
Veronica Scarpellino
Verified Expert in Coaching
Coach
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Toptal member since November 11, 2024
Veronica is an author, executive, leadership coach, and creative thought partner who has spent 20+ years guiding senior and mid-level leaders through transitions and growing their leadership capabilities. She helps leaders expand their emotional intelligence and innovative thinking capacity, enabling them to tackle complexity, gain clarity, manage overwhelm, and foster innovation. Industry agnostic Veronica's tailored coaching offers actionable strategies to drive results and lasting impact.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Active Listening
- Career Coaching
- Client Management
- Emotional Intelligence Coaching
- Executive Coaching
- Goal Setting
- Leadership Coaching
- Power Questions
Work Experience
Executive & Leadership Coach, Founder
Goldfinch Leadership
- Partnered with clients to set and realize goals—including career transition and navigation and professional and personal development—growing their creative thinking capacity and emotional intelligence.
- Supported clients in tackling universal challenges like being overwhelmed or burnt out, collaboration, time management, influence, executive presence, and imposter syndrome.
- Acted as a creative thought partner for clients to ideate ambitious goals, establish structure, create clarity, and set up benchmarks of success.
- Established thought leadership in creative intelligence, which is the synergy among emotional intelligence, creative thinking, and applied creativity.
- Received an invitation to join Forefront, an annual cohort created and powered by Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches.
Project History
Leadership Coaching & Facilitation for Women Executives at Chief
https://chief.com/Coached and supported around 40 women leaders to grow their leadership capacity, improve team dynamics, and navigate career transitions.
Second Draft: Rewrite Your Midlife Career With Creative Intelligence
https://www.goldfinchleadership.com/second-draft-book.html#/Authored "Second Draft," which debuted as a number one new release on Amazon; it equips professionals with creative strategies to navigate career transitions, leadership growth, and innovation.
Coaching a Startup CEO Through Business Expansion
Helped a startup leader shift from managing small gigs to becoming the CEO of a new company, building partnerships and leadership capacity.
Creative Intelligence Development for Leadership Growth
https://www.goldfinchleadership.com/Pioneered the concept of creative intelligence, or creative quotient (CQ), a framework that empowers leaders to blend emotional intelligence and innovative thinking and apply creativity for impactful growth.
Certifications
Genos Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner
Genos North America
Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
International Coaching Federation
Board Certified Coach (BCC)
Center for Credentialing & Education
Skills
Executive Coaching
Emotional Intelligence Coaching, Soft Skills Coaching, Executive Coaching, Business Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Business Leadership Coaching, Management Coaching, Corporate Coaching, Creativity Coaching
Platforms & Tools
Zoom
Other
Power Questions, Client Management, Goal Setting, Career Coaching, Ethics, High-performance Coaching, Active Listening, Building Trust, Facilitation, Thought Leadership, Creative Thinking, Applied Creativity, Leadership, Team Building, Research, Writing & Editing
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