Carol Ross Bio
Carol Ross, founder of Carol Ross and Associates, LLC (www.carolrossandassociates.com), is an executive coach and team development consultant. She spent over 15 years as an engineer, working for Exelon, Telcordia, U S WEST, Lucent, and Avaya. Carol found her calling when she transitioned into work that focused on the human side of business—career development, retention, team building, change management.
Carol now helps intelligent, analytical professionals power up their creativity and energy (see www.boundarycrosser.com, www.squidoo/wholebrainthinking). Known as the Whole Brain Coach, her clients include leaders at Avaya, Caterpillar, Celestial Seasonings, Harley-Davidson, Motorola, Nelnet, and Wells Fargo.
She is certified by The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and credentialed by the International Coach Federation (ICF). Carol is a former board member of the Boulder chapter of the ICF and has been a speaker at the ICF’s annual conference. She has been quoted by The New York Times, U S News and World Report, Boston Globe, Body+Soul, Northwestern magazine, CHOICE magazine, and the popular coaching blog, Money, Meaning, & Beyond.
Carol writes with humor and keen insight about life and business. You’ll find her articles at www.HR.com, a website for human resources professionals and her blog posts at www.blog.carolrossandassociates.com.
She is a pioneer in the use of podcasting to connect with her audience. Carol has collaborated with
Northwestern University
on a career development podcast. She has created three other iTunes podcasts:
- Leading With A Whole New Mind, interviews with whole brain thinkers.
- Live Action Coaching, coaching demonstrations on career and business issues.
- Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving, conversations with a dying woman on living and dying well.
Her newest venture, A Bigger Voice, helps knowledge creators transform their wisdom into a generative and sustainable world conversation, by leveraging 21st century technology and sound business principles.
Carol has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Operations Research, both from Northwestern University. She lives near Boulder, Colorado with her husband, Chip, and their two school-age sons.
