Shirleena Celestine

Shirleena Celestine, born in the United Kingdom and based in Los Angeles, is a global executive leader with over a decade at Apple, spanning Retail and Services including Apple Music, Podcasts, Beats by Dre, Platoon, Shazam, Video, and Sports. She designed and led transformative leadership and staff development programs, global education initiatives, and innovative community engagement across the organization. With deep executive insight, she knows what it takes to build thriving teams and exceptional leaders.

Shirleena holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology and a PhD academic in Social Science, specializing in Emotional Intelligence, Intersectionality, and Women in the Workplace, the first woman of color in the world to hold a PhD in this field.

The Approach

See Clearly

See clearly through complexity and make decisions with precision

Show up powerfully

Show up powerfully with presence, influence, and cultural command

Build systems

In cognitive coaching, the focus is on what people think rather than what they do.

Lead with                                                 Emotional  Intelligence

Lead with emotional intelligence that builds trust and navigates dynamics

The Leadership Intelligence Center was created by Shirleena Celestine and is grounded in her PhD research in Social Science and behavioral leadership, combined with her experience as a global executive at Apple HQ in California. It brings together academic rigor and real world executive practice into one integrated leadership system.

At its core is a clear principle: integrated leaders outperform reactive ones. Sustainable impact does not come from instinct alone. It comes from disciplined thinking, structured decision making, emotional intelligence, and aligned execution.

The Leadership Intelligence Center translates research into practical infrastructure. Through structured assessment, strategic frameworks, AI powered decision support, and targeted development pathways, it strengthens how leaders think, act, influence, and deliver under pressure. Cognitive precision, behavioral insight, and self awareness are embedded directly into live decisions and high stakes moments, ensuring leadership growth is not theoretical, but measurable and sustained over time.

On every stage, in every boardroom, and within every training session, her message is clear: true leadership and influence begins from within.

Her work calls leaders, people of influence and organizations to lead with clarity, compassion, and cultural depth because the most transformative leaders are those who've done the internal work to match their external impact.

Wherever Shirleena shows up, transformation follows. She carries a presence that uplifts rooms, ignites purpose, and reminds leaders and world changers of who they truly are and what they're capable of building.

The Impact

Alicia Keys

Shirleena Celestine has had the opportunity to work with people from all across the globe who lead and impact incredible spaces. Here's a special message from Alicia Keys.

Her Partners

She is Always Learning

University of Lincoln

PhD Social Science
2020-2025

University of Sheffield

Bachelors degree in Sociology
2015-2018

Education

Certified

New York University

Certified Clinical Psychology
2024-2025

University of South Floria

Certified in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
2020

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