When execution feels harder than it should.
I work with leadership teams to identify and eliminate the invisible barriers that prevent strategy and capable people from delivering results.
You can’t clear what you can’t see.
My Approach
I provide an external perspective to pinpoint what’s limiting your organization’s potential.
Rapid diagnosis of invisible barriers
A Clear Path forward, grounded in your business objectives
Partner with your leadership team while you focus on the business
My Bio
Impact Strategist
Carolyn Lawrence works with leadership teams to identify what’s preventing strategies from delivering results. Her career spans early executive exposure, leading and scaling a purpose-driven business, and senior global people leadership at Deloitte.
Across each chapter, she has worked at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and systems — helping organizations translate good intentions into impact.
Today, she brings this experience as an Impact Strategist to environments where execution feels harder than it should — known for her calm authority, sharp diagnosis, and focus on outcomes that move the business forward.
Impact in Action
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Systems + Strategy
Aligning leadership, culture, and systems at scale
Worked with the COO to design and integrate an enterprise-wide execution strategy in a complex organization where strong intentions weren’t translating into results.
The work focused on identifying invisible barriers across leadership, talent systems, and operating models — surfacing where decisions stalled, accountability diffused, and siloed efforts limited impact. By aligning leadership expectations, embedding accountability, and redesigning key people systems, the strategy was able to move through the organization — not around it.
Impact:
Strengthened talent systems to attract and retain best-in-class talent and increased leadership effectiveness by 15%.
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Leadership + Execution
Strengthening leadership effectiveness in high-performance environments
Partnered with leaders in a fast-paced, high-performance organization where leadership effectiveness directly shaped day-to-day results.
The work focused on strengthening performance by removing the invisible barriers that limited innovation in individuals and teams using 360 assessments, executive coaching, and practical tactics.
With evidence and training, leaders moved from assumption to action — and teams moved with them.
Impact:
Improved leadership clarity, effectiveness and innovation by targeting key moments in decision making and high impact behaviours for faster and better execution.
“Carolyn’s value went far beyond what we brought her in for.”
— Senior Leader, Investment Management
“Carolyn helped us see the real issues and co-create an integrated strategy for our business.”
— Executive Leader, Commercial Real Estate