Kerry R. | Leland

Kerry R.

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Elevate Your Leadership | Certified Executive Coach | Prior HR VP

Studied at University of San Francisco

Works at Kerry Rockers Coaching & Consulting

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Available Monday at 7:30 PM UTC

Usually responds within 48 hours

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Available Monday at 7:30 PM UTC

Usually responds within 48 hours

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Kerry's Coaching Offerings

Executive Coaching — Getting Started Package

Executive coaching for high-impact leadership

Starting at $6605h+ of coaching

Complete 6 Month Executive Coaching Engagement (360 Analysis Included)

Complete 6 month executive coaching engagement with a top executive coach

$5,00030h–40h of coaching

Custom hourly

Get help with Succession Planning, Decision Making, and .

Kerry also coaches for Career Coaching and Leadership Coaching. View all.

Kerry’s Executive Coaching Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Executive

40+ people coached for Executive Coaching

Kerry has helped clients get into these companies:

As an executive coach, I help leaders gain clarity, confidence, and momentum as they navigate high-stakes decisions, career transitions, and organizational change. My coaching is tailored, strategic, and encouraging—rooted in real-world leadership challenges and designed to unlock growth. Whether you're a senior leader stepping into broader responsibility or navigating a complex transition, I’m here to help you lead with greater impact and authenticity. With over 20 years of experience coaching and advising executives through global HR and transformation initiatives—and as an ICF-certified coach—I bring both a strategic lens and deep empathy to my work. I’ve supported senior leaders across industries including finance, tech, healthcare, and nonprofit. Clients describe me as thoughtful, insightful, and energizing, with a strong ability to help them turn potential into meaningful progress. My top CliftonStrengths theme, Developer, reflects my passion for growth—yours and mine. If you're ready to elevate your leadership, let’s connect.

Kerry can help with:

Succession Planning

Decision Making

Strategy

Communication Skills

Strategic Planning

Team Management

Leadership Development

Kerry also coaches for Career Coaching and Leadership Coaching. View all.

About Kerry

With over 20 years of experience in global HR leadership, I’ve always been drawn to helping people grow. I spent much of my corporate career partnering with executives to develop talent, lead teams through change, and support individuals as they stepped into bigger roles or new directions. What I loved most was the one-on-one connection: being a sounding board, a guide, and sometimes just someone who truly got it. Outside of work, I’m a mom, spouse, and an involved community member. These roles have shaped how I show up—with empathy, flexibility, and real respect for the complexities of life and leadership. I’ve navigated my own career pivots by staying grounded in my values and strengths, and I love helping others do the same. My approach to coaching is personal, strategic, and encouraging—I’m here to help you find clarity, confidence, and a path that feels right for you

Why do I coach?

Hope is why I coach. It is so easy to get stuck in the “muck” of life, especially in our careers or unexpected set backs, and we need help getting ourselves back to who we are, living in alignment with our values and believing in ourselves again. Coaching is a way for my clients to take steps in the direction that they want to go. It requires time, effort, patience, openness and vulnerability, yet can help move you on your path. My clients often say that I help them grow, see things from a different point of view and start to believe more in themselves and their possibilities.

Work Experience

Founder and Principal

Kerry Rockers Coaching & Consulting

January 2023 - Present

Hiring Manager

Throughout my career, I have consulted and coached senior executives and business leaders at all levels, helping them navigate strategic human resource challenges and drive global organizational success. My coaching and consulting practice is built on this deep global HR expertise, recognized coaching certifications, and a passion for empowering others to achieve their aspirations. I coach both individual and corporate clients – supporting professionals seeking meaningful career change or advancement, enhancing leadership skills, and helping teams strengthen collaboration and communication. Clients leave our coaching engagement not only having met their coaching goals but with clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of self-belief and potential.

Vice President, Lead Business Initiatives Consultant

Wells Fargo

May 2017 - May 2024

Led consulting and redesign efforts on diverse, enterprise-wide Human Resource initiatives, resulting in implementation of streamlined and improved global HR experiences. Included leading the international HR transition planning for a global divesture and diving deep into challenging enterprise HR processes to design, test and deliver improvements.

Vice President, Senior Manager International HR Programs and Strategic Initiatives

Wells Fargo

September 2011 - April 2017

Hiring Manager

Led global HR team focused on high impact business projects and initiatives which included consultation with executive leadership across diverse business lines on HR planning for global growth and contraction. Played pivotal HR leadership role in multiple global new entity expansions, entity contractions, acquisitions, mergers and divestitures.

Incentive Compensation Risk Management Project Lead, Wholesale Business

Wells Fargo

February 2011 - September 2011

With Wholesale HR and Credit Leaders, led and project managed the Incentive Compensation Risk Management (ICRM) process for Wholesale Banking

Human Resources Business Partner/Consultant, Digital Channels Group

Wells Fargo

February 2010 - February 2011

Admissions Committee

HR Business Partner to two senior executives in the Digital Channels Group and back up for HR Consulting Manager. Consulted and coached leaders on multiple leadership and strategic HR topics including organizational changes and restructuring, change management, team member engagement, leadership development and succession planning.

Corporate HR Project Manager and Leadership Program Participant

Wells Fargo

August 2006 - February 2010

Selected for a competitive one-year post-MBA leadership rotation program focused on enterprise-wide HR initiatives. Resulted in placement in a strategic HR project management role leading enterprise-wide HR projects. Led project management of the integration of the legacy Wells Fargo and Wachovia employee portals as well as the implementation of a new Gallup customized enterprise-wide employee empowerment survey.

Human Resources Business Partner/Consultant, Technology Group

Wells Fargo

March 2000 - August 2006

Admissions Committee

HR Business Partner to senior executives and their organizations across the Technology Infrastructure and Development functions. Consulted and coached leaders on multiple leadership and strategic HR topics. In addition, developed and led change readiness sessions, facilitated numerous training sessions on a variety of topics, and partnered with technology leadership to create a unique technology training and job rotation program which developed a pipeline of internal talent with critical technical skills.