Nobody grows alone.
The business landscape is changing rapidly, and so are the demands of senior leadership. But you don’t have to do it alone.
Choose from two powerful ways to grow designed to match your needs and goals:
Core Groups for facilitated peer advisory, or Coaching for flexible one-on-one guidance.
Core Groups
Chief Guide-led peer advisory circles
6 scheduled group meetings per year
90-minute sessions held about every two months
Optional programming to expand your learning
Peer discussions led by the Chief-vetted Guide chosen specifically for your group
Structured content focused on tangible outcomes
Choose from 4 distinct Journeys designed to match you with leaders at similar stages, facing similar challenges
- C-Suite
- Executive Leader
- Builder (Solopreneur, Consultant, Fractional)
- or Navigator (In Transition, between roles)
Includes a Hogan Assessment*
Best For
Connecting you to peers to confidently navigate what’s now and what’s next.
Or
Coaching
Personalized one-on-one sessions with a best-in-class executive coach
4 1-hour sessions per year
Intentional pairing with the Chief-vetted Coach who’s best for you
2 compatibility sessions to ensure chemistry with your selected coach
Customizable focus on relevant topics like board search strategies, public speaking, navigating specific dynamics, and more
Includes a Hogan Assessment*
Best For
Transforming your development with a single thought-partner.
Plus
Go further, faster
Accelerate your growth with 4, 8, or 12 one-on-one Coaching sessions tailored to your goals and leadership moment.
*Why Hogan?
Hogan is the gold standard for leadership assessments and relies on global leadership research. This best-in-class tool for executives measures leadership values, impact on organizational culture, and unconscious biases. It's designed to deepen your self-insights and enhance your leadership growth.
Chief Core Guides & Coaches
Dig into real challenges, get unfiltered advice, and navigate your next move with help from our extraordinary Guides and Coaches. This powerful community combines deep expertise with real empathy — bringing transformative, world-class coaching to every Chief Member.
100%
Satisfaction*
Antonia Bowring
Antonia prides herself on being a candid coach and objective sounding board for clients. She believes the essence of coaching lies in working in creative partnership to help leaders navigate change effectively. ADHD is her passion, and she brings this focus to support personal branding and career transitions.
Callan Blount Fleming
Callan helps people reach their unique and fullest potential. With experience in Finance, Product, and Tech across financial services, tech, and private equity, she clarifies complexity and guides career transitions.
Casey Carpenter
Casey is an intuitive and empathic coach who helps leaders find confidence and clarity in their voice. With deep experience across HR, sales, and learning and development, she draws on a career in professional services to guide others in building authentic personal brands.
Cheri Bachofer
Cheri is an Executive Coach who partners with members to increase clarity and confidence, empowering them to make more impactful decisions. With deep experience across HR, Marketing, Product, and Tech in professional services, nonprofit, media, entertainment, and telecommunications, she supports leaders navigating career transitions.
Christine Sachs
Christine is known for her tough-love approach and love of reading, she draws on experience in Product and Tech, Creative and Design, and Learning and Development across financial services, media, and private equity to help leaders build authentic personal brands.
Crystal Simon
Crystal blends a background in consulting in the tech, education, healthcare, retail, government, and non-profit sectors with deep leadership coaching experience to catalyze executives in driving meaningful impact.
Ghita Filali
Ghita is a leadership coach, consultant, and facilitator with over 20 years of international experience. She has worked with top leaders and teams from Fortune 500 companies to guide them through complex change and transformational settings.
Hien DeYoung
Hien is a certified executive coach working with CEOs and executives. Her business experience enables her to quickly understand the context of her clients. She has deep and broad business insights that she accesses in her coaching to benefit her clients.
Jacqueleen Crittle
Jacqueleen Crittle, “The Career Doctor,” is an accomplished executive coach and Chief Guide who has coached over 5,000 high-performing leaders and organizations. With advanced expertise in public speaking, career transformation, leadership presence, and behavioral assessment, she empowers clients to excel at every stage of their personal and professional growth.
Luciana Nunez
Luciana brings deep experience in Operations and Strategy, Marketing, and Sales across financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotech, and consumer goods and retail to help women leaders become unstoppable. Focused on board readiness, she brings insight, perspective, and impact to every conversation.
