Cecilia Engquist, MSc, PCC, is a certified leadership and executive coach, certified Brené Brown Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, coach instructor and coach mentor. Her specialty is partnering with leaders in mid-size to Fortune 500 companies to help expand enterprise thinking and further develop emotional intelligence to assert influence and create impact in their organization. Her true expertise manifests in her understanding the significance of engaging a holistic body-mind approach and in how she teams up with clients to help them access their full wisdom and creativity. She uses tailored research based innovative coaching techniques and often brings lessons learned from her experience as an elite international equestrian athlete, and ultra-marathon runner into her working relationships.
Cecilia has 20 years of experience providing coaching and consulting in the areas of strengths development, leadership development, and career choices. Cecilia has worked with clients from a broad spectrum of positions in industries including oil and gas, technology, health care, finance and banking, manufacturing, academia, and with entrepreneurs. She is an ICF-credentialed PCC coach and educated in Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning. Cecilia has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master in Psychology with focus on Organizations.
One might describe Cecilia having a global mindset as she has worked, lived, and studied in various countries on three continents since her teenage years. Prior to becoming a coach, her corporate work experience ranged from multinational companies to smaller entrepreneurial firms where she worked with management consultancy within change management and strategic HR. Cecilia has a strong interest in advancing the coaching profession and has served several terms on the ICF Houston Chapter board, including two years as president, and is currently serving in the leadership as Vice Chair of Operations on the IRB (Independent Review Board) that oversees the ICF Global Ethical Conduct Review process.