Executive Leadership Coaching
It’s time to step into your power, take control of your future, and create the success you deserve. Let’s get started.
My Mission
My Approach
My Approach
After 30 years in tech and an executive in cybersecurity, I’ve been in your shoes – leading sales, marketing, business development under pressure to deliver. I know what it takes to lead with confidence, resilience, and results.
Now, my mission is to help executives do the same – to perform at their best without burning out. Coaching with
After 30 years in tech and an executive in cybersecurity, I’ve been in your shoes – leading sales, marketing, business development under pressure to deliver. I know what it takes to lead with confidence, resilience, and results.
Now, my mission is to help executives do the same – to perform at their best without burning out. Coaching with me is about clarity, confidence, and unlocking the leader you’re meant to be.
My Approach
My Approach
My Approach
Clients work with me because I bring a rare mix of real-world executive experience and deep presence as a coach. They tell me they leave our conversations with:
- Greater clarity and confidence in how they lead, communicate, and navigate complex situations
- Relief from imposter syndrome and a stronger belief in their own capabilities
- Practi
Clients work with me because I bring a rare mix of real-world executive experience and deep presence as a coach. They tell me they leave our conversations with:
- Greater clarity and confidence in how they lead, communicate, and navigate complex situations
- Relief from imposter syndrome and a stronger belief in their own capabilities
- Practical tools and strategies for tackling high-stakes conversations, planning strategically, and aligning with key partners
- A trusted space where they feel supported, challenged, and truly seen
At the heart of my work is authenticity. I show up fully for my clients; present, engaged, and passionate about helping them grow. If you’re ready to lead with more confidence, ease, and impact, I’d love to partner with you.
My Services
My Approach
My Services
One-on-One Coaching
Personalized, high-impact coaching tailored to your unique goals and challenges. We’ll work together over video or in-person to create a focused plan for your success and help you achieve meaningful, lasting change.
Group Coaching
Collaborative coaching sessions designed for teams, organizations, or groups seeking growth and development. Conducted over video or in-person.
LEVEL UP LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE
Unlock Your Full Potential in Just 12 Weeks
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The Level Up Leadership Intensive is a high-impact, research-backed coaching experience designed to elevate how you lead, work, and live. Rooted in the proven framework of Certified High Performance Coaching™ (CHPC), this intensive develops sustained, next-level performance across five core domains: Clarity, Energy, Courage, Productivity, and Influence.
Built on more than two decades of performance psychology and leadership research, the Level Up Leadership Intensive helps executives, founders, and high-achieving professionals build the habits, mindset, and behaviors required to lead with confidence, resilience, and measurable impact.
This is not cookie-cutter coaching. It is a structured, future-focused, and deeply transformational journey designed to help you step fully into the leader you are becoming.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE:
The Level Up Leadership Intensive includes 12 one-on-one coaching sessions, each 60 minutes, delivered over 3 to 6 months depending on your schedule and pace.
Each session builds on the previous one, guiding you through a strategic sequence that strengthens self-awareness, sharpens decision-making, and expands your leadership capacity.
Throughout the program, you’ll be supported with tools, frameworks, and practical applications that help you integrate insights into real-world behavior and lasting change.
About Laureen
Laureen Smith is an executive leadership coach and former senior technology executive with more than 30 years of global leadership experience. She spent 16 years in complex senior executive roles leading sales, marketing, and go-to-market organizations through high-growth, private equity investment, and acquisition. She has led global teams throughout North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Today, Laureen coaches senior leaders, partners, and high-potential executives. Her clients often experience inflection points: stepping into larger leadership roles, managing complex stakeholder environments, strengthening executive presence, or recalibrating performance without burnout.
Laureen’s coaching approach is grounded, strategic, and practical. She helps leaders:
- Strengthen executive presence and influence
- Navigate organizational politics with clarity and steadiness
- Lead and develop high-performing teams
- Make complex decisions with confidence
- Communicate with greater precision and impact
- Sustain performance under pressure
Her style is direct yet supportive. She brings real-world executive experience into the coaching conversation, offering perspectives that resonate with leaders operating in high-accountability environments.
Laureen is ICF trained and a graduate of the Executive Leadership Coaching Program at Georgetown University. Her training is grounded in adult development, systems thinking, and evidence-based coaching practices. She is also a Certified High Performance Coach (CHPC), trained in performance psychology and behavioral change methodologies that support sustainable success. She integrates these frameworks with practical business insight and creates a trusted space where senior leaders can think clearly, challenge assumptions, and lead with greater intention.
She is based in New York City and works with clients nationally and internationally.
