Emily Parcell
Leadership coach for designers and tech workers
| Hourly rate range | $145 to $275 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | |
| Works with | Professionals, Creatives and Engineers |
| Also coaches | Career coach |
| Credentials | Co-Active Trained Coach |
| Practice | Human-Centered Leader |
Emily Parcell is a leadership coach who works one-on-one with designers and tech workers. She also facilitates workshops on how leadership, process and culture help teams do their best work. Before coaching, she spent a decade leading user experience design teams. Those teams built digital products for DIRECTV, Macy's, Verizon and Automation Anywhere. She trained as a Co-Active coach and runs a business called Human-Centered Leader.
What Emily helps with
Emily helps people handle change and grow as leaders. Her work also looks at how process and culture support teams.
- Navigating change at work
- Building self-awareness as a leader
- Leading with more intention
- Leading with more equity and ease
- Building team process and culture
- Growing as a leader on a design or tech team
Who Emily works with
Emily works with designers and tech workers. She coaches clients one-on-one. She also runs workshops and programs for groups of leaders who want to build self-awareness and lead in a more human-centered way.
How Emily works
Emily blends two things in her coaching. The first is a decade of leading user experience design, which brings creative thinking and an experiment-oriented mindset. The second is Co-Active coaching training, which starts from a belief in each person's natural wisdom and problem-solving skill. She offers one-on-one coaching. She also teaches Human-Centered leadership workshops and programs focused on self-awareness and acting with intention.
Background and qualifications
Emily spent a decade leading user experience design teams. Those teams designed digital products for DIRECTV, Macy's, Verizon and Automation Anywhere. In that work she focused on setting up the conditions for team success and supporting each person's growth. She trained as a Co-Active coach. Today she works as a leadership coach and facilitator through her business, Human-Centered Leader, and applies her design skills to leadership challenges.
Emily Parcell pricing
Programs and services
- One-on-one leadership coaching
- Human-Centered leadership workshops
- Human-Centered leadership programs
Emily Parcell reviews
The CoachVouch take
A leadership coach who spent a decade leading design teams for brands like DIRECTV, Macy's and Verizon.
Best for designers and tech workers who want to lead with more self-awareness and build a more human workplace.
Common questions
How much does Emily Parcell charge?
Coaching with Emily runs $145 to $275 an hour. Message Emily from this page for an exact quote.
What does Emily Parcell help with?
Emily Parcell helps with navigating change at work, building self-awareness as a leader, leading with more intention and leading with more equity and ease.
Is Emily Parcell certified?
Emily Parcell lists: Co-Active Trained Coach.
Does Emily Parcell offer group programs?
Yes. She runs workshops and programs on Human-Centered leadership. They focus on self-awareness and acting with intention.
What is Emily Parcell's coaching training?
She trained as a Co-Active coach. That approach starts from a belief in each person's natural wisdom and problem-solving skill.
How do I contact Emily Parcell?
Send Emily a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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