Executive Leadership Coaching & Speaking
Whether you or your organization are in need of change or you want to be a more successful leader… you’re going to need a sharp set of tools in your tool box to move forward.
Star Dargin, PCC, CPCC · 25+ yrs · 10,000+ coaching hours
Great leaders and managers must be morally and ethically driven while staying resilient, reliable, and flexible. Gratitude supports all of that — giving leaders the skills to navigate uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change.
The Results with Stronger Gratitude?
More Confident
Less Stressed, Calmer
Improved Outcomes
I bring a gratitude-based approach to my executive leadership coaching clients and speaking. I work with leaders with their challenges and environments to show when and how to use gratitude to make the most impact.
Many leadership models that exist and are well understood are being touted as how to lead in an AI world: Servant Leadership, Positive Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence V2.0, Liminal, Humanistic, and Threshold Leadership. One thing they all have in common is Gratitude.
What I offer
I work with experienced, high-performing leaders to build authentic leadership that fits the individual, their challenges, and their workplace. Through pattern recognition and skill-building, I make the invisible visible — so you lead the next level with more confidence through difficulty and uncertainty.
CoachingI love connecting people to the exact tool, technique, or insight they need right now. My approach is practical and pragmatic. Explore the resources, and check out my book, The Gratitude Gap — available on Amazon and other major booksellers — plus articles on my blog and Substack.
ResourcesMost high-performers don’t have time to read and apply thousands of leadership books. My monthly Leadership GEMS are your fast-track: an interactive summary of one leadership challenge or model — AI included, all integrated with gratitude. People leave inspired, with new insights and tools to use right away.
Join Me!Not your average speaker — I take a holistic approach built on engagement, interaction, and actionable learning. Your audience walks away with fresh, practical insight, real inspiration, and a clear sense of how to implement it right away.
SpeakingI’ve led and managed across many industries and well-known companies. For 25+ years I’ve coached leaders — attending hundreds of trainings, reading (and writing two) leadership books, teaching workshops and master’s-level project management, and talking with thousands of senior leaders and managers. In all of it, I’ve learned there’s no one-size-fits-all model: leadership is unique to each person and situation, and it’s a skill you can learn and adapt for you, your team, and your culture. That’s where I guide you — helping experienced leaders and teams build skills, reach their goals, and take tangible action toward success by making the invisible visible.
Gratitude is part of the conversation whenever it fits, because pairing any skill with gratitude is the fastest way to grow it. This isn’t a fluffy, everyone’s-happy-all-the-time version of gratitude — these are tangible, strategic, measurable skills that drive change through difficult, complex, uncertain times, letting us see a larger reality and produce sustainable, authentic results.
I hold a B.S. in Computer Science and earned my coaching certification through the International Coaches Federation (ICF) and the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). I’m a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), affiliated with the Project Management Institute (PMI), and have taught graduate-level project management at Boston University for over 20 years.
All of my offerings and 1:1 coaching sessions are tailored and customized to be effective for you and your workplace.
What one leadership coaching client said about Star’s coaching:
Star’s practice is rooted in gratitude, which is essential to me to be kind and express gratitude. The result is that I am now a more confident and comfortable leader. I’m working at a higher level and a sounding board for peers and others. I’m getting better business results through collaboration and successful conflict management. I’m happier and leading from a much more positive place.
Your success story starts with a single conversation.
Let’s talk about the leader you want to become — and the results you want to see.
Contact Me!