Carolyn Ellis is an award-winning author, executive coach, facilitator, and certified Adaptability Quotient (AQ) Practitioner who helps leaders and teams navigate change with clarity, confidence, and connection. With over 25 years of experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, she brings a calm, systems-aware approach to helping organizations make sense of complexity and strengthen their capacity to adapt in rapidly shifting environments.

Carolyn helps leaders become stabilizing forces in chaotic times, so they can build adaptive, resilient teams and cultures. Known for her ability to surface patterns, simplify the complex, and support leaders in finding grounded direction, she blends practical tools with visual thinking and deep listening to create experiential learning that sticks. Her work focuses not just on insight, but on measurable behaviour change—helping leaders translate intention into action and embed habits that support sustained performance and well-being.

She is the award-winning author of "Lead Conversations That Count: How Busy Managers Run Great Meetings", a book that equips busy managers with practical frameworks to run meetings that actually move work forward and build resilient, collaborative and innovative teams.

Based in Toronto Canada, Carolyn fuels her creativity and resilience through community musical theatre, singing in a rock choir, and daily cold dips in Lake Ontario—practices that keep her inspired and grounded in her work with leaders.