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About the Founder
Dorcas Kelley, CPCC, ACC, CMC is a personal and business coach for high achievers who want to aggressively get beyond any obstacles and reach their goals. In the process, her clients develop greater clarity, focus, and an increased capacity for effective action.
Dorcas' driving passion and vision is to transform the world of coaching, one coach at a time, by helping each one discover their power and confidence as the leader of their coaching business. She is committed not only to the success of each individual coach, but also to the long-term flourishing of the industry.
To bring this vision to reality, Dorcas wrote "The Business of Coaching®" a book and workbook set that contains nearly all the information you need to start, grow, and manage a coaching business (available at www.TheBusinessOfCoaching.com). This popular book, now in its third printing, is recommended or required by four US-based coaching schools.
As a popular and sought-after speaker and workshop leader, she travels the US and abroad to bring her unique blend of brains and heart to a wide range of audiences. At the 2002 and 2005 ICF Conferences, her passionate, practical and invigorating breakout sessions received consistently high praise and enthusiastic endorsement.
With over 20 years of consulting and coaching experience, Dorcas draws on a wealth of private and public sector expertise. Dorcas has always been a motivator of people and a model of high achievement for others, including her clients. She coaches entrepreneurs (including coaches, of course!), executives, business owners, and professionals to reach the next level of success in their business and personal lives.
A successful entrepreneur, she has owned her business as a consultant and coach since 1994. Prior to that, Dorcas worked for Hewlett-Packard Company as an internal consultant / coach, and Andersen Consulting.
In addition to being a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and Certified Management Consultant, Dorcas’ credentials also include an MBA with High Honors from UC Los Angeles and a BA with Highest Honors in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara. She is a member of the International Coach Federation, having received her ACC designation through that organization, as well as being a past president for the Monterey Bay ICF chapter. She is also a board member for the Co-Active Leaders Link (CALL, Inc.), a member of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Junior League.
Dorcas lives and thrives in Sunnyvale California, sharing her home with two large canine companions Duke and Meg.