Margaret Chan

Biography

Margaret Chan is a Certified Executive Coach experienced in career transitions and leadership development. In her 25-year career in executive search, including 18 years at the global search firms Spencer Stuart and Korn Ferry, she assessed over 3,500 executives as they pursued new career opportunities. Working with Chairmen, Boards of Directors, CEOs and their direct reports, she understands their expectations and leverages this knowledge in her coaching practice.

She works with professionals seeking career advice and new opportunities, and who are changing or relaunching careers. She helps identify their skills to target careers that leverage their strengths. Her experience includes assessments, career strategies, target careers, resumes/LinkedIn profiles, career narratives/positioning, interview preparation, returnships, offer negotiations, and support and confidence building throughout the process. She also has a particular expertise working with women relaunching their careers.

Chan also partners with clients in executive coaching to help them identify their strengths and gaps as they pursue their next leadership level. She works with clients to increase their self-awareness, gain insight through self-reflection, and make behavior changes so they can become more effective leaders. Her clients appreciate her strategic and practical approach, and her humor combined with a warm personal style.

She has experience with financial services, private equity, insurance, consumer goods, retail, consulting, technology, and nonprofit. She has in-depth knowledge of multiple business functions, including general management, finance, investments, strategy, marketing, communications, sales, operations, consulting, technology, and nonprofit development.

Chan is an Executive Coach for The Leadership Lab at Columbia Business School and had an earlier marketing career at General Foods, Citigroup, and Oppenheimer Management. She earned her Executive Coaching Certification at the highest level from Columbia University, an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University in an accelerated one-year program, and a BS with honors from New York University. She serves on the board of the West Side YMCA New York and lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Schedule a consultation with her via email: Margaret@ChanExecutiveCoach.com