About
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About
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Elaina Carpino
Leadership Alchemist & Founder of Change is HeartWorkSM
Quick Creds
PCC, International Coaching Federation
25+ years of executive leadership, including COO-level roles at Tesla, Owens Corning, MURAL, and growth-stage startups
Master's, MBOE · Six Sigma Black Belt · Chemical Engineering
Positive Psychology Coaching, Academy of Applied Positive Psychology Coaching
From the Boardroom to the Heart: Alchemizing Leadership through the Crucible of Change.
Elaina Carpino coaches senior leaders through the transitions that titles alone can't navigate.
As founder of Change is HeartWorkSM, Elaina partners with executives and rising leaders standing at the threshold of what's next: Not to become someone else, but to return to themselves, and to lead from that place with courage, clarity, and heart.
Elaina coaches from experience, not theory. Her practice is built on The HEART Work ModelSM — a five-movement passage that moves leaders from honest reckoning to embodied, observable change.
Experience + Mastery
Elaina brings a rare pairing to this work: More than 25 years of corporate leadership across Fortune 500 enterprises and high growth companies, including Dow Chemical, Nationwide, Owens Corning, Tesla, LUMA Institute, and MURAL, alongside deep, credentialed coaching mastery.
Elaina has sat in the executive seat as Chief Operating Officer and VP of Sales & Delivery, owned P&Ls, scaled operating systems through periods of intense growth, and led commercialization across global portfolios.
She has led half-billion-dollar portfolios, scaled teams, and navigated her way through high-stakes, high-pressure M&As and the high-performing chaos of the startup world. She currently serves as COO of Change Enthusiasm Global, scaling transformational learning experiences worldwide.
a catalyst for transformation
Trained first as a chemical engineer, Elaina brings the precision of an engineer and the fierce heart of a leader to every engagement, with particular depth supporting accomplished women navigating the move into enterprise leadership.
A catalyst initiates a chemical reaction. To most people, a catalyst is something that simply sparks the fire, but they only have half the equation. A true catalyst stays long enough to ensure the reaction is stable. They remain until the "new" is strong enough to survive on its own.
That is who Elaina is: A catalyst for your transformation. Her clients leave with a stronger relationship to their own authority and results their organizations can see.
"No title defines who you are. My role is to ignite the ember within
— it's already there, already lit."
Elaina Carpino
Leadership Alchemist & Founder of
Change is HeartWorkSM
From the Boardroom to the Heart: Alchemizing Leadership through the Crucible of Change.
Elaina Carpino coaches senior leaders through the transitions that titles alone can't navigate.
As founder of Change is HeartWorkSM, Elaina partners with executives and rising leaders standing at the threshold of what's next: Not to become someone else, but to return to themselves, and to lead from that place with courage, clarity, and heart.
Elaina coaches from experience, not theory. Her practice is built on The HEART Work ModelSM — a five-movement passage that moves leaders from honest reckoning to embodied, observable change.
Experience + Mastery
Elaina brings a rare pairing to this work: More than 25 years of corporate leadership across Fortune 500 enterprises and high growth companies, including Dow Chemical, Nationwide, Owens Corning, Tesla, LUMA Institute, and MURAL, alongside deep, credentialed coaching mastery.
Elaina has sat in the executive seat as Chief Operating Officer and VP of Sales & Delivery, owned P&Ls, scaled operating systems through periods of intense growth, and led commercialization across global portfolios.
She has led half-billion-dollar portfolios, scaled teams, and navigated her way through high-stakes, high-pressure M&As and the high-performing chaos of the startup world. She currently serves as COO of Change Enthusiasm Global, scaling transformational learning experiences worldwide.
a catalyst for transformation
Trained first as a chemical engineer, Elaina brings the precision of an engineer and the fierce heart of a leader to every engagement, with particular depth supporting accomplished women navigating the move into enterprise leadership.
A catalyst initiates a chemical reaction. To most people, a catalyst is something that simply sparks the fire, but they only have half the equation. A true catalyst stays long enough to ensure the reaction is stable. They remain until the "new" is strong enough to survive on its own.
That is who Elaina is: A catalyst for your transformation. Her clients leave with a stronger relationship to their own authority and results their organizations can see.
"No title defines who you are. My role is to ignite the ember within
— it's already there, already lit."
Quick Creds
PCC, International Coaching Federation
25+ years of executive leadership, including COO-level roles at Tesla, Owens Corning, MURAL, and growth-stage startups
Master's, MBOE · Six Sigma Black Belt · Chemical Engineering
Positive Psychology Coaching, Academy of Applied Positive Psychology Coaching
what leaders say about working with elaina
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"Working with Elaina came at an important time of transition for both me personally and for our organization. She created a supportive, steady space where I could reflect openly and think strategically, and her insight helped us build trust and clarity as a team during a period of change. Elaina asks perceptive questions that truly shift perspective."
Leslie · Associate Director, Nonprofit Arts Organization
what leaders say about working with elaina
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"Working with Elaina came at an important time of transition for both me personally and for our organization.
She created a supportive, steady space where I could reflect openly and think strategically, and her insight helped us build trust and clarity as a team during a period of change. Elaina asks perceptive questions that truly shift perspective."
Leslie · Associate Director, Nonprofit Arts Organization
where to begin
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Every passage starts with a conversation.
The Ignition Call is a complimentary 30-minute conversation.
No pitch, no pressure — just an honest read on where you are in the acts, and whether this work is yours to do.
where to begin
__________________
Every passage starts with a conversation.
The Ignition Call is a complimentary 30-minute conversation.
No pitch, no pressure — just an honest read on where you are in the acts, and whether this work is yours to do.
Transforming leaders…one heart at a time.
Change Is HeartWork is for the executive and senior leader standing at the threshold of what's next. Not to become someone else, but to return to themselves—and lead from there with courage, clarity, and heart.
You may be stepping into a larger role. Leading a bigger team. Crossing into officer-level leadership. Jumping ship from corporate life. Building something finally of your own. Or you may be quietly realizing that the way you have been leading no longer feels aligned, like there is something bigger inside you waiting to unfurl.
This is the threshold. The in-between. This is where the hard work—the Heart work—begins.
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