Expand Your Capacity, Elevate Your Impact

Modern leaders require more than just skill; they need the capacity to remain intentional amidst chaos. This means making thoughtful choices among competing opportunities, navigating uncertainty with confidence, and fostering authentic connections. By cultivating emotional intelligence and clarity, leaders recognize the power of their own agency—allowing them to unlock the clarity of choice-ensuring every decision serves their own well-being and the collective success of the people they lead.

About Liz Benfanti

Liz Benfanti M.A., PCC, BCC, ELI-MP Benfanti Coaching, LLC — Liz Benfanti M.A., PCC, BCC, ELI-MP
Benfanti Coaching, LLC

Liz brings more than 20 years of strong experience in coaching, training and development in Fortune 500 and start-up companies designing and customizing high-energy leadership and communications skills trainings that lead to personal transformation and increased personal performance. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with senior leaders and subject matter experts to build and evaluate curriculum for facilitation that defines learning objectives followed by intensive 1:1 coaching in the financial, pharmaceutical and publishing fields.

Liz believes that “we are all under construction” and that coaching is a transformative tool that provides leaders with the clarity to access the answers they already know. She partners with leaders to remove internal obstacles, clarify goals and develop a roadmap for success, taking leadership effectiveness to the next level.

Liz’s coaching process is centered around asking powerful questions and listening to understand so clients reflect and and achieve greater self-awareness. She provides the structure and framework that leaders can carry with them to think more concretely and strategically.

Fluent in Spanish, Liz has travelled the world extensively, having lived in Europe and Latin America and those experiences allow her to connect and bring fresh perspectives to her coaching sessions. Teaching at New Jersey’s most innovative business school, she is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Business Communications at the Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University."

Education: Master’s in Educational Leadership and Bachelor’s in English, both from Montclair State University, New Jersey.

Cool Facts:

Volunteered in the Peruvian Amazon to help biologists study hummingbirds in the Manu rainforest

I love to read, A LOT! Favorite book of all time “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

My favorite podcasts right now are “Coaching Real Leaders” and “Think Fast, Talk Smart”

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Services

Leadership Coaching

Leading ourselves and others is a continuous journey which requires our ability to be open to feedback, work on our leadership blindspots and most importantly take action.

Areas of focus;

Executive Presence
Communication Skills
Credibility
Confidence
Leading Change & Transition
Managing Conflict
Emotional Intelligence/Leading Mindfully

Career Coaching

Meaningful work matters. Are you experiencing a career mid-life crisis? Are you deciding to pivot into a new industry but are not sure if it’s the best choice or whether if it’s really for you, at all? It is not uncommon for individuals to pause and decide they desire a career makeover or a radical career change.

Areas of focus:

Career Pivoting
Career Transitions
Career Exploration
Mid-Career Crisis

Laser Coaching

Laser coaching sessions are short by nature, typically one hour sessions aimed at tackling a specific coaching challenge. Laser coaching works best for clients who have had previous coaching and are familiar with the coaching process.

“A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken the first step toward being a great leader” Marshall Goldsmith

Testimonials

“Liz is truly amazing. I didn’t expect coaching to ever play such a meaningful role in my life, but Liz has such incredible insight that I sincerely believe I am where I am, and have accomplished what I have, as a result of working with Liz. I highly recommend Liz to anyone who’s looking for “more” and “better” now.”

— Anita R.

“Liz worked with me to honed in on specific goals and assisted me in overcoming blocks which stood in the way. Liz was very professional yet at the same time carries a tremendous amount of warmth and care to our sessions. She has been supportive, encouraging and inspirational. She is quite funny as well! As a result of my time spent working with Liz, I have made great strides both personally and career wise.”

— Peg W.

“Liz has coached me through several important decisions in my career. Her ability to listen deeply and ask thought provoking questions helped to seamlessly guide me in the direction of my goals.”

— Anthony Fasano, Author of Engineer Your Own Success

“Liz has great talent as a coach. She’s patient, observant and to the point. She has an innate desire to help and you always feel that your needs are being attended and listened to. She’s a gem!”

— Peter Pamela R.

“I was at a terribly confusing crossroads in my career and life when I called upon Liz to help me sort through it all. My sessions with Liz helped me to identify the noise in my life distracting me from understanding and clearly articulating my ambitions – both professionally and personally. She became my compass in the wilderness. The process was challenging but cathartic. I can’t thank Liz enough for her counsel and insights over the last two years. Without her positive and supportive coaching allowing me to reflect and dive deeper into the areas of my life that were stuck, I don’t think I would have transcended the issues I was facing.”

— Liz A.