Carolyn Ellis
Master facilitator & Strategist
Carolyn helps leaders and teams get unstuck, get clear, and get moving with her insightful mind and thoughtful manner.
CREDENTIALS & BACKGROUND
Certified Adaptability Quotient Consultant
Master Integrative Coach
Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Practitioner
BA, University of Waterloo
Masters in Public Policy, Harvard University
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
✓Executive coaching
✓Facilitation
✓Graphic recording
✓Strategic planning
✓Organization coaching
✓Systems coaching
INDUSTRIES SERVED
Technology & AI
Financial Services
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Government & Public Sector
Nonprofit & Social Impact
About Carolyn Ellis
Carolyn helps senior leaders and teams navigate complexity, conflict, and high-stakes change with greater clarity, alignment, and momentum. She works with organizations facing difficult decisions, strained communication, competing priorities, or moments where the pressure on people and performance is beginning to show. Her approach combines thoughtful facilitation, strategic insight, and practical tools that help people move forward together when it matters most.
Her work draws on experience in executive coaching, organizational and systems coaching, strategic planning, and team performance across sectors including technology, healthcare, government, financial services, and nonprofits. She is a Certified Adaptability Quotient Consultant, Master Integrative Coach, and Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Practitioner, with degrees from the University of Waterloo and Harvard University. Clients value her ability to quickly identify patterns, surface obstacles, and guide productive conversations.
Clients often describe her as calm, perceptive, and highly skilled at helping groups find clarity in the middle of uncertainty. She is known for helping leaders work through situations that feel stuck, emotionally charged, or difficult to untangle while keeping people engaged and moving toward meaningful outcomes. Whether coaching executives in conflict or facilitating consequential decisions, she brings a steady presence that helps people think more clearly under pressure.
Results
✓Helped an executive team overcome an existential threat
✓Coached leaders who refused to speak with each other
✓Facilitated a group who couldn’t decide on their direction using fun and play — that they initially disliked — but gained them clarity
Known For
Carolyn has an amazing gift for seeing the big picture, making it clear to others, and guiding gently — get firmly — to a triumphant outcome.
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