Make space for what really matters, without compromising your professional goals
Coaching for success-driven lawyers and professionals who don’t want to give up their personal lives to fulfill their ambitions.
Professional life is complicated. It’s time to cope better in your high-pressure environment.
Here’s the truth: Success isn’t just about the many hours you put in or the paycheck you bring home; it’s about how well you harmonize every facet of your life—your career, family, and personal well-being.
While we can’t change the prevailing work culture, we can rise above its demands. That’s precisely what I help you achieve. It’s time to create space for the things that truly matter in your life without compromising your professional ambitions and principles.
Let me help you craft a life of purpose and equilibrium, where we translate your overarching priorities into daily practices that align with your values.
Isn’t it time to:
Stop working harder and harder without getting the results you deserve
Translate your big-picture priorities into your day-to-day practice
Navigate organizational politics in alignment with your values
Make time for the most important while still attending to the urgent and time-sensitive
Regain a sense of control, purpose, and deliberate direction
Design a life of meaning and balance
MEET YOUR COACH
Dr. Špela Trefalt
Welcome! I’m Špela, and I help organizations and professionals rethink how work gets done to deliver exceptional service – all while allowing people to lead meaningful lives outside of work. My coaching provides researched and evidence-based approaches to setting boundaries and prioritizing attention without sacrificing career success.
I’ve had the privilege of working with Harvard Medical School, leading global law firms, and various international consulting, private equity, investment, engineering, architectural, and design firms to coach professionals and assist them in achieving the results and experiences they long for at work and at home.
You CAN achieve a higher sense of meaning and effectiveness. Let’s work together to create your fulfilling professional and personal life.
Professional Affiliations and Certifications
Let’s Work Together
COACHING
Executive Coaching for Professionals
With over 15 years of experience, I specialize in guiding attorneys, accountants, physicians, consultants, academics, and managers through their most challenging career transitions and leadership dilemmas. Together, we’ll develop strategies for effective leadership, work-life balance, and personal fulfillment, ensuring you reach your goals with confidence and clarity.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops for Professional Services Firms
My workshops address critical areas such as organizational change, networking, vision creation, work-life balance, and leadership. Each workshop is designed to provide actionable insights and tools, helping professionals navigate and excel in their demanding environments. Whether you’re looking to lead change effectively, enhance your network, or achieve a better work-life balance, these workshops provide the expertise and support you need to thrive.
SPEAKING
Speaking Engagements
With a background in TV and Media and over 15 years as a University Professor, my always engaging and well-received presentations discuss the complexities of organizational change, work-life balance, and leadership in professional settings. Designed to inspire, challenge, and equip leaders and teams with practical tools and insights, I can provide keynotes, panel discussions, or interactive sessions. Your participants will leave energized and ready to implement new strategies for success.
With Spela’s help in each session, and sometimes with her tough love, I get clarity and move into a state in which I realize that I have the freedom to choose my path forward. Spela is a skilled coach who has been a guiding beacon for me, illuminating the path toward my self-awareness and personal growth.
Rosaria Meek, PhD
Dr. Trefalt joined us at our annual Senior Leadership Team retreat and conducted an outstanding workshop on Leading Organizational Change. Her dynamic and engaging presentation style, coupled with informative and actionable content, left a lasting impact.
Steve Amendo, CMO,
Martin's Point Health Care
My attitude about my career and myself has shifted 180 degrees in the positive. Spela is transformative in a subtle yet profound way that really sticks. Spela combined her extensive and cutting-edge academic knowledge with unmatched professional experience and blended these to help me craft pragmatic plans to really reach my future career and life vision.
Ashleigh Dueker, Associate Director of Products, PA Consulting
Working with Spela has profoundly impacted my personal and professional life. Her coaching instilled confidence in me and reinforced my commitment to my core values. With her guidance, I navigated crucial career decisions, advanced in my job, and enrolled in a master’s degree program.
Magda Carr, Director of SNAP-Ed at the YMCA Greater of Boston
Spela helped me tap into my own energy and existing passion for my craft and team to explore pathways for me to grow into an authentic leader. Our sessions were built on the trust she built from the beginning and led by her patience and dedication to offering new skills and methods based on my own personal goals. I feel sincere in my approach to daily activities and more confident when I face challenges in my role from the mindset and tools we worked on together.
Lisa Fowler, Partner, PA Consulting
One of the unique strengths Spela brings is a deep understanding of the ways, workings, and demands of professional and corporate work. This experience is a critical skill to helping me navigate both my career and personal challenges and successes. She’s been a key reason my career has gone up, up, up.
Jennifer Johnston Canfield, EVP Growth & Strategy, emtelligent
Spela’s coaching was exceptional! Spela guided me through difficult career considerations, ensuring not only me staying with my firm but also retaining my senior position. Financially, this was incredibly important for my family and me, and I am extremely grateful to Spela for this.
Alexandra Rodina, Kennedys, Partner
I started working with Spela shortly after returning to my job in management consulting after my maternity leave. I was in a period of massive transition, reprioritization and deep thinking about what I want from my career, and how that had changed. Spela provided structure and space for me to set my goals and make a plan to work toward them. I continue to revisit her guidance and coaching months later!
Jenna Phillips, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting
Transitioning from early career to the new responsibilities that presented themselves in mid-career was a daunting journey for me, but with Spela/Dr. Trefalt as my professional coach, it became an empowering and enlightening experience. Spela’s approach was not about dictating steps, but rather about guiding me to discover my own path. She helped me leverage my background as a psychologist and academic to navigate entry into the entrepreneurial world.
Allison Wilkerson, PhD, DBSM, Clinical Director, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Coaching with Dr. Trefalt was an unprecedented opportunity to deeply look inside myself and understand the root of my insecurities. Her insightful questions helped me navigate daily challenges, build confidence, and achieve meaningful progress in both personal and professional realms. My lab has grown significantly, I’ve secured additional funding, and I’m learning to lead with empathy and self-trust.
Silvia Guglietta,
PhD, Assistant Professor of Mucosal Immunology,
Medical University of South Carolina
Design Your Life of Meaning and Balance
Analyze & Resolve
Tackle complex challenges head-on, enhance your professional skills, and strategically overcome obstacles while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Gain Insights
Fast-track your career growth, uncover new opportunities, and craft a personalized action plan that leverages your unique strengths, ensuring success both at work and at home.
Advance your Career
Cultivate unwavering confidence, maintain laser focus, and take decisive steps to realize your professional ambitions while enjoying the fulfillment of a well-lived life.
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