A few words about me
Meet Caroline Walsh
Passionate about cultivating ethical leadership practices, Caroline is a leadership and organizational development researcher and coach dedicated to empowering leaders. Her work focuses on helping individuals navigate complex challenges with integrity, fostering environments where both people and organizations thrive.
This is
What I do
With a background as a former CIA analyst and a PhD in Leadership Studies, her work focuses on helping individuals, teams, and organizations address complex challenges. Her clients range from corporate leaders seeking to enhance ethical leadership and team performance to organizations looking for strategic insights to foster adaptive, secure, and collaborative environments.
Partnering with Organizations
I am interested in supporting mission-driven organizations in retaining talent, increasing integrity and security, and reaching beyond their goals by cultivating an environment with human-centered, ethical leadership. I apply concepts from Social Cognitive Theory to highlight where behavioral norms are limiting an organization’s development and create a plan to address short and long term growth.
Developing Teams
I support teams in creating cohesion with strength assessments, creative workshops, and group coaching. As a StrengthsFinders “individualizer” I have a keen ability to recognize and appreciate the unique qualities of others and highlight how individual contributions fit into the broader team dynamic, in ways that might not be immediately apparent to the team.
Coaching & Guidance
My coaching is designed to encourage personal progress through authenticity, accountability, problem-solving, and enhancing understanding of individual and group dynamics. Rather than applying one-size-fits-all solutions, I excel at recognizing diversity in strengths and can bring out the best in others by focusing on their unique qualities.
My expertise
Work and research across global cultures to co-create strategies that help organizations, teams, and individuals accomplish their goals:
- Central Intelligence Agency Analyst
- PhD in Leadership Studies
- Published Author
- Comedy Course Instructor
- Armed Services Arts Partnership (501c3) San Diego Branch Developer
- Master’s in Homeland Security focused on Public Health Preparedness (Penn State)
- US Coast Guard Intelligence Analyst & Rescue Team Member; Bachelor’s in Psychology
Certifications
Learning Experience Design
Development and Evaluation (University of Michigan)
Learning Experience Design
Theories and Frameworks (University of Michigan)
Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management
(UVA)
Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions
(Rice University)
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