Gia Lacqua
Executive coach and human behavior strategist for high-performing leaders
| Hourly rate range | $145 to $275 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Leadership developmentBurnout and resilienceExecutive presence and communicationStrategy and decision makingConfidence and self-esteemMindset and habits |
| Works with | Executives |
| Also coaches | Life coach and Career coach |
| Credentials | Trauma-Informed Certified Coach; Forbes Coaches Council member |
Gia Lacqua is an executive and life coach who helps high-performing leaders understand what drives their decisions and leadership. She is a former Fortune 100 Vice President with more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, including 12 in leadership. She calls herself a Human Behavior Strategist and uses a neuroscience-informed view of behavior. She wrote the book PowerShift and hosts the What The Shift podcast. She is also a Forbes Coaches Council member.
What Gia helps with
Gia helps leaders who feel stuck in patterns that once brought success but now cause problems. She works on how clients think, lead, communicate and decide under pressure.
- Burnout in high-performing leaders
- Overfunctioning at work
- Indecision under pressure
- Finding the unconscious patterns behind leadership habits
- Communicating more clearly as a leader
- Rebuilding personal strategies that no longer fit
- Leading with more clarity and confidence
Who Gia works with
Gia works with high-performing leaders who have built success on certain behaviors and now find those behaviors costing them. Her clients often deal with burnout, overfunctioning and trouble making decisions.
How Gia works
Gia starts from the idea that every successful person runs a personal strategy, whether they designed it or inherited it. She helps clients see the strategy under the symptom. Then they rebuild it on purpose so it fits who they are now. Her work draws on a neuroscience-informed view of behavior and a trauma-informed coaching background.
Background and qualifications
Gia spent more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She rose to Vice President at a Fortune 100 company and spent 12 of those years in leadership. She later became a Trauma-Informed Certified Coach to study why capable people stay stuck in patterns they know do not help them. She is a Forbes Coaches Council member, the author of PowerShift, and the host of the What The Shift podcast. She has also served as Vice Chair of the Board for Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey.
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Gia pairs 12 years of corporate leadership in pharmaceuticals with a neuroscience-informed and trauma-informed approach to behavior.
Best for senior leaders who feel stuck in habits that once drove their success and now lead to burnout or indecision.
Common questions
How much does Gia Lacqua charge?
Coaching with Gia runs $145 to $275 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Gia Lacqua help with?
Gia Lacqua helps with burnout in high-performing leaders, overfunctioning at work, indecision under pressure and finding the unconscious patterns behind leadership habits.
Is Gia Lacqua certified?
Gia Lacqua lists: Trauma-Informed Certified Coach; Forbes Coaches Council member.
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