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Coach of the Month: Ela Bijlani

Ela is a transformational coach who helps her clients achieve their goals and create their life according to their priorities with appropriate mindset, action taking and support.

Her goal is to help her clients realize their potential and for them to progress in their leadership development. As a coach, she provides a confidential and safe place to help leaders navigate through change, personal struggles, and complex business challenges and at the same time remember about their own priorities, passions and dreams.

With more than 15 years of experience across broad range of financial and corporate finance functions working in senior positions with high level executives, Ela understands strategy, operations, and functional roles. Over that time, Ela worked with business owners and executives to plan, prepare and report financial statements. She was involved in multiple equity offering transactions of over $200 million and was responsible for properly accounting and reporting financial statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission. She worked closely with executives and legal teams on multiple transactions and creating strategic decisions. She was also involved in many other areas of business including working with auditors, payroll, insurance, legal, investor relations, supply and marketing departments.

Her coaching powerfully combines her business acumen, expertise, empathy and clarity. Her goal is to help her clients excel at home and at work. Her clients receive the value of her expertise, global perspective, and a deep understanding of change management for personal and career success.

On a personal note, through living in multiple countries and working with individuals with diverse cultural backgrounds, Ela possesses strong understanding of cultural trends, industry trends and diverse communities that supports dialogue and understanding. She is a global citizen and serves clients on a global scale from her home in South Florida. She is fluent in English and Polish.

Coaching Themes:
•    Personal Effectiveness
•    Navigating through change in life and business
•    Business strategy
•    Career Transformation & Purpose
•    Lifestyle Design
•    High Potential / Emerging Leader Development

Results:
•    Leadership Effectiveness
•    Achieving business goals
•    Creating a sustainable Work-life Balance
•    Transformation Change Management through turbulent times


Education & Affiliations:
•    Bachelor of Arts in Accounting (cum laude graduate), Florida Atlantic University, Florida  
•    Certification in Professional Coaching, University of Miami
•    Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach
•    Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant
•    Member of International Coaching Federation
•    Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
•    Additional languages: Polish

Testimonial:
“I highly recommend Ela. She helps her client quickly get to the heart of the matter with a great balance of directness and support. She has an exceptional ability to ask exactly the right question, and she's not afraid of challenging her client to lean into going deeper in exploring obstacles to achieving their goals.   I made a lot of progress working with Ela in relaxing about major life changes that were causing stress.” John.

Congartulations Ela!