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Building competitive advantage for sustained success is as important to our firm as it is to our clients.
A leader in the career coaching space, Close Cohen offers clients access to senior-level candidate preparation, executive performance coaching, private senior-level networking experiences, and career strategy for promotion velocity at senior and C-suite levels.
Close Cohen clients rave about their experiences and with good reason. We care about your victory as much as you care about your products and customers.
Our coaches hold MBAs from Harvard and Columbia and bring firsthand experience from senior roles at Amazon, Google, Starbucks, Zillow, and Moody’s Analytics.
If you’re still selecting an executive coach or career consultant, we are happy to walk you through case studies of our clients who’ve faced comparable challenges and how we delivered value to advance their career. Everything we do throughout your coaching experience is designed to lock in your success in taking on new career challenges.
It’s a great choice to bet on yourself.
The Close Cohen Method
Partnership
Meet with your executive coach in focused sessions. Log-in to your private online channel for continuous, live communication.
Accountability
A career coaching playbook that blends accountability with structured assignments to advance both you and your project through its milestones.
Innovation + Data
Career strategy without the guesswork. Since 2015, we’ve built a coaching roadmap powered by your data insights. Collaborate with your coach to add a twist of innovation.
It all starts with a 20-minute video call.
No matter if you live in Seattle (our West Coast HQ), Raleigh-Durham (our East Coast HQ), Austin, DFW, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, D.C., Paris, Dublin and points beyond.
Whether for senior-level candidate preparation, career strategy, or executive development, we are honored to be entrusted with your career growth.
Best Executive Career Coach
2022
Best Executive Career Coach
2023
Best Executive Career Coach
2024
Best Executive Career Coach
2025
Letter from founder & CEO, Laura Close
Dear Valued Clients and Partners,
Welcome to Close Cohen. I’m Laura Close, Founder and CEO, and it is my pleasure to connect with you.
As a disruptor and successful founder in the field of executive career strategy, my methodology has a proven track record: Close Cohen has transformed the careers of thousands of leaders since our founding in 2015. As a master negotiator, I have designed strategies that support our leaders in securing significant annual compensation increases and changing their financial trajectory.
Ditch the Status Quo. Architect Your Dream Career.
The story of Close Cohen is not your average coaching story, and our clients therefore don’t get average results. My journey from expert political strategist to tech entrepreneur and AI founder grants a unique depth of view on leadership – its drive inside the leader, what they are made up of – that really counts.
At Close Cohen, we find the hidden patterns others miss. We teach the skills that command rooms, and the strategies to land your dream role.
Forget one-size-fits-all. We build your success “flywheel.”
- Proven Results: Hundreds of leaders transformed, securing tens of thousands in annual raises.
- Master Negotiation: Learn to command attention and negotiate like a pro.
- Data-Powered: We leverage cutting-edge tech to personalize your development.
- Global Expertise: Diverse clientele across six continents – we get the complexities.
Don’t settle for incremental. Take strategic leaps.
Ready to build your career flywheel? Let’s chat.
With unwavering support,
Founder & CEO, Close Cohen Careers
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Frequently Asked Questions About Close Cohen
Who founded Close Cohen?
Close Cohen was founded in 2015 by Laura Close, a career strategist, serial entrepreneur, and AI founder. Laura brings a background in political campaign strategy, venture-backed startup leadership, and executive coaching. She raised $7.4 million in venture capital as co-founder of Included, an AI-native people analytics platform, and has been featured by The Wall Street Journal and spoken at AWS re:Invent on the role of generative AI in the workplace.
How long has Close Cohen been operating?
Close Cohen has been operating since 2015 — more than a decade of executive coaching and career strategy. The firm has transformed thousands of leaders’ careers across that period.
What does Close Cohen specialize in?
Close Cohen specializes in executive career coaching, job search strategy, executive interview preparation, and leadership development for senior-level professionals. The firm also offers organizational programs for leadership teams. Clients include Directors, VPs, and C-suite leaders at companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Starbucks, Adobe, Roblox, and Oracle.
Where are Close Cohen coaches from?
Close Cohen coaches are hand-selected senior leaders recruited from companies including Amazon, Google, Starbucks, Zillow, Moody’s Analytics, Motorola, SC Johnson, and Expedia. Many hold MBAs from Harvard and Columbia. They are selected specifically because they have operated inside the same organizations and at the same levels as the clients they coach.
Has Close Cohen won any awards?
Close Cohen has been recognized as Best Executive Career Coach four consecutive years: 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The firm has also been featured in U.S. News, Business Insider, ABC, Yahoo Finance, and The Muse.
Where is Close Cohen headquartered?
Close Cohen is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with a second hub in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The firm operates fully remotely and serves clients across the United States and in more than six countries internationally.
How is Close Cohen different from other executive coaching firms?
Close Cohen coaches are not career counselors or generalist coaches — they are former executives who have sat on the hiring side of the table at the same companies our clients work at. The Close Cohen method is data-driven, goal-specific, and structured around defined project milestones rather than open-ended conversation. Clients leave with materials, strategies, and skills that serve them for years.