Amanda Gulino (she/her/hers) is the Founder at A Better Monday, a people-focused coaching and facilitation company that helps leaders to reimagine leadership, work, and culture so that everyone can thrive, because everyone wins when everyone thrives.

With over a decade of experience building equitable people and culture programs, she is an accomplished coach, facilitator, speaker, and leader working with purpose-driven clients across the U.S. Those that worked with Amanda have described her as intuitive, intentional, bold, driven, and relational.

Amanda helps individuals to step boldly toward their big, wild, lofty goals and dreams through 1:1 leadership and career coaching. She also helps organizations to design, build, and invest in people and to build organizational cultures where everyone can thrive.

A major driver behind Amanda’s work is her deep belief in equity, access, and justice. Her work and approach to coaching and consulting are rooted these values, and Amanda is committed to working with organizations and people who are working to create a more equitable and just world.

Amanda's work has been featured in Fast Company, Glassdoor, FabFitFun, and Thrive Global.  In her free time, you can find Amanda learning to garden (key word: learning), drinking a cup of coffee, biking, reading, or hanging out with her rescue dogs and partner.

Other ways to find Amanda:

• Leadership Development Trainer and Coach at Full Potential Ventures

• Liberatory Design Facilitator and Leadership Coach at Beytna Design

• Experience Designer, Facilitator, and Coach with FosterInc

Education & Certifications:

• Associate Certified Coach through International Coaching Federation

• Certified Professional Coach — iPEC

• Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Master’s Degree in Human Resource Education both from Louisiana State University, with a focus on adult learning

• Trauma-Informed Coaching Intensive with Trudi Lebron

• Dare to Lead Trained

Other fun facts:

• Amanda grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and lived there through college. After that, she lived and built community in New York City and the Bay Area. Now she lives in Denver, CO with her dogs and partner.

• A late-in-life runner, Amanda ran 2019 NYC marathon on behalf of Reading Partners, her professional home for over 4 years! Running has become a part of Amanda’s self-care routine.

• When Amanda was a child, she played business owner and “boss” quite frequently. She founded A Better Monday part time in 2016, fulfilling a lifelong dream of running a business.

• As a person who believes in having multiple careers, Amanda and her family run a mountain Airbnb in Granby, Colorado called Eagle Ridge Getaway.

To learn more about me, let’s connect on LinkedIn!