the Lafayette Leadership Institute

Gloria Witt

Founder of Define Success Coaching & Facilitation Services

Gloria is an awarding winning communicator and community advocate who boosts performance outcomes as an executive coach, consultant, facilitator, and keynote speaker. She is committed to coaching executives and leaders to become known for their ability to produce results whether in a commercial, non-profit, government, or faith-based organization. Gloria is the Founder of Define Success Coaching and Facilitation Services, LLC and is certified in Linkage’s Advancing Women Leader’s products and Leading with a Mindset of Inclusion.



Gloria launched Define Success Coaching and Facilitation Services following a 32-year career within the energy sector where she specialized in talent management, leadership development, and performance management consulting. Known for her ability to establish credibility and rapport, Gloria consistently engages clients with a dynamic, empowering leadership style. Her coaching style is that of a distiller of stories applied to leverage the power of questions that responds to the needs of the client to achieve desired outcomes. Her versatility has honed her ability as an articulate communicator skilled at uncovering and facilitating collaborative solutions for her clients.

She has led various organizational change initiatives and recently worked with a client to implement an executive leadership-driven cultural transformation that significantly enhanced employee engagement measured by improvement scores using Gallup Q12.  In addition, she has designed and facilitated strategic leadership development programs with the latest being a senior executive solution aimed to connect organizational and people objectives to optimize performance results.

Gloria believes that every individual has the power to achieve. She is passionate about serving others and coaching individuals to transform behavior to create measurable results. She has a B.A. degree in Communications with minors in Sociology and Economics from Randolph Macon Woman’s College and an M.B.A. from Capella University. Gloria resides in Central Virginia where she enjoys family, friends, reading, and advocacy for youth, social justice, and entrepreneurship.