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Carol Kauffman PhD

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Senior Leadership Advisor at Egon Zehnder
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Carol is a distinguished CEO coach and Senior Leadership Advisor at Egon Zehnder, with over 30 years on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in coaching C-suite leaders from billion-dollar companies. Author of "Real-Time Leadership, " she holds a PhD from Boston University.

She is passionate about helping leaders create impact through a coaching style she describes as challenging, caring, and high-humor. Carol focuses on helping executives understand their influence and navigate high-stakes environments, telling them the truth to help them succeed.

Carol founded the Institute of Coaching at Harvard with a $2 million grant and is ranked the #1 Leadership Coach by the Marshall Goldsmith Group.

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Experience
35 Years
Current Role
Senior Leadership Advisor
Job Level
Junior
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Priorities

Topics Carol cares about

Leadership as Behavior
Believes modern leadership is defined by behavior under pressure, not by title. She emphasizes that authority now comes from how leaders regulate themselves.
AI's Impact on Leadership
Actively explores how AI is changing not just work, but the fundamental behaviors required for effective leadership in a technologically accelerated world.
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Career

Work history

5-2021
Senior Leadership Advisor
Egon Zehnder
9-2020
Visiting Professor
Henley Business School
1-2010
CEO|COO|CFO|Leadership Advisor & Author
Coaching Psychology, Egon Zehnder & Harvard Medical School
7-1990
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
9-2007
Founder, Institute of Coaching
Harvard Medical School
In the press

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Egon Zehnder Welcomes Leadership Coach, Carol Kauffman, as a Senior Advisor in the Firm. Featured in Egon Zehnder Press Release
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Boston University
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