STUDIO CITY, CA, December 03, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Laila Warfield Keith has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Ms. Keith has built a reputation as a distinguished leader in entrepreneurial coaching, leadership development, and career coaching, with a professional journey spanning over two decades at prominent Fortune 500 companies. As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NovaQuest Coaching, LLC since 2022, she has focused on empowering leaders to thrive personally and foster meaningful change in the workplace. Recognized for her combination of energy, empathy, and dedication to justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and performance coaching, Ms. Keith provides impactful strategies to each client through her professional coaching. For more information, visit https://novaquestcoaching.com.

Since 2025, Ms. Keith has also served as a leadership development specialist at Conscious Leadership Partners, where she has expanded her influence by helping mid-career leaders, particularly women, enhance their communication skills, stakeholder engagement, team development, and work-life balance. Additionally, she has served as a Board Member and Director at the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Los Angeles Chapter since 2023, with her role recently elevated to Strategic Advisor to the President in 2025. This position has helped advance coaching standards and supported aspiring coaches preparing for ICF certification exams. Her previous board service at ICF Los Angeles included roles as Director of Communications from 2023 to 2025 and as Associate Director of Communications in 2023.

Since 2022, Ms. Keith has further served as a Business Coach with OTD Limited, where she continues to offer leadership coaching to sales leaders and executives. She emphasizes performance management, customer engagement, effective communication, change management, transformational leadership, and leadership presence. Furthermore, she conducts corporate workshops and coaching sessions using proven frameworks to foster organizational growth and empower high-performing leaders and teams.

Earlier in her career, from 2021 to 2022, Ms. Keith served as a Digital Health Practice Leader at FlemingMartin, LLC, a retained executive search firm. There, she collaborated with boards, private equity and venture capital firms, and C-level executives to develop successful, results-oriented, high-performing management teams. She helped align leadership strategies with business objectives to foster organizational success and innovation. As a trusted advisor and business partner, she empowered companies to make impactful, far-reaching, and lasting improvements to their executive-level human potential.

During her significant tenure at Johnson & Johnson Vision, Ms. Keith served as a National Sales Excellence Trainer from 2018 to 2021 at JNJ Surgical Vision, where she conceptualized and executed the company's first leadership development summit— a milestone that brought together leaders from diverse backgrounds for mentorship and skill-building. She also worked as a National Sales Trainer from 2017 to 2018. Notably, she completed the company's Leadership Development Program in 2019, further strengthening her leadership role and impact. Previously, she served as a Senior Territory Business Manager and Field Sales Trainer from 2012 to 2017.

Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson Vision, Ms. Keith worked as a Senior Sales Consultant at Novartis from 2006 to 2012 and as a Senior Sales Professional at Sanofi-Aventis from 2004 to 2006. She started her career at Sanofi as a Market Research Assistant and Chargeback Specialist from 2003 to 2004. Ms. Keith gained essential experience as an Account Executive at the Terrie Williams Agency in 2002, as a Marketing and Communications Manager at Morgan Stanley from 2000 to 2001, and as a Client Relations Coordinator there from 1999 to 2000. She also served as a Special Events Coordinator at the Institute of French Studies at New York University from 1997 to 1999.

Ms. Keith earned an International Baccalaureate from the United Nations International School in New York City, followed by a Bachelor of Arts in English and French Studies from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. This background provided her with communication skills, cross-cultural understanding, and relational competence at an early age. Her dedication to professional excellence is also demonstrated by her credentials, including Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the ICF, Certified Professional Coach from the Academy of Creative Coaching, and Certified Executive Culture Coach from Strategy Inc., among others.

Throughout her career, Ms. Keith has received significant recognition. In 2025, the Excellence Awards honored her with the CEO of the Year Award in the Career Transition Coaching category, and in 2024, Influence Digest named her among the Top 15 Coaches in Los Angeles. Reflecting on her journey, she attributes her success to the resilience she built through learning from failure — a philosophy she shares with clients by encouraging them to view setbacks as opportunities for growth. She often shares the empowering mantra, "fail fast and fail forward."

Looking ahead, Ms. Keith aspires to become an adjunct professor at prestigious institutions on the East and West Coasts, teaching executive leadership with a focus on authenticity, influence, and workplace wellness for undergraduate and graduate students preparing for their careers. She also seeks opportunities as a keynote speaker, emphasizing consciousness, identity-first leadership, self-leadership, cultivating influence, preventing burnout, and fostering healthy work environments. Her mission is clear: to empower leaders to thrive, make a meaningful impact, and improve the workplace for the better.

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