About Carol
“We carve our lives and future by the choices we make.” The golden thread of Carol’s work is to equip you to harness your courage and wisdom to make the most of the moments that matter. This means freeing yourself from your default ways of operating. Step into uncharted territory, try something new, and see what you need for tomorrow, not yesterday.
• Global leader in leadership and coaching
• Harvard faculty for 30 years, founder of the Institute of Coaching
• Thinkers50 Hall of Fame, the “Oscars of Management”
• Won Harvard’s inaugural Culture of Excellence in Mentoring Award
• Ranked #1 Leadership Coach in the World by Marshall Goldsmith
• 40,000+ hours of coaching practice

Master Coach & Leadership Advisor
Get to Know Carol's Work
At heart, Carol is a founder and entrpreneur. She launched the Institute of Coaching, an education and research non profit with a community of 30,000. She also created the annual Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare Confernece at Harvard Medical School, as well as the Leadership Forum.
She started the award-winning Professional Development Leader as Coach at Harvard Medical. She was invited to be Founding Editor in Chief of the Coaching: An International Journal of Research, therory and Pracitice.
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“Coaching should be a joy, a pleasure and a challenge. I’ve been described as a lateral thinker who pushes the edges with humor to get you out of your comfort zone.
I’m delighted to have been inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame (the Oscars of management) and recognized as one of the most influential management thinkers of our generation.
