About Golden
Ginkgo Group
Golden Ginkgo Group is a strategic consulting and coaching firm that helps professional services organizations achieve sustainable growth through clear strategy, leadership development, and business development excellence.
We work alongside leaders, teams, and whole organizations to strengthen messaging, empower marketing ROI, build high-performing cultures, and implement practical systems that drive long-term performance and measurable results.​
Founded by strategic marketing leader Leah Yoneda, Golden Ginkgo combines decades of experience in marketing, leadership coaching, and organizational growth to provide actionable guidance tailored to each client’s unique goals.
Through a relationship-driven approach focused on clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement, we equip organizations to navigate change and grow with confidence.
What We Do
We help organizations build sustainable growth strategies through Fractional CMO services, marketing assessments, and practical planning that aligns marketing with business goals.
We help professionals build stronger client relationships and develop confident, effective approaches to business development.
We work with leaders and teams to strengthen decision-making, communication, and leadership effectiveness at every stage of growth.
Organizational Growth Consulting
We help firms adapt, refine operations, and implement strategies that support long-term success and resilient growth.
How
We Help
Build a clear growth strategy
Strengthen leadership and teams
Improve business development
Align marketing with business goals
Create sustainable, long-term growth
A Bit About Our Founder
Leah Yoneda
Expertise:
Strategic Growth Partner | Leadership & Development Coach | Fractional CMO
Founder, Golden Ginkgo Group​
Based in:
San Francisco Bay Area, California
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20+ years in strategic marketing, business development, and leadership coaching
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Fractional CMO and growth strategist for professional services firms
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Formally trained coach, focused on enabling high-integrity leaders
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Expert in clarifying messaging, building client trust, and developing scalable systems
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Works with accountants, attorneys, advisors, consultants, and executive teams
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Specializes in untangling complexity, building leadership capability, and enabling sustainable growth
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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area; works with clients nationwide
Connect with Leah:
My clients are thoughtful, technically sharp, and deeply invested in relationships, but growth often throws them into uncharted territory. Suddenly, they're expected to lead teams, drive sales, or scale their practice without being shown how, let alone where to start. It’s not a knowledge gap, it’s a context gap. No one ever taught them how to lead growth in a way that feels both effective and true to who they are.
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That’s where I come in. I help leaders build clarity, confidence, and communication skills so they can lead growth sustainably. That could be through strategic marketing, business development, or leadership coaching. I’ve spent over two decades in this work, and I still approach each challenge like a curious outsider with a whiteboard and a stack of sticky notes. My favorite problems are the messy ones, because that’s where real strategy lives: in the space between complexity and clarity, where smart and human meet.
I’m a formally trained coach and Fractional CMO with more than 20 years of experience working with high-performing professional services firms. I’ve helped practice leaders see business development as a leadership skill rather than a sales function, coached executives through key transitions, and strengthened client development strategies for growing firms. The result is usually stronger pipelines, clearer messaging, and more effective leadership.
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I specialize in working with accountants, advisors, consultants, and technical leaders who are navigating complexity in relationship-driven businesses. Whether I’m stepping into a CMO role or supporting a next-gen leader, I bring strategy, structure, and insight to every engagement.
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My approach blends strategy and empathy. I believe trust, clarity, and communication aren’t soft skills. Rather, they’re mission critical to how a business grows. My process is empathetic, collaborative, and tailored. I don’t do plug-and-play templates; I build sustainable systems that actually fit you, your team, and your firm.
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I’m here to build capability, not dependency. I help my clients think clearly, lead intentionally, and grow in ways that feel both strategic and true to who they are. Because real leadership isn’t about doing more - it’s about doing what matters, with confidence and purpose.