About Emily

Emily Golden is a strategic talent advisor, coach, author, and speaker with over two decades of experience partnering with leaders and organizations to unlock potential and drive meaningful, lasting change. As the founder and CEO of Golden Resources, she leads a thriving coaching and consulting business that supports individuals, teams, and companies in cultivating high-performing cultures grounded in authenticity, responsibility, and purpose.

Emily is the author of The New Golden Rule: The Professional Perfectionist’s Guide to Greater Emotional Intelligence, A More Fulfilling Career, and A Better Life, which serves as the foundation for her keynote speaking. Her signature message invites audiences to radically reimagine success by treating themselves the way they want others to treat them—leading from a place of self-sourcing, clarity, and presence.

Known for her warm, engaging style and her practical, science-backed tools, Emily helps her audiences and clients alike shift out of survival mode and into empowered leadership. She works across industries and sectors, serving C-suite executives, high-potential leaders, and mission-driven organizations that are ready to elevate how they work—and how they live.

Emily’s talks challenge the success paradox, reframe burnout, and offer a new path to sustainable success rooted in emotional intelligence and deep self-awareness. Whether she’s on stage, in a boardroom, or coaching one-on-one, her mission is clear: to support people become their highest and best selves, and to lead from that place every day.

Emily is a Master Certified Coach, the highest distinction awarded by the ICF and one that only 4% of certified coaches hold globally.