Apr 3, 2019
Elizabeth McCourt is a non-linear thinker, practical-minded
creative and conforming non-conformist. Cultural diversity and a
passion for making better more authentic leaders is the core of her
work as a coach, speaker and writer.
BIO:
A broad thinker with a growth mindset, Elizabeth McCourt is a
well-
known leadership coach, speaker and
published writer, committed to helping clients embrace their whole
self and get real with who they are, so they can parlay that into
leadership and business success. Elizabeth’s background includes 18
years in executive recruiting and prior she was a successful trial
lawyer who worked on the plaintiff’s side for product liability and
class actions in both federal and state court. Her career started
in finance at Morgan Stanley in the mergers & acquisitions
department.
As a leadership expert, Elizabeth’s style is refreshingly
positive and creative, allowing clients to really push their limits
and leverage their resilience and most courageous leadership style.
Areas where she helps clients take action on include: leading
authentically; navigating power and influence; storytelling and
effective communication; building empowered, high trust teams; and
scaling leadership impact
Organizational clients have included Wells Fargo, UBS,
Ameriprise, Stifel Nicholas, MC2, Betterment, and Silicon Valley
start-ups like Square. She is a member of France’s global business
school INSEAD’s coaching faculty, has worked with The Kets De Vries
Institute (KDVI) in London, UK and is a regular contributor to
Coaching Colloquia at ESMT Business School in Berlin, Germany as
well as Harvard’s Institute of Coaching.
Known for her TEDx talk “Why You Should Spill Your Secrets”,
Elizabeth is a sought after speaker and workshop facilitator on
resilience, mindset and the non-linear path to success. Elizabeth
has been invited to speak at a variety of conferences including The
Most Powerful Women’s LEAD Banking, Women’s Financial Advisor
Forum, The Quorum Initiative Leadership Conference, NonprofitPRO
conference, and the US Army Recruiting Battalion.
In addition to a BS in Finance from the University of Maryland
and a MFA from SUNY Stony Brook, she has a JD from Loyola
University. Certified as a Professional Coach through the Coaches
Training Institute and the International Coaching Federation as
well as trained by the Academy of Executive Coaching of London for
Systemic Team Coaching and is also a trained Hogan
Facilitator.
In her spare time, Elizabeth is a triathlete and writer. Her
first novel, Sin in the Big Easy, was recently published with Post
Hill Press. Her next writing project is a non-fiction book about
embracing the non-linear path to success.
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