About
Anessa Billings is a professional business coach and senior HR leader who helps high-achieving women move from stuck to strategic. With more than 20 years of experience across human resources, benefits, and business operations, she brings deep institutional credibility and a grounded, real-world approach to leadership development.
Anessa has built her career inside complex, highly regulated environments—including healthcare, insurance, and higher education—where clarity, influence, and disciplined decision-making matter. In parallel with her role in an HR/Benefits strategy group for a major healthcare organization, she partners with professional women who are capable, driven, and accomplished—yet sense there is more ahead and want a clear path forward.
Why I Coach
I coach because I’ve spent my career inside high-stakes, risk-driven organizations and have seen how often talented women stall—not from lack of ability, but from lack of clarity, structure, and strategic support. With over two decades of experience in HR, benefits, and business strategy, I help women translate ambition into execution, navigate change with confidence, and lead with authority in roles that demand both precision and resilience.
Who I Work With
- Senior leaders and high-potential women in financial, insurance, and healthcare
- Newly promoted executives navigating increased visibility, influence, and complexity
- Women balancing demanding careers and full lives who want strategic support
What I Coach On
- Executive presence and leadership effectiveness
- Navigating organizational change and ambiguity
- Strategic communication and decision-making
- Building, aligning, and leading high-performing teams
- Turning ideas, goals, and ambitions into executable plans
What sets Anessa apart is her ability to meet clients at the intersection of strategy and real life. She brings a whole-leader lens, informed by three perspectives: corporate executive, business owner, and working mother. She understands that leadership growth doesn’t happen in isolation—and that sustainable success requires systems that actually work within the life clients are living.
Her coaching style blends empathy with accountability. Clients value her ability to identify the patterns, behaviors, and blind spots that quietly limit growth—and replace them with structure, clarity, and confident action. Whether a client is stepping into executive leadership, scaling a business, or redefining success in a new season, Anessa provides both strategic insight and practical execution support.
What Sets My Coaching Apart
- 20+ years of institutional credibility in HR, benefits, and risk-driven environments
- Operator perspective as both a corporate leader and active real estate business owner
- Structured, pragmatic coaching grounded in strategy, accountability, and execution
- Whole-leader approach that treats life logistics as leadership variables—not distractions
Credentials & Background
- Bachelor of B.B.A in Risk Management & Insurance and Marketing, University of Georgia
- Certified Professional Business Coach, Professional Business Coaches Alliance
- HR & Benefits Strategy Leader
Anessa lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, two children, and their goldendoodle. She understands firsthand the realities of building a meaningful career while managing family responsibilities and competing priorities—and believes women don’t need to choose between ambition and sustainability. With the right strategy and support, they can lead powerfully in both.
Education, Certifications, and Boards:
• B.B.A in Risk Management/Insurance and Marketing, University of Georgia
• Certified Professional Business Coach, Professional Business Coaches Alliance
Areas of Expertise
- Executive presence and leadership effectiveness
- Navigating organizational change and ambiguity
- Strategic communication and decision-making
- Building, aligning, and leading high-performing teams
- Turning ideas, goals, and ambitions into executable plans