Celeste Stacey Training and Development

"Through coaching, training and keynote speaking, I help organizational leaders and teams gain deeper insights into themselves and those they serve, so they can create the best outcomes."

Celeste Stacey is a sought-after Mindset and Mental Wellness Coach, Organizational Trainer, Keynote Speaker, and Certified Diversity Executive. She is also a retired Business Intelligence Analyst. She has spent over two decades helping Fortune 500, Public Sector, Higher Education and Third Sector organizations gain critical insights and make their best strategic decisions to optimize impact, profitability and mission-critical outcomes.

In her private coaching practice, Celeste helps high-achieving professionals living with chronic overwhelm, get their lives and mental freedom back.

"Celeste Stacey is outstanding. She goes above and beyond to create a presentation that is meaningful, relevant, and specific to the audience. Prior to her presentation, Celeste interviewed various key members and leaders of the audience community to gain perspective and to understand our specific needs and challenges aimed at an audience with diverse job roles in a clinical laboratory setting. During those meetings, she listened to understand, asked questions to clarify, and was a terrific sounding board. The resulting presentation was outstanding, thought-provoking and far exceeded my expectations, including providing us with tools for assessing the current state and suggestions for next steps."

- Sarah, Executive-Level Leader, Duke University Medical University.

"Celeste Stacey was fabulous! Right out of the gate she challenged us, a group of seasoned project managers, to just not think of ourselves as “problem solvers”. What?! Through sharing success of her clients and engaging us in a fun exercise, she proved there was a better approach. She went on to share tips on how to show our employers the value we add to our company. Celeste is knowledgeable, charismatic, and leaves you wanting more!"

- Charlene, PMP, President, - Deborah, PMP, Vice President, Global Sisters in Project Management

"What struck me immediately is Celeste's ability to bring diverse people together and mediate many differing points of view to come to a solution that works in everyone's best interest. Her people-skills are impeccable and she is approachable, professional, intelligent and experienced in her field. She leads effortlessly, bringing out the best in everyone, while still meeting and exceeding expectations and goals. I feel very lucky to have worked with her and look forward to future opportunities."

- Michele, Training Manager, Learning and Performance

"Throughout my management career, I have been expected to KNOW, BE, and DO, without coaching or professional development. Earlier in my career, I was confident and didn’t put as much focus on what others thought. As I got closer to the C-suite and filled roles with greater exposure, the communication with my manager dwindled, my expertise was not appreciated, and I rarely knew how my performance was perceived unless something went wrong. This led to self-doubt, lack of confidence, loneliness, and caused me to question my worth.

As a seasoned and competent leader, I took some time to reflect on my emotions and concluded that I needed what I have offered my employees: a coach who is professional, trustworthy, confident, and highly skilled in the coaching and development space! Immediately, Celeste came to mind!

Celeste quickly helped me to recognize how a manager looks and behaves who feels threatened and projects envy, realize a toxic workplace, and what I needed to do to rise above it! To get to the root of the issues and for Celeste to be effective, I had to open up and be vulnerable, which I was afraid to do at first. The fear went away quickly! I felt safe and not judged.

At the conclusion of my first session, I felt a burden lifted off me! My confidence was renewed, and I truly felt empowered! She helped me write an impact statement, which truly has been invaluable!

I looked forward to my sessions with Celeste. I was always excited largely because I knew I would learn more about me. It was the probing questions she asked that got me to recognize so many things about myself that I LOVE and that I already knew about people! And Celeste didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear. She was very objective and candid! I appreciated that!

Consistency used to be my word of the day, but now it is "CONSTANT". When I feel a little anxious, I hear Celeste’s voice reminding me that no matter the change in the audience or the task, I am the CONSTANT! I know what I know regardless of what has changed. When I’m mindful of this very important FACT, people’s perceptions, or assumptions about me won’t cause me to lose confidence and doubt who I am.

Since my sessions with Celeste, I’ve discussed with my family how the young women in my family and circle could benefit from Celeste’s professionalism, confidence, and expertise. She comes highly recommended. Thank you, Celeste!"

Lynnette, Executive-Level Leader

"I realized I needed a coach when I took on a new role at work, and my head was spinning trying to figure out how I would make time to do what I needed to do to be successful in this new role. I was already busy with constant churn. I felt like I was running on a hamster wheel. Celeste helped me to understand what areas of my professional self needed work. She helped me to appreciate my own personal insights and tools and repurpose them in my professional life. I couldn't have done it without Celeste! Since working with Celeste, I am no longer on the hamster wheel, and I have learned to prioritize my work and self-care while at work so that my best self can show up. I am very grateful to have worked with Celeste. She is an outstanding listener who is truly interested and passionate about helping people realize their potential."

- Sarah, Executive-Level Leader

"I made the decision to work with Coach Celeste at a time when I was at a professional crossroads. The absence of joy in my career was palpable and I lacked clarity regarding my next steps. A close friend/colleague raved about her experience with Coach Celeste and this motivated me to explore the coaching services she had to offer. This investment in myself was one of the best decisions I have made! Together with Coach Celeste, I was able to identify what my true passions are and co-create a strategy to incorporate these into my daily life. Coach Celeste helped me to carve a path to ongoing success, joy and legacy building."