Merideth Mehlberg
Merideth is a master coach, facilitator, and strategist who helps leaders gain clarity and pursue what’s next with purpose. With experience in Operations, Strategy, Marketing, and Product across professional services, financial services, and tech, she supports high-achievers in driving impact and preparing for board roles.
Rachel Goldstein
Rachel is a leadership coach and facilitator with a background in management consulting (BCG) and investment banking. She supports high-achieving women through career transitions and personal growth, helping leaders strengthen effectiveness, connection, and confidence across industries from finance to healthcare.
Regina Zafonte
As an MCC coach (top 4%), Regina advances leadership excellence by partnering with executives who are committed to cultivating workplace cultures and communities that prioritize human flourishing, belonging, and better organizational results.
*CSAT Member Surveys: every respondent reports sessions Valuable or Highly Valuable
Become a Member
You bring the power.Chief brings the possibilities.
Join a collective of ambitious women leaders reshaping leadership itself. Members are charting new paths, learning from each other, and building power that’s collaborative, not competitive.
At Chief, women aren’t just leading the way — we’re leading our way.
ApplyFrequently Asked Questions
What makes Coaching at Chief different from other coaching programs?
Chief Coaching is designed for senior leaders by senior leaders. Our coaches are ICF-certified with 10+ years of experience and many have held C-Suite roles themselves. Each member is hand-matched through chemistry sessions to ensure the right fit, and every partnership is confidential, intentional, and focused on real, measurable impact.
What results can I expect?
Results vary depending on your goals, but leaders typically experience increased clarity in decision-making, improved team performance, strengthened leadership presence, and measurable career growth.
Chief cannot guarantee promotions, placements, business success, or external recognition, and it doesn’t act as a recruiter. Our coaches focus on guidance, strategy, and skill-building to help you achieve measurable growth on your terms.
What are Coaching Accelerators?
Coaching Accelerators are add-on coaching packages to your Chief Catalyst membership, available in 4, 8, or 12 sessions.
What topics can I explore in Coaching or with Coaching Accelerators?
Coaching at Chief is entirely centered around your professional goals, whether you’re navigating a new role, launching a business, building your personal brand, leveling up as a leader, or preparing for board service. You can explore topics like clarifying your next career move, refining your pitch or strategy, strengthening executive presence, building confidence for high-stakes conversations, and developing a board-readiness roadmap.
What is the role of a Chief Guide in the Core experience?
Chief Guides facilitate each Core meeting, promoting an open and inclusive group environment. Their role is to “guide” the conversation toward insights; address the issues that matter most; bring in themes, resources, and learnings; and help drive connections within the group.
How are Core Groups curated?
Core Groups are curated based on your professional goals and how they align with the following four journeys:
- C-Suite: Senior leaders looking to amplify their impact across teams, industries, and boardrooms
- Executive Leader: High-impact leaders looking to expand influence, build strong teams, and further cultivate their leadership edge
- Builder (Solopreneur, Consultant, Founder, Fractional): Solopreneurs, Consultants, Founders, and Fractional Leaders looking to create and scale value-aligned, thriving businesses
- Navigator (In-Transition): Leaders in career transition looking to shape a fulfilling future
We also take into account your professional goals, role, company size, scope of responsibility, and life stage to ensure the best possible fit. The goal is to place you with a group of peers with whom you can learn, grow, and achieve meaningful outcomes.
What are common topics covered in Core meetings?
Each Core Journey — C-Suite, Executive Leaders, Builders, and Navigators — follows a distinct framework. Meetings and discussion topics are rooted in one of six leadership pillars and tied specifically to a journey, but groups have the flexibility to explore each in the way that is most relevant to their needs. Examples of the leadership pillars include:
- C-Suite: Transforming Uncertainty Into Your Advantage; Sustaining Your Executive Capacity; Building a Legacy That Endures
- Executive Leader: Influencing at Every Level With Presence and Authority; Harnessing Your Growth Edge for Impact; Navigating Complexity With Confidence
- Builder (Solopreneur, Consultant, Founder, Fractional): Attracting, Securing, and Keeping Customers; Scaling Systems to 10x Your Impact; Fortifying Your Financial Armor
- Navigator (In-Transition): Building Relationship Capital; Owning Your Transition With Resilience and Resolve
As my career goals evolve, can I switch between Core and Coaching?
Yes, your Chief experience is designed to evolve alongside your career goals. Every year, upon membership renewal, you will have the opportunity to switch between Core and Coaching.