Lesli Smith is a Career & Leadership Coach | ICF Certified Coach (PCC) | Strength-based Practitioner at Lesli Smith Coaching. She possess expertise in staff development, nonprofits, community outreach, management, non profits and 11 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Being laid off for the first time was a really scary experience and I feel so fortunate that Lesli was my career coach! She helped me focus in on what I needed to do while being empathetic and helping me through the process emotionally. It had been a long time since I had searched for a job and she helped me create a realistic strategy on how to approach the search and when she could tell I was overwhelmed emotionally on what to do, she helped me create smaller goals for our check points to help re-orient me. Leslie helped me both in the search process and in the interview stages, working together to create clear examples of my professional success that I could relay to interviewers. I give a lot of credit to Lesli for helping me land my current role and for helping keep my morale up during the process." and "The one word that best describes Lesli around her leadership capabilities, character and care for people is, ….. Amazing! Lesli has been my executive career coach for the past year. Her savvy insights regarding all aspects of leadership development, career planning and professional guidance are off the charts impressive and positively impactful. One of Lesli’s outstanding qualities in how well she does her job centers around how she guides her clients. As an example, she is one of the best listeners that I’ve ever encountered. Even more impressive is that she’s an expert in helping her clients “arrive at the answers to their questions” rather than simply “telling them the answers.” She truly understands the ”power of self discovery” and effortlessly provides super relevant insights and effectively uses her questions to help her clients achieve their goals. So it likely goes without saying, if you are ever in need of the Best career coach on the planet, seek Lesli out and listen to her. You will NOT go wrong. Thank you Lesli for all you do. Keep doing it. Best wishes for your Amazing Success!"