leader. His ability to help me make the most of the opportunities that I am interested in pursuing was very valuable to me.

Working with Joel was empowering for me. Through thoughtful conversations and insightful guidance, he helped me uncover strengths I hadn’t fully recognized and take stock of the successes I had been too busy to appreciate. I was able to uncover what I’m truly good at and finally give myself credit for the things I’ve accomplished. Joel has a talent for listening deeply and asking meaningful questions to spark insight and confidence. I happily recommend him to anyone looking to better understand their own potential.

Before I started coaching with Joel, I was in a place where I felt like I was just going through the motions—unsure of my full potential, hesitant to step up and really take charge. But when I began working with Joel, everything changed. He had a way of asking the right questions, pushing me to think deeper about myself, and challenging me to confront the barriers I’d unknowingly put up.

Through our work together, I started to recognize strengths in myself that I hadn’t fully acknowledged before. Joel helped me see that the very qualities I’d been unsure about were actually my greatest assets. More importantly, he showed me how to use them, not just in my personal life, but to drive my professional success.

I learned how to step out of my shell, embrace who I really am, and communicate with newfound confidence. Today, I approach challenges with a sense of purpose and clarity, and I’ve been able to lead with greater conviction, make better decisions, and build stronger relationships. If you’re someone who feels like there’s more within you, but you’re not quite sure how to tap into it, I can tell you this: Coaching with Joel has been a game-changer. It’s not just about meeting goals—it’s about unlocking the best version of yourself.

Joel's coaching combines a Socratic style of questioning and self-discovery with clear direction, which evoked insights that clarified a professional challenge I was facing. His coaching illuminated a solution that relied on interpersonal tools that I needed to focus on and a communication recalibration with my colleagues. I was able to reduce my work stress through applying internal tools that I had not previously had access to, though they were present all along. I'm grateful for Joel's remarkable coaching.

My coaching sessions with Joel helped me through a significant career transition, allowing me to take stock of where I was and where I wanted to be. Joel helped me define my goals and come up with concrete steps for moving towards them, including accountability metrics so that I could be sure I followed through. Joel is a gifted coach who can steer you towards asking the right questions of yourself and enable you to see old problems in a new way.

Ready to Explore?

We’re here to help you take the next step. Whether you have questions, ideas, or you’re ready to get started, just reach out!

Fill out the form or email us directly — we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

📩 Email us anytime: joel.c.beauvais@gmail.com