Elizabeth Olson, MSOD
Elizabeth partners with clients to effectively manage transitions and build productive teams. In working with clients, Elizabeth encourages strategic thinking as well as emotional intelligence to enhance leadership effectiveness and partnerships across groups. Client results include finding or rediscovering passion in their work, navigating successful career transitions, transforming relationships and exceeding goals, as well as impressive increases in profitability, sales, and people engagement.
Elizabeth’s career is focused on leadership development and coaching, team alignment, organization effectiveness and strategic planning. Working with leaders from Fortune 50 companies down to start-ups, as well as non-profit organizations, Elizabeth helps clients clarify their vision and mission through engaging the right people to achieve results. After working internally in financial services and at a non-profit, Elizabeth has consulted to most industry segments. Elizabeth teaches leadership courses at The Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, offers seminars in the US and Europe, and has presented to national audiences.
Areas of Expertise
- Executive Coaching and Leadership Development
- Strategic Thinking and Planning
- Large Group Participation
- Team Alignment
- Hiring and Selection
- Valuing Diversity
Industry/Functional Experience
- Advertising/Marketing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Media, Public Relations, Technology
Education & Certifications
- MS, Organization Development - The American University and National Training Laboratories
- BA - Wesleyan University
- Certified administrator, Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Licensed to offer Barry Oshry’s The Organization Workshop, Miles Kierson’s Executive Team Alignment Program and Laurie Anderson’s Leadership Pods Program
