Influential Woman · Organizational Development / Management Consulting
Monica Taylor, M.Ed., ACC
Founder / Chief Coaching Officer, Rockett Consultants
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
Her Story
About Monica
Monica Taylor, M.Ed., ACC, is an Organizational Development Consultant, Executive Coach, and founder of Rockett Consultants, LLC, where she partners with leaders and organizations to build clarity, courage, and capacity for meaningful impact. Based in Washington, D.C., Monica specializes in leadership development, organizational transformation, executive coaching, workplace wellness, and change management. Through her work, she helps individuals and teams strengthen self-awareness, improve performance, and create healthier, more effective organizational cultures.
With a career rooted in education and leadership development, Monica brings more than a decade of experience guiding people and organizations through growth and change. Her professional journey includes roles as a high school English teacher, assistant principal, principal, education nonprofit leader, and Director of Education and Professional Development and Engagement. Drawing from her background in educational leadership and organizational consulting, she developed a coaching approach centered on intentional leadership, accountability, psychological safety, and empowering individuals to lead with authenticity and purpose.
Monica holds a Master of Education (M.Ed.) from Regent University, postgraduate studies in Urban Education and Leadership from Harvard University, and an Executive Certificate in Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership from Georgetown University. She also holds a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace certificate and maintains credentials through the International Coaching Federation. Beyond her professional work, Monica is actively engaged in community service through her sorority and church, supporting voter registration initiatives, local missions, and women’s leadership development programs. Her work reflects a commitment to helping people and organizations become more intentional, inclusive, and impactful leaders.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Monica
01What do you attribute your success to?
My success is rooted in a simple recognition: leadership shapes everything about an organization's health. Watching too many organizations falter under ineffective leadership is what called me to this work — helping leaders build stronger, healthier, more successful workplaces. That calling traces back to a legacy of powerful, educated, committed women in my family, whose work in education, leadership, and benevolence transformed the lives of thousands.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received: own your career. No organization, no mentor, no one else is responsible for your growth -that's yours to build, yours to define, yours to pursue and your legacy to shape.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Let go of perfection. It was never real. Mistakes are part of life's curriculum, not proof you're failing; learn from them and chart a new way forward. And when fear shows up, as it always will, do it anyway.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
AI adoption without clear strategic or personal meaning.
Rising well-being expectations colliding with constant change.
Coaching that's isolated from daily work doesn't stick.
Cultural and psychological resistance undermining transformation.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Authenticity, freedom, spirituality, family, and joy are the values I return to again and again. In my personal life and in my work. Authenticity keeps me honest with myself and with the leaders I coach. Freedom reminds me that growth requires space to become who I'm meant to be. Spirituality keeps me anchored to something greater than any title or achievement. Family is my legacy and my "why." And joy, real joy, not just success- is how I know I'm living in alignment.
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