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"After founding OneWe Reach, a global non-profit dedicated to improving health equity by empowering life sciences and healthcare professionals, I knew the membership would benefit from Carol's expertise. I repeatedly hire her as a consultant to train, coach, and present to our life science leaders. She's impacted the lives and careers of over 1000+ senior and executive leaders through her executive coaching, leadership development training, branding expertise, and highly informative keynote addresses."
Charlotte Jones-Burton, MD -Â President & Founder, OneWeReach
Meet Dr. Carol Parker Walsh
I help leaders, professionals, and organizations navigate the ever-changing landscape of work through innovative thinking and vision-based approaches.
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Dr. Carol Parker Walsh, JD, PhD, is an award-winning human development expert, organizational strategist, and the founder of Carol Parker Walsh Consulting Group—a boutique leadership development and strategic advisory firm that helps organizations build People-Forward Leadership™ and high-performing teams where psychological safety, accountability, and retention rise together.
A master-certified and ICF PCC executive coach, Dr. Parker Walsh is also a TEDx and international keynote speaker, personal brand and leadership strategist, and a three-time Amazon best-selling author. She is a CNBC Leadership Expert and a published contributor to Forbes, Newsweek, and Entrepreneur, with features across platforms including LinkedIn Learning, ABC, Fast Company, Fortune, and Refinery29. She also serves as a Professional Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Coaching and faculty in Smith College Executive Education, bringing research-backed insight into real-world leadership challenges.
Dr. Parker Walsh leverages over 30 years of experience spanning labor and employment law, senior executive leadership, academia (as a professor and dean), and doctoral research to help leaders strengthen trust, improve communication, and lead through complexity with clarity and confidence. Her work supports organizations in building cultures where teams can execute under pressure, collaborate across differences, and sustain performance without burnout, especially in today’s rapidly shifting future-of-work climate.
Recognized for both impact and excellence, Dr. Parker Walsh is a Portland Business Journal 2025 Woman of Influence, and her firm has earned four Brandon Hall Group Human Capital Management Excellence Awards for leadership development, talent management, and learning programs. She holds two master’s degrees, a JD in employment law, and a PhD in human and organizational systems, along with executive education from Harvard University and Dartmouth Tuck, and AI Leadership training from Stanford University. She is also the host of the People-Forward Leadership™ Podcast.
"Carol is a mesmerizing, intelligent, and dynamic speaker who provides inspirational support and actionable steps to achieve desired results!"Â
"I am a colleague of Carol’s in a professional organization. At a recent conference, I attended one of her workshops. She is a very skilled course facilitator in that she has a strong knowledge base, is attentive to her audience, and presents her material with a positive presence and grace. If you have a chance to attend a training that Carol is doing, you will surely be happy that you did."
Susan Critton - Best Selling Author, Personal Branding for Dummies
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"Carol is a mesmerizing, engaging, intelligent, and dynamic speaker providing inspirational support and actionable steps to achieve desired results!"
Carmel Synder, AARP Oregon
"It’s not possible for you to do the work you were meant to do in the world when you’ve become a lesser version of yourself."
- Dr. Carol Parker Walsh, TEDx Portland
"It's imperative that you step into your own narrative to avoid living a life of regret."
- Dr. Carol Parker Walsh, Dent (the Future)
What Did You Leave Behind?:
The Challenge of Fitting vs. Belonging
In this TEDx Talk, hear from Dr. Carol Parker Walsh about the benefits of choosing individual thought and actions and stepping away from the need to conform. Dr. Carol Parker Walsh is a career and business coach who helps women who’ve climbed the wrong ladder of success find their life’s work.
Avoiding Regrets:
How to Take Control of Your Narrative
Carol Parker Walsh, who has a JD as well as a PhD in human development and social systems, has spent years helping young professionals harness their own narratives and make bold changes in their lives and work. At Dent, Carol shared some of the most important lessons in making difficult changes that are sometimes at odds with what other people expect, and why you should take control of your own narrative.
“Carol was the keynote speaker for our annual Women in Business Conference. She's an inspiring and entertaining speaker and provided thought provoking content that the audience soaked up."
Marci Miller - Vice President Columbia Bank
Some of Carol's favorite corporate training clients
“Carol did an amazing job speaking to staff and leadership at our company and was able to keep the energy up in a room of over 300 people. We received high praise and exceptional feedback from the crowd afterwards and are looking forward to having her back at Daimler Trucks North America.”
~Alex Martin-Banzer, Director, Daimler
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“Carol's work with our executive leadership and staff made a powerful difference and an impact on our organization. Period.”
~Chantay Reid, Vice President Human Resources, CareOregon
