Unleashing the transformative power of liberated leaders
Be your best self
Do your best work
Live your best life
The Challenge
What needs liberating in your life?
Now more than ever, our society needs bold, equitable, humanizing leadership. And yet, all around us we see passionate, transformational leaders facing backlash, micro-aggressions and burn out. The work of meaningful change is just too hard when we are under-resourced and isolated.
What We Do
What if you were free to do your best work?
We connect, resource and develop leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers who are driving change in their organizations and communities. From game-changing strategic thought-partnership, to the Unleashed! virtual community and the FreeToLead blog, our offerings are dedicated to liberating YOUR leadership. Experience the unconditional support of a seasoned leader and executive coach who gets you, and is passionate about your success. Embrace the solidarity of like-minded leaders who are creating new rules of engagement, and infusing their work lives with wellness, passion and purpose!
Our Approach
What would help you to be your best self?
We know that the leaders we work with have within them everything they need to succeed and to thrive. We believe that doing great work is not supposed to be all grind and no joy. We help you to leverage your strengths, creativity and inner yearnings in order to do your best work and live your best life. Whether you are focusing on succeeding in your current role, elevating your impact or transitioning to something new, we empower you to take bold, future-focused actions and to access your creative and joyful inner leader.
Ready to Reclaim Your Energy and Elevate Your Leadership?
Let’s explore whether executive coaching is the right next step for you. Together, we’ll clarify your goals, unpack what’s getting in the way, and uncover what it would take to move forward with purpose and power
Book a free Leadership Clarity Call—a low-pressure, high-impact introduction to coaching.
✨Your Leadership, Unleashed
On your best days, you’re in flow: clarity, vision, purpose—your energy pulls people forward, ideas come alive, and everything feels possible.
But there are other days: when the overwhelm, political stressors and anxiety come flooding in. You feel stretched thin, the joy dims, and everything becomes harder to steer.
That gap between your leadership ideal and your daily reality isn’t a flaw—it’s a signal. The leadership journey calls for liberating and soul-centered support, so you can sustain your impact, keep your heart and energy intact, and move with intention through every challenge.
🛠 Support with Real-World Leadership Challenges
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Navigating overwhelm, burnout, and executive functioning roadblocks
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Thriving through new roles, growth transitions, or power shifts
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Leading through crisis, organizational change and fiscal reductions
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Strengthening executive presence & influence
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Cultivating an innovative, equitable team culture
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Overcoming imposter syndrome and micro-aggressions
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Holding productive space in conflict
Whether you're a higher ed executive, tech founder, CEO or nonprofit leader, our coaching approach—built on equity, neuroscience, and holistic resilience—meets you with pragmatism, compassion, and strategic muscle.
💡Why Executive Coaching
Imagine having:
✨ A trusted strategic thought-partner—someone who sees your brilliance and helps you sharpen it
💡 A reflective, confidential space to connect deeply with your purpose, resolve real dilemmas, and chart a bold path forward
🛠 Tools, practices, and momentum to build resilience, leadership presence, and influence for the long-haul
That’s what our executive coaching delivers—a co-created, strengths-based journey that unlocks your full intelligence, aligns your impact with your values, and sustains your stamina through every twist and turn.
🔥Ready to Take the Next Step?
Choose from:
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30-Minute Leadership Clarity Call – Experience what it feels like to be seen, heard, and strategically challenged—no strings attached.
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1:1 Executive Coaching Engagement – Partner with me or one of C4LL’s certified coaches to amplify your vision, deepen your impact, and steward your energy with precision.
Welcome to a new way to lead—not as solo survival, but as collective liberation. It’s about doing your best work... without losing yourself along the way.
Ignite Your Leadership – Even on Your Toughest Days
Unleashed!
Subscribe to Unleashed! a vibrant and inclusive community dedicated to developing and connecting leaders, entrepreneurs and change-makers. Our platform is designed to bring together individuals who are dedicated to lifting up their communities, building a better world, and liberating themselves from internal and external obstacles. Whether you're a new or seasoned leader, Unleashed! is your haven for connection, inspiration, and growth.
Unleashed! membership is FREE
Member benefits include:
FocusCafé virtual co-working community
FreeToLead Blog
News and Updates
Scholarships and Discounts
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Meet Our Founder
Innovator, equity-advocate, seasoned leader
Julia "Chinyere" Oparah, Ph.D., ACC, is a transformational leader, executive coach, educator and author who is passionate about supporting leaders and entrepreneurs to achieve professional success and personal joy. With over 30 years of experience in leadership roles in higher education and the non-profit sector including the C-Suite, Chinyere brings extensive experience of managing change in volatile contexts, building high-performance, high-trust teams, creating engaged and equitable workplace and campus climates, developing actionable strategic plans and leading during organizational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions.
A National Equity Project fellow, member of the Center for Executive Education and graduate of Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Managing and Leading in Education certificate program, Chinyere is trained in liberatory design principles that empower stakeholders to imagine and build new futures. She draws on mindfulness and humanizing values to nourish sustainable work cultures that foster wellness, resilience and joy.
Chinyere’s internationally recognized publications reflects a lifelong commitment to antiracism and social justice. She is a powerful, engaging and emotionally intelligent speaker and facilitator, who engages and inspires diverse audiences with thought-provoking content, practical hands-on strategies and innovative solutions.
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What is the Center for Liberated Leadership?
Our mission is to unleash the innate brilliance of transformational leaders, so that they can advance excellence, equity, and innovation, and lead with authenticity, wellness and joy. We help leaders, entrepreneurs and change-makers feel connected and courageous.
Our subscribers have access to a virtual co-working community of like-minded individuals, a blog written by and for transformative leaders, and a team of certified coaches ready to provide thought-partnership and support professional and personal growth.
The Center for Liberated Leadership is a collective effort and we welcome your feedback, suggestions and participation.