About Goldfinch Leadership
Goldfinch Leadership partners with high-level executives, seasoned professionals, and industry leaders who recognize that the future of work is shifting—and want to stay ahead of it.
Whether you’ve hit your financial goals and are redefining what’s next, or you’re leading through industry disruption, the key to staying relevant isn’t just knowledge. It’s Creative Intelligence (CQ), strategic foresight, and adaptability.
The most successful leaders of the future won’t be the ones who resist change. They’ll be the ones who navigate it with confidence.
Let’s make sure you’re one of them.
Whether you’ve hit your financial goals and are redefining what’s next, or you’re leading through industry disruption, the key to staying relevant isn’t just knowledge. It’s Creative Intelligence (CQ), strategic foresight, and adaptability.
The most successful leaders of the future won’t be the ones who resist change. They’ll be the ones who navigate it with confidence.
Let’s make sure you’re one of them.
Creative thinking can change people.
And creative people can change the world.
The Future of Work is Creative
Creative Thinking and Emotional Intelligence are no longer optional. They are critical for future-proofing yourself against rapid technological change and unpredictable disruption.
As businesses accelerate AI adoption to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and drive efficiency, the real competitive edge lies in how leaders leverage human ingenuity, adaptability, and culture.
Uncertainty is the only constant, and strategic planning alone is no longer enough. Leaders must embrace strategic scenario planning, anticipate multiple possibilities, adapt in real time, and ensure resilience in the face of the unknown.
Goldfinch Leadership equips you with the Creative Intelligence (CQ) to navigate these shifts with confidence. Let’s build your future-ready strategy together.
As businesses accelerate AI adoption to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and drive efficiency, the real competitive edge lies in how leaders leverage human ingenuity, adaptability, and culture.
Uncertainty is the only constant, and strategic planning alone is no longer enough. Leaders must embrace strategic scenario planning, anticipate multiple possibilities, adapt in real time, and ensure resilience in the face of the unknown.
Goldfinch Leadership equips you with the Creative Intelligence (CQ) to navigate these shifts with confidence. Let’s build your future-ready strategy together.
About Our Founder
Veronica Scarpellino is a Creative Thought Partner, leadership strategist, and the developer of the Creative Intelligence (CQ) framework, which equips professionals with the skills to navigate uncertainty, drive innovation, and lead through disruption. A formally trained coach and artist, she seamlessly integrates creative sensibilities into executive coaching, helping leaders, executives, and founders cultivate adaptability and strategic foresight.
As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the ICF and Board Certified Coach (BCC), Veronica has over 20 years of immersive experience guiding professionals through career evolution, leadership transformation, and high-stakes decision-making. She helps clients experience an average 20% increase in creative thinking skills, which directly enhances problem-solving, leadership agility, and resilience.
She is the author of Second Draft: Rewrite Your Midlife Career with Creative Intelligence, where she challenges outdated career models and offers a roadmap for professionals to reinvent themselves before disruption forces them to. She is a recognized thought leader and is a member of Forefront: Powered by Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Veronica is a keynote speaker and trainer on the future of work, creative intelligence, and AI-augmented leadership.
Her distinct approach bridges conceptual and analytical expertise, helping professionals harness their Creative Intelligence (CQ) to break past limitations, lead with confidence, and transform uncertainty into opportunity. Whether working with executives navigating change, teams building innovation capacity, or organizations preparing for the future, Veronica equips them with the thinking strategies necessary to thrive.
As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the ICF and Board Certified Coach (BCC), Veronica has over 20 years of immersive experience guiding professionals through career evolution, leadership transformation, and high-stakes decision-making. She helps clients experience an average 20% increase in creative thinking skills, which directly enhances problem-solving, leadership agility, and resilience.
She is the author of Second Draft: Rewrite Your Midlife Career with Creative Intelligence, where she challenges outdated career models and offers a roadmap for professionals to reinvent themselves before disruption forces them to. She is a recognized thought leader and is a member of Forefront: Powered by Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Veronica is a keynote speaker and trainer on the future of work, creative intelligence, and AI-augmented leadership.
Her distinct approach bridges conceptual and analytical expertise, helping professionals harness their Creative Intelligence (CQ) to break past limitations, lead with confidence, and transform uncertainty into opportunity. Whether working with executives navigating change, teams building innovation capacity, or organizations preparing for the future, Veronica equips them with the thinking strategies necessary to thrive.
Credentials
° Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation (ICF)
° Board Certified Coach (BCC), The Center for Credentialing & Education
Special designations in:
- Executive, Corporate, Business & Leadership Coaching
- Career Coaching
° Master Facilitator + Certified Executive Coach, Center for Executive Coaching
° Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, Genos North America
° PrinciplesYou Certified Coach and Preferred Partner, PrinciplesYou Personality Assessments
° Positive Intelligence Trained Coach, Positive Intelligence
° Master of Arts in Social Engagement, Moore College of Art & Design
° Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Monmouth University
° Board Certified Coach (BCC), The Center for Credentialing & Education
Special designations in:
- Executive, Corporate, Business & Leadership Coaching
- Career Coaching
° Master Facilitator + Certified Executive Coach, Center for Executive Coaching
° Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, Genos North America
° PrinciplesYou Certified Coach and Preferred Partner, PrinciplesYou Personality Assessments
° Positive Intelligence Trained Coach, Positive Intelligence
° Master of Arts in Social Engagement, Moore College of Art & Design
° Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Monmouth University
Why a Goldfinch? The American Goldfinch represents abundance, positivity and inspired energy. Fun fact: the female can build a nearly-watertight nest from disparate natural materials, and after nurturing the hatchlings, she hands off sole caregiving to the male until the young fly the nest.
