People-Forward Perspectives

For years, this firm carried my name. Carol Parker Walsh Consulting Group said exactly what it was when I started it: a practice built around me, my expertise, my reputation, my relationships. That na...

Watch my AM Northwest segment on this topic at the end of the article for a quick summary.

Most people enter leadership the same way. They were exceptional at their jobs, and someone rewarded them fo...

I've spent years working alongside leaders across transit, healthcare, nonprofits, and beyond, and one truth surfaces in almost every engagement: organizations don't struggle because they lack talente...

I didn't set out to win an award.

When I developed Delegation Strategies for People Leaders, a course now available on LinkedIn Learning in partnership with Madecraft, my singular focus was solving a...

Organizations invest billions every year in leadership assessments.

DISC. Hogan. EQi. Myers-Briggs. StrengthsFinder. The list is long, the intentions are good, and the results rarely tell the whole s...

I don't know about you, but doesn't it seem like things are shifting fast in the workplace? Not in a "someday" kind of way, but right now and almost every day.

While AI and its applications aren't ne...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I want to discuss how mental health fits into the People-Forward Leadership™ framework. 

The WHO now estimates depression and anxiety cost the U.S. 12 billio...