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Executive Coach and
Leadership Consultant

Developing and supporting leaders and organizations across the leadership lifespan

Leadership Coaching Across the Lifespan

Supporting aspiring, emerging, and executive leaders as they navigate growth, complexity, and transition—from stepping into leadership to thriving at the highest levels.

Extending leadership beyond the title through executive retirement and couples coaching, helping individuals redefine purpose, identity, and what comes next.
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Corporate Consulting and Facilitation

Strengthening leaders, teams, and organizations through strategic planning, culture, engagement, and change management.

Facilitating complex conversations, building alignment, and advancing organizational and board effectiveness.
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Keynote Speaking and Workshops

Engaging, dynamic, and experiential presentations and workshops customized for audiences large and small, in person or virtually. Bringing research, global experience, and fresh perspectives to leadership, retirement, organizational culture, succession planning, and
change.
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Dr. Kelly Ottman is an award-winning global educator, executive coach, consultant, and scholar with more than 30 years of experience developing leaders and strengthening organizations. A former healthcare executive, she brings a distinctive combination of executive experience, academic expertise, original research, and empathy to her work with leaders and organizations locally, nationally, and globally.

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Differenciators

Leadership Across the Lifespan.

Grounded in experience, expertise, evidence, and empathy, Dr. Kelly Ottman guides global leaders, teams, and organizations in navigating growth and transition with clarity, compassion, and courage—aligning success with values, strategy, culture, and purpose.

Known for understanding people and complex contexts, she builds trusted, long-term coaching and consulting relationships focused on developing potential. She works across the leadership development lifespan from aspiring leadership to ascent to executive pinnacle to retirement, and beyond.

Experience

Real-world perspective shaped by healthcare executive leadership and more than 30 years developing leaders across industries, sectors, cultures, and career stages.

Expertise

A PhD in Organizational Leadership and Adult Education, executive-development fellowship, award-winning university teaching, global scholarship, and deep leadership-development knowledge.

Evidence

Research-informed coaching grounded in leadership and organizational behavior theory, two major original studies, and applied corporate research on culture, engagement, and organizational transition.

Empathy

Deep listening and a trusted, individualized relationship that considers the whole leader, their context, purpose, values, aspirations, and place across the leadership lifespan.
Why Leadership Portals
“
I highly recommend Kelly as both a thought leader and a skilled facilitator. She has a rare ability to bring clarity, structure, alignment, and actionable outcomes to complex discussions and organizational initiatives.”
- Chris Wells, EVP Strategy and Corporate Development at Charter Manufacturing

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