Business Mentorship

Carol is an exceptional speaker. I was fortunate enough to see her present and was blown away by her ability to adapt her presentation to the audience. She has an incredible onstage demeanor that exudes both confidence and friendliness. Watching Carol present taught me so much about effective public speaking and I would highly recommend her as a keynote speaker.

I found Carol to be a trusted advisor and mentor who genuinely cares about helping my business succeed. I knew from our first meeting that she would generously share her talent, knowledge and heart. I now have a successful business that aligns my goals and values. Carol’s insights and creativity are highly valued and I'm grateful for her coaching. I recommend Carol for any business desiring to grow. Whether you're goal is a 6, 7 or 8-figure business, Carol's coaching will add tremendous value to help you reach your goals, faster, and easier.

Carol has the unusual ability to look at companies, situations, and complex problems from both the 50,000 foot AND ground floor levels. She brings fresh, unique, and highly profitable strategies that not only make sense but are easily implemented with ease and high returns. Under Carol's direction, my company has skyrocketed higher, further, and faster than anyone else in my industry. Words cannot express how pleased my partners, my bottom line, my board of directors, and I am with Carol's results!

Carol is the perfect mentor or consultant for business leaders who want to grow their businesses and are willing to do the work.

I met Carol Smith in 2000 when I was chosen to represent its start-up Exceptional Wines.Com, CEO of this company import and distribution of French wines in California.
Carol immediately trusted me, she can give very good advice.
She is an extraordinary manager. She is human and endearing.
I took great pleasure in working for and with her.
If I had to do it again, I would do without even thinking for one second. Unfortunately, today kilometers separate us but I am still hoping to work again with her whatever the business!
Cécile Duclos-Mariotto
Toulouse (France)

Carol has a passion for helping businesses, small and large learn how to grow by attracting the right kind of revenue - sustainable! Carol uses her past success in leading global companies and programs, general management, marketing, P&L, and forecasting to advise her clients on what they need to grow from local to nationally viable businesses and community resources.

My wife Janet attended an educational seminar where Carol Smith spoke: Janet recommended that I get in touch with Carol because of the value she gained from Carol's breadth of experience. Carol met with Janet and me yesterday for our first time.

We received a high value from our consulting with her, with us walking away feeling like we had been friends with Carol for a long time. Our initial purpose was to explore with Carol her background and have her speak at a future event in support of educating small and medium sized business owners - our product and service target market.

We walked away with unexpected insights because Carol opened us to possibility with her questions and accompanying stories that she used to drive home the ideas and concepts she wanted us to understand. While she said we would hear things that we already knew, she placed things into different perspectives giving us the contexts that helped us better see where we should be focusing our attention.

This experience with her was particular important because she listened deeply to us. She provided an overview on marketing and how marketing processes would affect our business, along with an action plan to get us moving in a different direction than we were pursing. She also helped define the important dots, then connected them for us. Finally, she left us open to doing more detailed actions, which would produce both revenue and profits for our business. We found our conversation exceeded our wildest expectations and strongly recommend working with Carol. We plan on continuing our consulting and wish to partner with her.

Carol is an inspirational leader with a talent for bringing out the best in those who partner with and work for her. While she is strategic and analytical, always encouraging others to step back and see the broader picture, she is also a hands-on manager with a clear-eyed vision of what it takes to get a job done. I have always admired her strong communication skills, compassion and integrity, and sharp business acumen.

Carol has a great ability to assimilate disparate elements of a complex situation, inspire people and drive results. A strong collaborator, she effectively communicates and influences across functions and levels. The breadth of her knowledge combined with sensitive insights regularly assisted me as a manager on her team at Hewlett-Packard. It was a pleasure working with her as we developed the vision, strategic direction and communications for HP’s community and philanthropic programs. She brings a wealth of leadership talent, optimism and desire to succeed in every initiative she undertakes. I highly recommend Carol.

Carol is a driven leader financial transparency, accountability, and responsibility through his organization. Carol delivered great results while being below budget; was always a willing partner in identifying optimization opportunities for the benefit of the organization; and partnered well with the business to achieve mutual benefits. It has been a pleasure to know Carol professionally as well as personally. She is an excellent leader and has been successful in her multiple roles in both at HP and other places. Carol has a great sense of humor and uses it effectively. Carol provides constructive feedback and is always willing to help her colleagues when they need her. She acts as a good sounding board for all of us. She is a great team player and maintains a broad view of information technology as well as the business side of the organizations. She is articulate and focused. Carol has a bright future as an executive for any lucky company to have her.

Working with Carol at Exceptional Wines was a highlight of my early wine career. Her encouragement and support were integral to my success in opening new accounts for our portfolio of wines. Her skills as a manager and motivator are a great fit for this challenging and competitive industry.