Scott Carbonara

As a corporate leader, Scott guided a staff of 13,000+ through extensive changes and mergers, and solved complex employee engagement issues that resulted in converting a dismal attrition rate of 38%, to a phenomenal 6.5%. He has served as executive director of communications, chief of staff, and key liaison for stakeholders in a multi-billion dollar healthcare organization. Prior to that, as a therapist, Scott directed a group home for at-risk youth, and later served as a crisis intervention counselor for their families. In that role, through often traumatic circumstances, he learned how to listen authentically, think on his feet, and find and apply simple solutions to complex human problems. His unique approach in this role resulted in a Family Therapist of the Year award for the State of Michigan.

Today as The Leadership Therapist, Scott Carbonara combines his dual background working with people, and applies it as an author, speaker, consultant, executive coach, and passionate communicator. Scott aims to bring authentic leadership to life from the boardroom to the family room as he nurtures, inspires, and trains leaders of all types including corporate executives, non-profit directors, educators, and students. Scotts presentation and coaching style is dynamic, humorous, skills-based, and highly effectiveand covers positive leadership topics such as employee engagement, communications, esteem, and reinvention.

Scott is also the author of several books, and co-author of the upcoming Go Positive: Lead to Engage (Pfeiffer publishing 2012). He is frequently approached as an expert leadership source, and is written into several bestselling HR and inspirational books. He is also a principal in Spiritus Communications Inc.http://www.spirituscommunications.com/, a marketing and consulting firm.