
CAROLYN GROOBEY
Executive Coach & Consultant
AMERICAS - MIAMI
Summary
Carolyn’s coaching approach is both highly supportive and respectfully challenging, enabling leaders to gain new personal insights and enhanced motivation toward their goals.
Coaching Style
As a coach, Carolyn partners with her clients to clarify their aspirations and goals, build essential leadership capabilities, overcome challenges and face the future with resiliency. In today’s rapidly changing world, Carolyn helps leaders develop the dexterity to push past comfort zones, conquer novel challenges and succeed in new environments.
Professional Experience
Carolyn brings to her coaching practice the wealth of experience and perspectives she gained from more than 30 years as a senior executive, consultant, and board member. She has viewed leadership challenges from many angles and has lived them as an executive at PayPal, Fannie Mae and McKinsey & Company. Her passion is helping individuals and organisations lean in, adapt and thrive in disruptive times.
In addition to her coaching practice, Carolyn is the Lead Independent Director at VHB, a board member at Everywhere Communications, and the Chairman and President of the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She is an active angel investor and works extensively with founders of emerging companies on scaling their business, organisation and leadership capabilities.
Qualifications
Carolyn is certified by the Hudson Institute of Coaching, ICF accredited, and Hogan Leadership Assessment certified.
Personal Interests
Carolyn and her husband, Chris, are avid racing sailors. They have also travelled extensively by boat, covering over 30,000 miles and 30 countries, crossing the Atlantic Ocean and transiting the Panama Canal.













