Dr. Carole Hysmith, PhD, AMS-C

Entrepreneurial Credibility
Dr. Carole F. Hysmith, Chief Executive Officer of The Hysmith Group, Inc., a multi-service Leadership, Management and Career Development company founded in 1991. Specifically, The Hysmith Group places an emphasis on Leadership and Management Development, Human Development, Career Development, Cultural Diversity, and Situational Analysis in the workplace. The company is known for its expertise in organizational change by developing leadership and management teams and empowering staff. Dr. Hysmith earned her Master of Arts degree in 1983 from Columbia University in organization psychology and her Doctor of Education degree in 1991 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Organization Development. Dr. Hysmith is also certified in administering the well-known assessment tool, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator as well as the 360 Degree Feedback Instrument.

Leadership Experience
In leadership positions, Dr. Hysmith has more than thirty years experience in education and development. During this period, she has provided extensive consultant services to senior executives regarding leadership and issues in organizational change. In addition, she developed and facilitated Leadership Conferences and Strategic Planning Retreats for senior executives, physicians, clinicians, lawyers, judges, scientists, administrative staff, and board members throughout United States and abroad.

Business Experience
For fourteen years, Dr. Hysmith was employed full time by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. She started this arm of her career in 1984 as Director of Training and Development. Four years later, she was promoted to Central Office, Human Resources Division, as an Organizational Development Consultant, and then in 1990, to Assistant Director of Recruitment, Training and Career Development Services. In 1993, she was promoted to Sr. Director of Managed Care Education and appointed, in 1994, to Associate Executive Director, Office of Diversity and Organizational Change. In this capacity, Dr. Hysmith provided organizational consultant services for seven health care facilities. In 1995, she was appointed as the Deputy Executive Director, Division of Human Relations, for the Northern Manhattan Network of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Professorships
As an adjunct professor for ten years at the College of New Rochelle, Dr. Hysmith passionately taught two core courses, "Career Review" and "Designing the Future." During this period, she guided more than 2000 transitional mid-life adults in both student program development and career choices. Her professional background also includes experience as an instructor at Baruch College and as a consultant at Marymount College. Due to extensive consultant demands, she recently resigned as an adjunct professor at Shorter College, School of Professional Programs, located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Curriculum Development and Platform Experience
Dr. Hysmith is an international leadership expert, scholar, and educator. She has designed and facilitated seminars in Assertiveness Skills, Performance Appraisal and Counseling, Management Development, Supervisory Development, Professional Development, Career Development, Team Development and Leadership, The Voice of Leadership, Strategic Tools for Effective Leadership, Preparing for Leadership: What it Takes to Take the Lead, Responding to Conflict, Building Better Work Relationships, How to Communicate with Diplomacy, Tact, and Credibility, Partnering with Your Boss, Management Skills for Administrative Professionals, Making the Transition to Management, Making the Transition from Staff Member to Supervisor, Management Skills and Techniques for New Supervisors, Moving Ahead: Breaking Behavior Patterns that Hold You Back, Successfully Managing People, Leadership Skills for Supervisors, The Effective Facilitator, Fundamentals of Human Resources Management, Training The Trainer, Leadership and Team Development for Managerial Success, Critical Thinking, Leadership Advanced Communication Strategies, Demystifying Decision Making, Presentation Skills, Conflict Management, Organizational Change, Cultural Diversity Awareness, and Executive Speed Learning. Currently, Dr. Hysmith dedicates most of her time, expertise and skills to The Hysmith Group.