Executive Coach | From Functional Excellence To Enterprise Leadership
The leadership capabilities that drive success as a high-performing individual executive are not always the ones required to lead an enterprise. As scope expands, results depend less on personal expertise and direct control—and more on building capable teams, aligning stakeholders, and achieving outcomes through others.
Emily King Grandinetta is a Master Certified Coach (MCC), behavioral scientist, and former senior consulting executive who helps accomplished leaders make that shift. Her experience at Accenture Federal Services, Accenture, and Booz Allen Hamilton gives her firsthand insight into the demands of leading across functions, priorities, and organizational boundaries.
THE TRANSITION TO ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP
Emily partners with executives who must move beyond being the person with the answers to becoming the leader who creates the conditions for others to succeed. Coaching focuses on:
- Leading through others — delegating ownership, developing leaders, creating accountability, and strengthening team performance without becoming the bottleneck.
- Leading through ambiguity and change — setting direction amid uncertainty, making sound decisions with incomplete information, and helping teams adapt.
- Communicating with impact — translating strategy into clear priorities, tailoring messages to diverse audiences, and engaging others in difficult conversations.
- Influencing across boundaries — building trust and coalitions, navigating competing interests, and advancing outcomes without relying on positional authority.
EXPERIENCE THAT INFORMS THE COACHING
As a Human Capital Executive at Accenture Federal Services, Emily advised senior government clients and led leadership, performance, and culture initiatives. At Booz Allen Hamilton, she held senior roles in talent strategy and coaching. Her clients are generally leaders in commercial organizations, across industries including pharma and health systems to manufacturing, technology, finance and others.
HOW SHE WORKS
Emily offers a confidential, candid thought partnership grounded in behavioral science and practical executive experience. She helps leaders recognize patterns, challenge assumptions, seek feedback, and translate insight into observable changes in how they lead—especially when success requires mobilizing others rather than doing more themselves.
CREDENTIALS
Master Certified Coach (MCC), International Coaching Federation • M.S., Organization Development, Johns Hopkins University • Leadership Coaching Certificate, Georgetown University • BA., Psychology, Kenyon College
