Caroline Berglund

Caroline is the founder and Principal of Talk Talk Inc. and is based in Calgary, Alberta.

Synopsis of Professional Experience:

Caroline is intensely creative and curious. She’s a writer, speaker, storyteller, painter, road-map-maker, novice calligrapher, lover of 4am’er, mother, partner and philosopher. She’s a questioner, fascinated by what makes leaders tick. A challenger, philanthropist, curriculum designer, deeply interested in all aspects of communication.

Caroline has worked in the leadership space for over twenty-five years and is known for her engaging and custom approach to conducting leadership and team building workshops. Clients say Caroline sparkles when she works. Leadership is a passion of Caroline’s, and she is fond of acknowledging Da Vinci, Aristotle and Socrates as her ultimate inspirational leadership teachers.

Caroline is sought after as an executive coach for her non-traditional approach to coaching. She customizes her approach for every coachee and applies the philosophy when coaching leaders that ‘you cannot lead en-masse but must lead to the individual’ to her coaching style. Her coachees say she is firm but fair and nurtures an environment based on trust, psychological safety and fun.

Speaking engagements is another arena that Caroline participates in successfully. Some of her most popular talks include topics on: Psychological Safety; Living a Purpose Driven Life; Special Needs; Everyone has a Story; The Making of a Great Leader, Got Existential Angst? So does Caroline and likely her favourite: 365 Must-Know Talks of All Time.

Coaching Experience: Levels, Industries.

Caroline has conducted leadership assessments, developed and delivered leadership training, served as a leadership coach, and designed integrated leadership development programs for several highly respected organizations at every level from the C-Suite to the front lines and everywhere in between. She has also done work in selection and assessment, competency modeling, performance management, and change.

Industries she has worked in include in part: law; education; financial services; hospitality; retail; oil & gas; transportation; and government.

Career and Organization History:

Clients of Caroline’s includes the full spectrum of industries and organizations. Some examples include Suncor; McCarthy Tétrault; St. Lawrence Seaway; The City of Calgary; Plains Midstream; Keyera; and The Calgary Board of Education.

Caroline attended both the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and Concordia University in Montreal where she studied Sociology and Political Studies. She continues to be active in the pursuit of new learning and continues to seek certifications in the leadership space. Some of these diverse certifications include DiSC; Leader Factor 4 Stages of Psychological Safety; The 5 Behaviours; Adept-15; Hogan; DDI facilitation; Dale Carnegie; EQ; Myers Briggs; and Business Acumen.

Caroline is the author of ‘365 Must-Know