Those who lead from the heart can change the world

Leadership Advisor

Transformational Coach

Creator, The Art of Connection

My gift is unlocking relationships. Through deepening connection and finding the missing conversation that blocks creative flow.

I work with C-suite leaders, visionary entrepreneurs, co-founders, senior teams and organisations ready to evolve. Those navigating complexity, transition and change hungry to shape a future they are proud of.

The Art of Connection is a practice for being present to what happens within us, between us and around us. How we listen. Think together. And what becomes possible when we do. It is an invitation to shift from surviving leadership to being alive in it.

It all begins with a conversation.

 
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Over the years, I began noticing something missing. Brilliant strategies failing because people could no longer think together. Teams full of talent unable to access their collective intelligence. Organisations trying to solve systemic challenges while disconnected from the very relational conditions those challenges required. The Art of Connection grew from a recognition. Not as another framework, but as a practice of creating the conditions where trust, honesty, presence and collective intelligence can naturally emerge.

  • Carissa helps you look beyond the obvious to build fundamental, deep trust to achieve high ambition goals as a team. Together with her, we have unlocked incredible value and energy.

    — Hans Peter Granicher, CEO and Co-Founder D One

  • I dared to believe anything was possible.

    — Melanie Seymour, Head of Global Client Services, BlackRock

  • Carissa is just an outstanding coach and expert in the human condition. Her ability to tap into the key issues and be able to bring them to resolution sets her apart.

    — Brady Rafuse CEO eunetworks

  • “Our relationship has unlocked my ability to connect and lead with more compassion, essential for driving transformational change across our organisation.”

    — Silviu Popovici, CEO PepsiCo Europe & Middle EastNew List Item

  • “Carissa has the combined unique skill of being able to get under the skin of an issue with incredible insight coupled with a true grasp of commercial reality and business.”

    — Harry Hyman, Founder & CEO Primary Healthcare Properties

  • “When winging it is not an option and you need your top talent at the top of their game, it’s a reflex to seek support from the best.”

    — Gregg Svingen, Vice President Internal Corporate Affairs, UPS

“Life is a conversation worth being awake for.”

- Carissa

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