Lisa Schmidt

Lisa Schmidt is an ICF-credentialed coach, author, and former corporate vice president who has spent more than two decades building brands, leading teams, and tending to the inner work that sustains both.

Her work is rooted in the belief that leadership begins within, where results come from alignment and trust rather than force. Through Lisa Schmidt Coaching, she partners with leaders and organizations to cultivate greater coherence, clarity, and self-trust.

Lisa's perspective is shaped by what she has built and by what she has navigated: self-doubt, people-pleasing, overresponsibility, and the years of deliberate inner work that followed. That journey inspired The Return Within: Reclaiming Presence and the Power to Lead, an invitation to break the proving loop, release what isn't yours, and remember who you've always been underneath it all.

Through coaching, speaking, and writing, Lisa helps leaders move from performance to presence and return to a steadier, more aligned way of living and leading.

She lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children.