Elsie H. Chang, Founder

Elsie Chang is a seasoned leadership advisor and credentialed executive coach. She is a Master Certified Coach (MCC), the highest level professional designation awarded by the International Coaching Federation. Only 3% of global coaches are assessed and qualified with an MCC credential. Before coaching full-time, her business career spanned over 25 years in executive and leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, multilateral organizations, international NGOs, and the political arena. Her global mindset was indelibly shaped by early experiences in her birthplace Hong Kong and formative years as a ‘Third Culture Kid’ living on four continents. As an adult, Elsie continued a peripatetic lifestyle as an expatriate and travelled to more than fifty countries on business assignments and personal trips. Morocco, Kingdom of Mustang, Maldives, India, and Egypt top an overflowing bucket list of future travel destinations. 

Her qualifications include an MBA in International Business earned at Thunderbird School of Global Management. She teaches neuroscience-based mindfulness skills at Fortune 500 companies and for private clients. She completed a nine-month advanced mindfulness facilitation program by Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, which originated at Google. Elsie is a certified mindfulness teacher who completed an intensive two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program designed and led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. She has practiced meditation for over 20 years, attended week-long silent retreats, and completed a series of profound, research-based meditation protocols led by Dr. Jeffery Martin in the Finders' Course, 45 Days to Awakening Challenge, Exemplars Program, and Explorers Course.

She offers additional transformational modalities, such as metacognitive art in her practice as a certified Motherboard coach, Color of Woman teacher, and Guild member of Musea, Center of Intentional Creativity. She has graduated from extensive training programs and developed deep expertise as a certified life purpose guide for individuals, teams, and organizations through two leading organizations: True Purpose Institute and Purpose Guides Institute.

For over a decade, Elsie served as a member of Working Mother Media’s Advisory Board for the annual Leadership Summit for Women in National Security Careers as a speaker and facilitator. She provided facilitation and pro bono coaching at several annual Seramount Multicultural Women’s Conferences and Work Beyond Summits. Elsie contributed to the coaching profession by volunteering on the Board of Directors of the International Coach Federation Metro DC Chapter. She was honored to serve one term on the Governance Committee of Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic chapter for children with critical illnesses and their families.