Darlene Fountaine | Executive Life Coach
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Darlene Fountaine

Darlene Fountaine (MBA, PCC)

Los Angeles, California
English

"Shifting Mindsets Together: Helping leaders clear obstacles, unlock growth, and thrive."

Executive Summary

Executive Life Coach

Coachability Team

Partnering with Leaders at All Stages

(Emerging Managers to Seasoned Senior Executives)

With over 25 years of professional experience across consulting, nonprofit leadership, and roles as an independent school administrator and board member, Darlene Fountaine brings a wealth of knowledge to her work as an Executive Life Coach. She has worked with thousands of people to reshape cultures and agendas in meaningful ways, serving as a dedicated advocate for Belonging and Inclusion.

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Shifting Mindsets Together

Executive Coach & Change Agent.

Darlene Fountaine is an executive life coach working with individuals and organizations to provide transformative solutions. Her coaching journey has been informed by her work in consulting, nonprofits, and through being an independent school administrator and board member.

As a recognized advocate and change agent in the Diversity and Inclusion arena, she has worked with thousands of people to revolutionize agendas and reshape cultures in meaningful ways.

Lovingly known as the “go-to person” by her friends and colleagues, Darlene is committed to helping people shift their mindsets to clear obstacles, unlock growth, and thrive.

The Coaching Partnership

Darlene’s superpower is partnering with leaders at all stages—from individual contributors stepping into leadership for the first time to emerging managers and seasoned senior executives. She helps identify where they may be stuck, clarifying unmet goals and uncovering the obstacles in their way.

She believes successful coaching starts with listening, understanding each client’s story, synthesizing their experiences, and distilling behavior patterns. By uncovering blind spots and self-imposed limitations, she guides clients toward a holistic, values-driven approach to self-care and growth.

As her clients evolve personally, they gain the confidence, productivity, and effectiveness needed to thrive in both their professional roles and personal relationships.

Volunteer Agenda & Mentorship

In addition to coaching, Darlene maintains a robust volunteer agenda focused on education and leadership development. She is fortunate to engage and advance leaders through multiple community avenues.

Key Roles & Contributions:

  • Board Chair: Sits on four nonprofit boards, including serving as chair of an independent high school.
  • Undergraduate Mentorship: Mentors business students at the university level.
  • Teen Entrepreneurship: Has taught entrepreneurship skills to teens for years.

Certification & Accreditation

MBA

Univ. of Southern California

BA Psychology

University of Michigan

PCC

Professional Certified Coach

D&I

Cornell Certified

Sustainability

Professional Certification

Teams & Relationships

Coach Training EDU

Scope of Practice

Focus Areas
Leadership Communication Managing People Personal Effectiveness
Client Levels

Board, Director, Leader, Emerging Leader, Team Manager, Manager

Industries
Computer Consulting Defense Education Engineering Entertainment Financial Fintech Health Care Technology Trucking
Departments

Administration, Finance, HR, IT, L&D, Marketing, Operations, Product

My Clients

"Darlene is a natural. She is effective, compassionate, and focused on helping you uncover your potential and making a plan to achieve your goals. I really benefited both personally and professionally from her expertise."

Marketing Executive

"Darlene demonstrates excellence, passion, and commitment in every meeting. She is an exceptional coach and change agent and is dedicated to guiding me through life’s transformations. Not only is Darlene always extremely professional, she is also one of the funniest and genuine human beings that I know! It is always wonderful to spend time with Darlene."

Entrepreneur

"Darlene helped me navigate important life decisions about my career and relationships while staying true to who I am. After years of feeling uncomfortable in therapists' offices -- which I realize now was never the right place for me - working with Darlene as a coach has set me on a path to truly thrive. I cannot recommend her strongly enough."

Educational Technology Expert

"My experience with Coachability has been outstanding, and I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to work with Darlene. Her insightful questions, guidance, and supportive approach have been instrumental in helping me gain clarity, build confidence, and take meaningful steps toward my goals. Darlene’s ability to create a safe and engaging space made each session both impactful and enjoyable. I highly recommend her coaching to anyone looking to grow personally and professionally."

Corporate Leader

"Darlene has been instrumental in not only helping me to realise thoughts and practices that where holding me back, but also to discover a sense of agency over my personal goals and to stay accountable to myself in achieving those goals. I would highly recommend making the personal commitment to yourself by working with Darlene!"

Corporate Sales Leader

"Thank you, Darlene. Your energy and wisdom have helped me to remain my authentic self and stay in my lane as a leader. Before coaching, I thought I would have to adapt and conform in my role to progress/achieve my ambitions. With your reflective questions and allowing me to be my open self I have been able to continue as my authentic self as a Leader which has not only resulted in positive feedback from colleagues and managers and moved me away from the name 'safe pair of hands' to 'an experienced, supportive and competent leader. It has given me the confidence and growth which I was lacking to move forward. Everyone should work with Coachability. It's a positive, enlightening experience. The coach's wisdom, experience, and energy is amazing and has helped me to achieve more of what I set out to at the beginning of the coaching. I am so thankful and grateful to Coachability."

Corporate Leader

"I worked with Darlene on making a major change in my life. She helped me to uncover what was holding me back from making the change I wanted (things I didn't even know was there!), helped me to identify what I needed to work on to set myself on my change-journey and have actions in place to get going on that journey. This was not an easy process but her guidance, insurmountable patience, gentle challenges and sharing from her own experiences made me feel seen, understood and like I had a best friend invested in my achievement. An accountable-to cheerleader!"

Corporate Consultant

"Darlene has helped me transform my future life plans and my approach to every aspect of my life. Her curious questions and very pointed feedback/considerations have guided me personally and professionally in ways I don't think even I've realized yet. The Coachability team has been simply amazing to work with."

Corporate Leader

"I am so incredibly thankful for the opportunity to work with Darlene! She is knowledgeable, kind, and very supportive."

Corporate Leader
Darlene believes in...

"Adapting success to individual needs."

Darlene believes that success as a coach hinges on listening to clients, synthesizing their stories, and distilling behavior patterns. She doesn't believe in cutting corners or simply providing a cookie-cutter outline.

In practice, this means identifying blind spots and self-imposed limiting beliefs that interfere with desired progress. By helping clients implement a holistic approach to taking care of themselves that aligns with their values, they gain the confidence and productivity needed to thrive at work and in their relationships.