Certified Executive Coach (CEC)

Joann Bellenkes

Meridian Leadership

Joann Bellenkes is an executive and leadership coach who understands leadership from both sides of the desk. 

Before becoming a coach, she spent more than 20 years leading inside organizations, including serving as a COO and Director of Training and Development, where she was responsible for developing leaders at every level.

Today, as founder of Meridian Leadership, Joann works with executives, emerging senior leaders, and organizations to strengthen the leadership capabilities that become increasingly important as responsibility and visibility grow executive presence, communication, confidence, emotional intelligence, decision-making, and the ability to lead effectively when the stakes are high.

An ICF-certified executive coach and certified Clay to Gold practitioner, Joann is also the creator of The ARC Methodology™: Assess, Refine, Commit. Her approach combines the perspective of a former executive with the insight and challenge of an experienced coach. She helps leaders examine not only how they lead, but what may be quietly getting in the way of their effectiveness.

Many of the leaders who work with Joann are accomplished, capable, and respected, yet privately question themselves more than others would ever suspect. Others are navigating a promotion, increased visibility, a difficult leadership dynamic, or the realization that what made them successful at one level will not necessarily carry them to the next.

Joann helps them close that gap. Her work is thoughtful and candid, with a strong emphasis on turning insight into meaningful behavioral change. She believes the strongest leaders do not need to become someone else to lead with greater confidence and authority. Often, they need to recognize, trust, and more fully use what is already there.

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