I'm a coach, facilitator and explorer.

Hello! I'm Delaney

My greatest desire is a world fundamentally changed by the co-creative contributions, voices and wisdom of women who are living and leading by their own playbook.

I've been coaching leaders and business owners since 2004. In that time, I've discovered that what lights me up and fuels my sense of fulfillment is working with women of vision, women who want to lead like women – from inspiration, intuition, inter-relation and inclusion. It's because I believe that women do leadership differently and will be our change agents, co-creating a more positive world. 

I'm a professionally trained and credentialed coach who has 20+ years experience coaching and facilitating individuals, leaders, business owners, and corporate teams. I am trained and licensed in the Resilience at Work® Toolkit and the Resilience at Work® Leader Scale, and have a certificate in Applied Neuroscience for coaching. 

I've helped leadership teams strategic plan and grow their companies. I've designed and lead innovation workshops, I co-created and co-lead the Business Innovator Labs™, and I've designed and lead countless workshops, teaming sessions and keynotes. I am also co-creator and leader of the Phoenix-Hearted Woman™ retreats (so much fun!).

My training (2004) is through
The Coaches Training Institute

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I hold a credential through the
International Coach Federation

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Grace in Action

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Supporting you and your team members to find your ‘grace in action' is a important to me. This means helping you be the leader you know you are capable of being. Grace in Action means being mindful of yourself and others, feeling confident about yourself, your relationships, your efforts, and having habits to replenishing and maintain your resilience so you can working with grace under pressure.

I’ve knocked my head up against the square-peg-in-a-round-hole phenomenon many times (check out my LinkedIn CV), and I’ve learned that being the square peg is a strength to be embraced – we're all unique and have many gifts to bring to to life in this world! I’ve come to understand my values and signature strengths and I’ve learned to live into these in ways that are creative and in service of those with whom I work and play. The world needs our brilliance!

My mission?

  • To be an inspiring coach of creative, quirky, intelligent women who want to feel comfortable and authentic in their own leadership style.


  • To help women be more loyal to their values, voices, dreams and innate leadership strengths, than to their fears.  

I am very honoured to have the trust of my clients – those inspired, creative, intelligent, fun and quirky women who love the feeling of bringing their whole brilliant, vulnerable, powerful selves to work and doing good work collaboratively. 

What I am known for...

Leadership Coaching :: Team Development :: Resilience-building :: Facilitation 

  • 20+ years experience in leadership coaching, team development, retreats, workshops and facilitated sessions.

  • Getting right to the heart of the matter.

  • Creating engaging and safe spaces for exploration, creativity and learning to abound – retreats, workshops, team engagements.

  • Quickly engaging groups with creative facilitation tools to draw out collaborative solutions.

  • Translating academic and clinical research on neuroscience, resilience, leadership and motivation into practical strategies leaders and teams can quickly implement.

  • Taking teams who have declared themselves as “unfixable” from dysfunction to productive and co-creative resilience.

  • Being “the only coach who didn’t run screaming from us. We didn’t think it was possible, but you got us working like a team again.

  • Curating terrific resources for women: podcasts, TedTalks, books, articles and videos. If you sign up for the Lead Like a Woman Letters you'll receive the link to my inspiration library!

  • Adventuring and putting my feet in the sand.

Who I Work With

My clients are women who are delightfully competent, independent and have a strong desire to show up in the world as inspiring role models and change makers. They are ready for self-reflection, discovery and growth. They may or may not be leaders in the traditional sense of the word, but they all see themselves as heart-centred catalysts, creators, adventurers and community builders.

I love working with women who understand that leadership is a journey and that there is always room for growth, self-discovery and resilience-building. I enjoy celebrating with my clients as they expand their capacity and become known for their creativity, intelligence, and ability to engage others in vision and action.

A few of the corporate and organizational clients who've worked with me:

Canadian International Institute for Art Therapy

Coast Capital Savings Business Banking

Royal Roads University

ASL Environmental

Roundhouse Community & Arts Centre

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

BC Investment Agriculture Foundation

VanCity Community Business Banking

Family Caregivers of BC

Delta Partners

Government of Canada - PWGSC

Pacifica Paddle Sports

Hy-Tech Drilling Ltd

Westbrook Consultants

Consumer Protection BC

Canadian Mental Health Association

Let's Connect

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My CV lives
here

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Inspiration lives
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Lead Like a Woman eNews link

My best writing lives here