Author/Expert/Strategist
An internationally-known thought leader connecting the social sciences with direct application to our workplaces and lives, Dr. Carol Orsborn is the author of 16 books translated into 15 languages including "Boom: Marketing to the Ultimate Power Consumer--the Baby Boomer Woman" (Brown/Orsborn) and "The Art of Resilience" (Random House).
As a leading voice of her generation of women, Dr. Orsborn serves as Senior Strategist with Vibrant Nation.com, the largest online community of educated, passionate women 50+ (www.VibrantNation.com.) Her blogs and op-eds on work/life run regularly on the site, as well as on the Huffington Post, Humana’s Real4Me and Divine Caroline.com. She has appeared on Oprah and on The Today Show multiple times, and in the pages of People Magazine and The New York Times, among many others.
Dr. Orsborn is credited for her groundbreaking work linking quality of life issues to success. Her book "Inner Excellence" was among the first business leadership books to make the connection between intrinsic motivation and productivity. Clients for her consulting, keynotes and workshops have included AT&T, Phonak, AARP, Hallmark, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Prudential, The Walt Disney Company and Visa.
As co-founder of Fleishman-Hillard’s FH Boom, and winner of the public relations industry’s top honor--The Silver Anvil--Orsborn led the first global initiative by a major public relations firm dedicated to internal and external communications targeting the Boomer generation.
Dr. Orsborn, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UC Berkeley, received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, studying adult development and ritual studies, and including intergenerational values formation and transmission. She has served on the faculties of Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University’s Leadership Development Center of the Owen Graduate School of Management, Loyola Marymount University and the Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Educational and Psychology.