- Taryn, Physician; Healthcare Leader

"It has been an extreme pleasure collaborating with Celeste in succeeding at my life goals! Celeste is professional, with a genuine passion towards your success. Every session was productive, efficient, and actionable, which kept me accountable, encouraged and supported.

Celeste is pleasant and approachable, which made me feel comfortable in being vulnerable, and empowered me to express myself freely.

With Celeste's guidance and expertise, I have grown exponentially. I've defined my priorities, addressed challenges, clarified my values, and have a clear vision for myself. She has made a significant impact on my life, and I am grateful! Celeste is an exceptional breakthrough coach, and blessing, who I highly recommend! Thank you again Celeste!!

- Cheryle, Digital Creator; Product Designer

"I struggled with my ability to lead my team unapologetically and prioritize the needs of the group over individuals in the group who were acting unprofessionally. This made me second-guess myself and my decisions. My supervisor offered me Celeste's services when she saw how upset I was about the situation and the emotional toll it was taking on me. Celeste helped me empower myself and my team to solve problems in a much more aligned way instead of getting hung up in emotional challenges. It allowed me to provide an atmosphere of trust, accountability and professionalism, which is everything to me. I was able to navigate an improvement plan with my difficult employee and I am now leading meetings with my team that foster the communication and collaboration they need to do their best work. I feel much more grounded in my leadership role and better aligned with my goals. Celeste is patient, empowering, and her communication style is honest, straightforward and kind, which I really appreciate. I would recommend Celeste to anyone!"

- Kate, Rising Leader

"Coach Celeste provided a great deal of insight into every situation. She really helped me see a side of myself that I hadn’t noticed before. I personally took away a great deal in every session and was able to grow a great deal through my work with Coach Celeste. My partner and I owe a lot of our success together to Celeste's coaching."

- Corey, Business Owner

"I retired and nothing in my life felt familiar or fulfilling. Satisfaction was replaced with a lot of anxiety, uncertainty, and resentment. This is all occurring at a time in my life when, I think, I should be mostly content.

When a friend introduced me to Celeste and the idea of Breakthrough Coaching, I didn’t know what to expect. I was willing to try something new because I wanted to feel less desperate.

Celeste, from day one, challenged my thinking – especially the thoughts that pertained to me and my experiences. She guided my thinking in a way that was genius. Where I was looking at my life as a deficit – Celeste showed me that I had an abundance of experiences (positive and negative) from which to draw wisdom. All the answers and solutions were within me. Celeste has a gift. She skillfully helped me shift my language so that I harnessed the power that already existed in me. After each session I felt bold and precocious... with each month passing my perspective on my stage of life also started to bloom. She showed me how to reconfigure my thinking process to realize that I am worthy, and wise with a divine purpose and it all comes from within me.

Now I am joyful. The biggest lesson I learned is that joy is an inside job!

I would encourage anyone who is seeking a better, more balanced relationship with self to go on that journey with Celeste. This investment is worth it! You will gain more than you ever thought possible. Celeste uses her intuition, wisdom, and professionalism to push you into a new and exciting realization of self.

With joy,

Christine, Retired Educator

"We identified a need for a dedicated training and common source of reasoning around critical thinking based on an ongoing skill deficit in how team members assessed and resolved matters in day-to-day operations that are key to their roles. While there are tons of trainings available online offered by a number of skilled professionals, and the subject matter is covered in a variety of different sources, we knew the outcome we needed was critical and the delivery essential. Celeste immediately came to mind based on our prior positive experience with her deep expertise in both individual executive coaching sessions and her excellent group presentations. We were confident in her ability to deliver a solid message and provide tools for our group that would successfully address our concerns, based on our feedback and input.

The resulting training far exceeded our expectations and underscored to us what sets Celeste apart from other skilled professionals out there. She is masterful at sorting out tons of information and unique challenges communicated by leadership, honing in on a group’s specific needs, and then tailoring a dedicated and directed curriculum that succinctly breaks down complex themes in a way that is engaging, fun, inspiring and easy to retain for people at varying levels of understanding.

Our greatest surprise was the level of participation Celeste garnered from our team. In this case, Celeste was able to effectively get the entire team to work collaboratively among themselves as well as actively engage with her. We were exceptionally impressed with how effortlessly and quickly she won them over. She creates a safe learning space and is very skilled at allaying fears that people often have walking into a new environment. This put our group at ease and encouraged greater commitment and active participation. While we brought the team together with the goal of providing a specific training, it was so much more. It served as an education session, a stretch exercise and a relationship builder/renewal for our entire team. It fostered and reignited a team spirit and collaboration that we had not seen in years. We are glad we chose Celeste and look forward to doing more great things with her in the future."

- Amy, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO); Pamela, DAO; Kelly, HR Director, Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology