Margaret Huang is the Founder/CEO of Credence and is passionate about supporting the development of high-performing teams and executive leaders. She combines a keen strategic business sense with a reservoir of emotional intelligence – a combination that her clients value consistently. With 15+ years of leadership experience holding various senior roles within large global and US companies – such as GE and Jardines – and at large national nonprofits, she is skilled in listening and meeting clients where they are. Her approach is to build resonate relationships with clients so they can clarify their vision and tap into the resources they need to make desired changes in themselves, on their team, and in their organizations.

She is a passionate supporter of leaders and organizations committed to equity, diverse representation, and fostering belonging, especially those undertaking systemic change and seeking to build alignment across the organization. As a result, her clientele is diverse across many dimensions and global.

Margaret is an ICF-certified PCC professional coach. Her coaching style skews towards evidence-based approaches and research yet keeps a light touch on humor. Since 2021, she has coached 125+ clients. Unlike many coaches who pursue a niche in a specific market segment – such as C-suite only, she actively seeks breadth. Because she actively works across different industries, functions, and management levels (from the C-suite to first-time managers), she keeps a pulse on macro trends, which allows her to bring a more strategic and diverse perspective to her sessions with her clients.

The industries that her clients work in include financial services, insurance, mining, power distribution, cosmetics and fragrance, e-commerce, consumer goods, higher education administration, software, waste management, online travel agencies, hospitality, securities and investment banking, electronics, music streaming, airlines, aerospace, fire & security, home solutions, retail, healthcare, industrial equipment, and start-ups. She also works with groups in the California state government and non-profit executives.

Margaret has coached clients in general management and functions that include finance and accounting, sales and marketing, manufacturing, quality, project management, legal, strategy, product management, data analytics, public relations, distribution, business development, human resources, and risk. In addition, she has navigated clients through a job search or the transition to retirement.

Certified with Hogan assessments, the leading personality assessment tool used by most Fortune 500, she enjoys helping clients determine how they want to use these reports to guide their careers or make more practical adjustments. Similarly, when debriefing and guiding clients on using their 360 assessments, she helps them develop deeper insights from the feedback to guide their professional and personal development.

Margaret is adept at navigating through periods of accelerated change. Her clients say that her style is collaborative, empowering, and fun. She lives in Oakland, California, and serves on the Alumni Council at Swarthmore College and as a butler to two grey cats, Jobu and Waymond.