They promoted the performer.
Let's build the leader.
Executive coaching and strategic advisory for senior leaders stepping into greater scope, greater consequence, and greater complexity.
For global organisations, developing the leaders who will carry their next chapter.
A confidential 30-minute conversation to explore whether the fit is right
Kelley A. Duarte, MBA
I've lived the leadership transition I now coach.
Across 28 years of enterprise leadership in the US and EMEA, I built an IoT business unit at AT&T spanning 30 countries, with full P&L accountability for $450 million and a contribution to $1 billion in global revenue. At ORBCOMM, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, I held a $98 million P&L, delivered 28% year-on-year growth in EMEA, and advised the board on M&A and strategic investments.
On paper, it was success. In reality, the pace and pressure came at a personal cost.
That experience now shapes my work as an executive coach and consultant. I partner with senior leaders and boards who face the same intensity: balancing high-stakes targets, cross-functional teams, and relentless change.
My objective is clear: to help leaders and their organisations achieve high impact while preserving integrity, health, and purpose.
Leadership is measured by more than revenue or market share: the legacy you create, the culture you shape, and the lives you influence along the way.
How I work with leaders...
Executive Coaching & C-Suite Advisory
For C-suite executives, senior leaders, and high-potential talent stepping into greater scope, cross-border mandates, and high-stakes targets.
I partner as coach and trusted advisor to build the clarity, resilience, and judgement to lead at scale, across cultures, and under pressure, without losing integrity or purpose.
Every engagement is evidence-based, anchored to your own KPIs, 360-degree assessments, and MBOs, so progress is measured against the outcomes you are already held to.
Strategic & AI Acceleration Consulting
Advisory: For leadership teams navigating transformation, cross-border mergers, and fast-scaling mandates.
Focus: I help you align values with strategy and adopt AI and new technology at the speed your market demands, without losing the culture that makes it work.
Approach: We agree on what success looks like at the start, in your numbers, so you can see the return rather than take it on faith.
Leadership Team Alignment
For leadership teams who need to move as one, across functions, time zones, and competing priorities.
I work with the team as it actually is: where trust is thin, where decisions stall, where the strategy on the page differs from the one being lived.
Through facilitated sessions and coaching, we build the shared language and honest communication that lets a team decide faster and hold each other to it.
We measure the shift the way you already do: decision speed, delivery against team objectives, and what your people tell you in the next engagement survey.
The work is confidential. The impact should be visible
Leaders I have worked with have included senior executives and leaders from organisations such as AWS, AT&T, Google, Apple, Amazon, and LSEG.