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Executive Leadership Coaching with Deborah Gray-Young

ICF Certified Personal & Executive Coach

I am an ICF-accredited executive leadership coach, trained by one of the premier coaching schools in the United States, the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). Their comprehensive and rigorous ICF-accredited curriculum prepared me to deliver high-quality coaching strategies that help professionals strengthen leadership presence, communication, and decision-making. I currently hold the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential.

My mission is to help professionals—particularly women of color—better manage their personal and professional brands so they can confidently achieve their next level of leadership and career success.

In addition to being a Certified Professional Coach, I am also certified as a DISC and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner. These assessment tools help professionals understand how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence leadership effectiveness, communication, and workplace relationships.

I also provide career transition guidance for professionals seeking clarity, confidence, and executive presence.

Through this work, clients gain greater awareness of how their mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual energy influences how they lead and show up professionally. With that awareness comes the ability to intentionally direct their energy, make more confident decisions, and navigate workplace challenges with clarity and influence.

Many professionals develop these capabilities through leadership coaching, strengthening both executive presence and long-term career growth.

Why certification in a field that is not regulated? Because I so strongly believe in the power of coaching to help transform lives, I felt it important to be trained and certified by the best. I owe that to my clients; you deserve nothing less.

I’m a long way from where I started in the housing projects in the East Bronx.

My path began studying journalism and ending up in advertising. I started at the beginning – as a receptionist for a magazine- not the middle as a manager and certainly not at the top as the daughter of an influencer. I worked my way up.

I’ve been in the trenches and took advantage of opportunities as they presented themselves clearing a path for myself and hopefully those coming behind me.

I’ve been sized up every way you can think of, sat in a corner and ignored, passed over and intellectually dismissed. But in the famous words of Maya Angelou “and still I rise.”

I’ve been where you are. I am here today because nothing has been big enough or bad enough to break me. Not because they didn’t try. But because I made it my business to be better and stronger. As a client once complained about me to a former boss, “she’s good at what she does, the problem is she knows it.” The fact of the matter is, if I didn’t know it for me, no one else was certainly going to know it for me.

Over the course of my career, I’ve received a few awards and sprinkled in some other accomplishments to keep it interesting. My secret? The cornerstone of everything I do is based on excellence and integrity.

Accomplishments & Awards

Awards include:

  • 2017 Outstanding Service Award, Nielsen for 11 years on External Advisory Council
  • 2016 Black Enterprise Top Women in Advertising and Marketing
  • 2015 MAFA Trailblazer, Champion of Growth
  • 2013 MAAX Advertising Executive of the Year
  • 2013 Black Enterprise Top Women in Advertising and Marketing
  • 2011 Black Enterprise Top Women in Advertising and Marketing
  • 2009 Chicago Defender Woman of Excellence
  • 2008 Outstanding Moderator, Multicultural Media Expo
  • 2007 Bronze Effie, Tyson
  • 2006 Outstanding Moderator Multicultural Media Expo
  • 2005 Who’s Who in Black Chicago
  • 1997 P.R.A.M.E. Award, General Mills
You have been an amazing support and coach. Thank you for that work you've chosen to do. It's very meaningful...
AR, NY
.“Today was a great session. I came to the session frustrated with problems from the previous week. Deborah saw a common thread. With a few pointed questions I had several ah ha moments and began to talk myself into my answers.
EB, MD
Deborah has helped me put so much into perspective and always provides me with constructive feedback to put into action.”
RA, GA
“You were my first manager and I appreciate you continuing to watch over me.” “…my experience with you- the work, the advice (keep folks out your marriage), and the guidance got me together for the rest of my career and life. Your labor was not in vain
S. Bennett, IIIHospitality
“As my client, my experience with you has been excellent. I appreciate your wisdom and the no BS dialogue that we have. It's the highlight of my month!”
S. MooreCEO/ Moore Planning & Consulting

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