Kelly L. Holm
Senior Executive Coach
Goodstone Group LLC
Seattle, WA
Email: Ke***@********ly.com
Phone: (425) 970-3552
Education and Professional Affiliations
- Graduate, B.A., Communications, University of Washington
- Graduate and Accredited Coaching Supervisor, Coaching Supervision Academy
- Graduate, Master Coach Program (MCP), Hudson Institute of Coaching
- Certified Executive Leadership Coach, Hudson Institute of Coaching
- PCC and current Master Credentialed Coach Candidate (ICF)
- Registered Mentor Coach, International Coach Federation (ICF)
- Certified in a range of contemporary assessment and typing tools including MBTI, Hogan, Behavioral Styles Profile, Conflict Dynamics Profile, Emotional Intelligence ECI and ESCI instruments, EQ in Action, Leadership Architect 101 & Voices Multi-Rater, Navigating Conflict; A Skill-Based Approach, Teams that Work, The Extraordinary Leader 360, The PROFILOR® Leadership 360
Professional Experience
A seasoned executive leader and award-winning coach with 30 years of combined corporate and entrepreneurial experience, Kelly has coached hundreds of diverse leaders, many with global responsibility and multi-billion dollar P&L impact, from 6 continents and 30 sectors, with emphasis in “Fortune 50” and “100 Best Companies.” Clients describe her as a gifted coach with a unique blend of senior executive experience, strategic perspective, deep insight, and a dedication to helping her clients to achieve authentically sustainable results.
Representative client industries include:
Banking, beverage, business services, coaching, construction, consumer goods, digital media, education, electronic devices, energy, engineering, executive search, family foundation, health care, hospitality, information technology, internet services, legal, manufacturing, medical device, medical imaging, pharmaceutical, professional services, real estate, retail (both internet and brick & mortar), software, sporting goods, telecommunications and travel.
Recent Coaching Experience
- CEO of international engineering firm focused on developing newly appointed senior leadership team to develop into a high-performing team to drive aggressive growth goals
- CEO of national manufacturing company focused on his ability to scale with their fast-paced growth, while developing his executive team to drive company-wide effectiveness and deliver sustainable top-line and bottom-line results
- CEO of data analytics firm desiring to further develop his effectiveness in selecting and developing his leadership team
- CEO of international technology start-up focused on further developing his ability to scale as CEO while developing a high-performing executive leadership team
- CRO of one of the world’s 50 safest banks (Global Finance magazine) proactively being groomed as a potential future successor to the CEO
- SVP of a Fortune 50 international retail and cloud computing company focused on successfully onboarding to the corporate culture while building his international leadership team
- Executive Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs, of international pharmaceutical company to improve executive-level presence and impact in his broadening global scope
- VP and Management Board Member of major European telecommunications company leading an 800-person information technology division through the significant cultural and technological changes required to improve company-wide infrastructure and customer delivery systems
- VP of a multinational consumer goods manufacturing corporation to further develop his executive presence and leadership skills as a potential future successor to the CSO
- VP of Global Infrastructure for global travel firm to build executive presence and influencing skills to lead significant cultural change while leveraging strengths for attracting and retaining key talent and building high-performing teams
- Director of Strategic Talent Management of Fortune 50 global retailer to build her capacity to develop and drive the transformation of talent management systems to improve company-wide talent development and retention worldwide
- Director of Global Marketing of Fortune 100 medical device company to overcome the silo effect of his geographically diverse team and improve collaboration and drive innovative marketing solutions
- Deputy Director of global non-profit foundation desiring to develop key talent to drive grant-making effectiveness
Career History
Independent Consultant (2007-present)
Provide a range of services including one-on-one coaching, leadership team development, meeting facilitation and organization-wide leadership development program design and deployment.
n-Link Corporation (2003-2007)
President
Founder recruited Kelly to lead this national technical services and government contracting firm through the transition to become a 10% employee-owned company. A parent company to multiple smaller firms, and part owner of a Tribal 8(a) company, the role required a three-fold focus: serving federal agencies; mentoring Tribal 8(a) organizations and smaller firms; and, developing a culture of “Ownership Thinking” at every level to support the founder’s goal to successfully transition to a 100% employee-owned company.
Management Research & Solutions, Inc. (2001-2003)
Senior Consultant and Program Manager
Worked with business owners to deliver company-wide benchmarking, best practice development and change management consulting services. Clients included private, employee-owned and public companies ranging from $1 million to well over $100 million annual revenues. Consistently delivered an average bottom-line improvement of 2.5-5% (and/or a minimum 2x ROI).
Jack Morton Worldwide (1999-2001)
Director of Operations, Western Region, Training & Digital Media
Managed regional operations for eLearning and Digital Media across six states for leading international marketing and branding company. Developed programs for retaining and engaging technical, creative, and project management teams in a highly competitive dot.com job market. Led the team to develop and maintain organization-wide best practices through two major acquisitions and restructurings.
The Leonhardt Group (1994-1999)
Client Service Group Manager
Kelly set company record for gross revenues managed by an individual account manager in first year with leading branding and graphic design firm. Promoted to “player-coach” responsible for growing own book of business while developing company-wide best practices for staffing and managing the client services team.