Tesa Vitelj

Hi, my name is Tesa and I am a Business & Leadership Coach, Strategist, and Mentor with over 19 years of experience across corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and personal development. I specialize in guiding professionals and organizations through moments of transition—whether stepping into leadership for the first time, growing a new business, or transforming team culture.

My coaching integrates business strategy, psychology, emotional intelligence, and human behavior science, allowing clients to unlock clarity, confidence, and sustainable performance. As a certified business coach and trained psychotherapist-in-progress, I offer a unique blend of practical execution support and deep inner work—ensuring that transformation happens both at mindset and strategy level.

I work with:

• New and emerging leaders who want to build authority, lead with confidence, and accelerate their impact without burnout or imposter syndrome through my proprietary 4-pillar leadership development framework designed for newly promoted and emerging leaders who want to go from uncertainty to influence - The RISE Method

• Entrepreneurs and business owners navigating growth, restructuring, or transition from idea to execution—helping them build systems, offers, and a long-term growth strategy.

• Corporate teams and organizations looking to improve engagement, communication, leadership capabilities, and collaboration through my structured POLT (Program for Empowering Leaders and Teams).

My Approach

Every engagement starts with clarity—mapping goals, strengths, challenges, and core values to define a clear roadmap. From there, I combine coaching, mentoring, training, and strategy execution—adjusting the format based on whether the client needs mindset expansion, leadership development, or concrete business strategies and tools.

My method is rooted in four key principles:

1. Self-awareness as the foundation of success – helping clients understand their patterns, motivations, and leadership style.

2. Evidence-based tools & strategic frameworks – including leadership models, DISC, MBTI, emotional intelligence, and behavioral design.

3. Practical implementation – turning insights into actions, systems, and measurable outcomes.

4. Long-term transformation – building habits, resilience, and structures that make success sustainable, not temporary.

Client Results

My clients report increased clarity, improved leadership presence, stronger team relationships, higher revenue growth, strategic decision-making confidence, and a renewed sense of personal fulfillment.

Whether I’m coaching one-on-one or facilitating leadership programs for organizations, my mission remains the same: to help people grow into the most effective, empowered, and purpose-driven version of themselves—while achieving tangible results.