Caroline Dowd-Higgins is passionate about helping individuals and organizations successfully adapt to today’s complex, ambiguous, and high-velocity work environments. Her coaching, content creation, and training helps develop leaders to become more collaborative, creative, entrepreneurial, and change agile. Caroline’s sweet spot is working with women executive leaders in higher education.

Recognized as a thought leader in the career and leadership development realm, Caroline has been influencing positive change in higher education as well as the corporate, non-profit and government arena for 20+ years. Certified by the International Coaching Federation, Caroline has also earned credentials as a LeaderShape Transpersonal Executive Coach®, a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Executive Coach® and a Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach®. She has additional training in Design Thinking, Shared Equity Leadership, Mitigating Bias, and Creating Inclusive Cultures. She specializes in helping individuals design a future path to optimize their strengths, magnify influence, and pursue work that is meaningful and rewarding.

Caroline is passionate about unlocking the art-of-the-possible and her engaging and inspiring style helps people and organizations navigate change, overcome challenges and elevate strengths so they can thrive. She has held executive leadership roles in organizations, so she knows first-hand the challenges and the opportunities in a competitive career marketplace. Her client list includes institutions such as New York University, Indiana University, Ivy Tech Community College and Colgate University. Corporate clients include, Eli Lilly, Salesforce, Brocade, Cook Medical, BAIRD, Deloitte, Endress+Hauser, Sanofi and Rolls Royce. She provides tools and resources to help develop healthy and sustainable work cultures with a focus on talent development, retention and growth.

A sough-after public speaker, Caroline presents to global audiences, and her TEDXWomen talk about reframing failure and defining success on your own terms has been celebrated as a must-watch resource. Caroline hosts the 3-time award winning podcast, Your Working Life , with listeners in 16 countries. Her first book, This Is Not The Career I Ordered is followed by her new best-selling book, Your Career Advantage: Overcome Challenges to Achieve a Rewarding Work Life, helping individuals enjoy their careers and love their lives.

DEVELOP | Leadership Development

COACH | Leadership Coaching

Indiana University Alumni Association, Lifetime Member, and Donor

Rework America Alliance – Career Coaching Advisory Board Member

Dress for Success, Indianapolis Chapter, Board Member, and Donor

Pass the Torch for Women Foundation, Legacy Leader/Mentor, and Donor

Constellation Stage and Screen, Board Co-President, and Donor

Hoosier Women Forward, Trainer, and Donor

Ivy Tech Community College, Circle of Ivy Women’s Giving Society, Donor

National Small Business Association, Leadership Council