Carol Brainard

Professional Summary

Carol is a consultant and executive coach dedicated to guiding organizations through periods of significant growth and change. She feels privileged to work with leaders who share her belief that creating a healthy, rewarding work environment is key to high performance and quality service. As a trusted advisor, Carol is committed to helping organizations become strategically aligned, agile, and operationally effective. Her approach emphasizes collaboration and creativity to develop the outstanding leadership and highly responsive teams needed for continuous improvement and sustainable results.

As a coach, Carol is a partner and champion fully focused on her clients’ goals and objectives. Best known for her insightful questions and deep listening, she provides a challenging yet safe exploration of ideas and feelings. Clients are able to identify their assumptions and discover patterns and connections that offer valuable new perspective. Through coaching conversations, Carol’s clients expand awareness, make important choices, and find new ways to increase their impact.

Carol’s prior professional experience included roles in marketing and sales, advertising, information technology, product management, methodology development, and knowledge management. Since 1984, her consulting practice has focused on large scale change initiatives in organizations facing challenges such as global, product and service expansion, strategic clarification, cross-functional networking, and operational infrastructure development. Clients include Hewlett Packard Latin America, Leo Burnett USA, Consumers Union, United States Department of Education, UNC School of Government, United States Navy, and the International Postal Service of Russia.

Education
MBA, Western New England College
BA cum laude, Denison University Major: English

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