Cara is a passionate and sought-after coach, trainer, and consultant who takes pride in her ability to create swift, lasting transformations in her client’s lives. From newly minted, first-time managers to C-Suite executives, Cara’s energy, enthusiasm, and action-oriented style inspire her clients to become the most- effective and authentic versions of themselves—both personally and professionally. Cara applies evidence-based coaching and positive psychology principles to uncover and overcome limiting beliefs that unwittingly hold you back. Borrowing proudly from the Growth Mindset research of Dr. Carol Dweck, Cara’s approach reveals the intimate relationship between beliefs, actions, and results... and highlights your ever-present ability to achieve desired goals by changing your mindset. This approach results in better value propositions, more-effective leadership presence, higher resilience, and greater professional impact and influence. Cara has applied these techniques successfully with clients across dozens of industries. Examples include: * Helping a recently promoted individual contributor redefine her value proposition, build confidence, and become an effective and influential people manager. 
* Coaching a C-Suite executive through repairing fractured team trust and shifting stakeholder engagement from minimum compliance to elite performance. 
* Training aspiring executives to overcome “impostor syndrome,” silence negative mind chatter, and improve overall emotional intelligence. 
* Working with a new executive to establish and curate a personal brand, project leadership presence, and elevate influence and impact with peers, leaders, and clients. 
* Training future leaders of a client-facing sales organization to ask more effective questions, listen attentively, and become trusted advisors to their clients.Before becoming a coach, Cara worked with marketing teams in the Telecommunications and Financial Services industries. She’s also worked in business development and recruiting in Information Technology and Legal Services, and as the Executive Director of a women’s empowerment non-profit organization. She is a graduate of George Mason University (MAT) and American University (BSBA). She is an iPEC- certified professional coach, a certified Positive Psychology Practitioner, a certified Health & Wellness Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and a certified MBTI Practitioner. Cara is also a CHIEF (network for the most powerful women in executive leadership) Group Facilitator.