About Dorcas

Dorcas Kelley - CMC CPCC PCC

With over twenty years of experience in corporate, small business, non-profit, and entrepreneurial environments, Dorcas brings a wealth of skills, talent, and knowledge to her work. Her clients range in size from one-person firms to global teams and executives of Fortune 500 companies.

A certified consultant and coach, Dorcas works with teams and organizations of all sizes to dramatically improve the way they do business and to achieve breakthrough results. She also works with high achieving leaders and entrepreneurs who want to aggressively get beyond any obstacles and reach their goals.

Dorcas provides expertise, experience, and guidance on a variety of topics, including team development, managing organizational change, executive and leadership development, strategic planning, project management, organizational development, process design and improvement and coaching skills for the workplace.

A successful entrepreneur, she has owned her own business since 1994. Prior to establishing her company, Dorcas was an internal consultant and coach for Hewlett-Packard Company and a consulting manager for Andersen Consulting.

In addition to coaching and consulting, Dorcas is also the author of The Business of Coaching® and is a Co-Founder of the Business Catalyst Institute.

Dorcas is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) through the Institute of Management Consultants and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Coaches Training Institute. Her credentials also include the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation, an MBA with High Honors from UC Los Angeles and a BA with Highest Honors in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara.

Dorcas is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, as well as a past Board Member for their Northern California chapter. She was a founder of the Monterey Peninsula Consultants Group, past President of the Monterey chapter of the International Coach Federation, and past board member for the Junior League. She also belongs to the International Coach Federation and Phi Beta Kappa. In her spare time she enjoys hiking new trails with her two dogs and exploring the diverse nature of Northern California.

Author of a popular business start-up and management book currently in its third printing