Cecelia Corson
Positive Organizational Psychologist
Professional Leadership Coach
Experienced Facilitator and Educator
BACKGROUND
Cecelia Corson is an International Coaching Federation credentialed leadership coach, and she creates and conducts customized workshops incorporating concepts from positive psychology, leadership development, organizational culture, organizational behavior, organizational change, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and more. Prior to becoming a professional leadership coach, she worked for over 20 years in various leadership roles in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries including clinical training & education, sales, marketing, and human resources. Cecelia is also an inclusive educator and has taught multiple courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Cecelia is currently a PhD candidate in positive organizational psychology at Claremont Graduate University, where she researches human flourishing, wellbeing, and belonging at work. Cecelia has a lifelong passion for understanding how leaders can create organizational spaces where all people feel a deep sense of meaning and belonging, and where they can thrive professionally and personally.
As a former competitive swimmer, marathoner, and triathlete, Cecelia takes advantage of the California sun with regular outdoor nature workouts. She lives in Cardiff with her husband and their three dogs – Archie, Dolce, and Winston.
APPROACH + PHILOSOPHY
Having been trained in concepts of positive psychology, neuroscience, and appreciative inquiry, Cecelia’s approach to coaching combines transformative thinking with goal- and solution-oriented action planning. She believes that people learn and perform at their best when they experience positive emotions, so she orients her coaching conversations using strengths, humor, connection, honesty, and authenticity. She approaches her coaching conversations with a lens of curiosity and nonjudgement, and openness to the direction the conversations take her and her clients.
EDUCATION
PhD, Positive Organizational Psychology, Claremont Graduate University
MBA, University of California, San Diego
MS, Global Business Leadership, University of San Diego
BS, Psychology, University of California, Davis
CERTIFICATIONS
ICF/International Coaching Federation Accredited Coach, ACC
The NeuroLeadership Institute, Brain Based Coach Training
Case Western Reserve, Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner Executive Training
LeAD Labs, LeAD Self-Assessment and 360 Debrief Certified
Shift Positive 360® certified
Positive Intelligence, Coach Training
Claremont Graduate University, Preparing Future Faculty Certificate