Odilia McLeod
Executive and Emotional Intelligence Coach
Expert Contributor | She Owns Success
Meet The Expert
Odilia McLeod
For more than three decades, Odilia McLeod has partnered with organizations and leaders through growth, transformation, and uncertainty. Having built a successful corporate career while navigating her own professional reinvention, she understands that the greatest challenges people face are deeply human.
As an Executive and Emotional Intelligence Coach with graduate training in psychology, Odilia helps professionals move beyond operating on autopilot, reconnect with purpose, and navigate change with clarity and confidence. Her work integrates evidence-based psychology, emotional intelligence, and real-world corporate experience to help individuals strengthen leadership, make sound decisions amid uncertainty, and align success with what matters most.
Known for creating a thoughtful balance of challenge and psychological safety, she helps clients uncover the patterns, beliefs, and habits that quietly shape their choices and empowers them to build sustainable change from the inside out.
Whether guiding executives through career transitions, developing emotionally intelligent leaders, or helping professionals rediscover meaning in their work, Odilia’s mission is simple: to help people live and lead with greater authenticity, intention, and impact both professionally and personally.
Professional Background & Training
My foundation in psychology gives me a deep understanding of human behavior, motivation, and decision-making under pressure. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from San Diego State University and a Master of Science in Psychology from Purdue University. I am also a Certified Executive Coach and Certified Career Coach through the Center for Executive Coaching (CEC), and a Social and Emotional Intelligence Certified Coach through the Institute for Social and Emotional Intelligence (ISEI). I am also an International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Credentials alone don’t create insight. What gives me a distinct edge is the integration of education and lived corporate experience. Understanding both the organizational systems driving change and the human impact they create. I know how change affects confidence, performance, relationships, identity, and sense of purpose. I understand how easy it is to slip into autopilot, to keep achieving while feeling increasingly disconnected from yourself and the life you’re creating. My work helps people pause long enough to reconnect with what truly matters, regain clarity, and move through change with intention rather than reaction.
What I'm Known For
Philosophy
I believe the greatest risk isn’t making the wrong decision, it’s spending years living a life that no longer reflects who you are. My work helps people step off autopilot, reconnect with their values and purpose, and make intentional decisions that align success with authenticity, creating meaningful and lasting transformation in both their careers and their lives.