Who we are
Caroline Webb
Caroline Webb is a management consultant, economist, speaker, author and renowned leadership coach who has worked with hundreds of organizations to help their employees be more productive, energized, and successful – first as a Partner at McKinsey, where she continues to serve as a Senior Advisor, and now as CEO and founder of How to Have a Good Day. She specializes in showing people how to transform their life and work for the better by applying insights from the behavioral sciences: behavioral economics, psychology and neuroscience. Her book on that topic – How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life – is being published in 16 languages and over 60 countries. It was hailed by Forbes as one of their “must-read business books,” described by Fortune as one of their top “self-improvement through data” books, and listed by Inc as one of the best 15 leadership and personal development books of the past five years. It also won plaudits from publications as diverse as the Financial Times, TIME, and Cosmopolitan magazine.
During her twelve years with McKinsey & Company, Caroline co-founded McKinsey’s leadership practice, and designed the firm’s approach to transforming senior team dynamics and improving personal effectiveness. She also founded and remains faculty of McKinsey’s flagship training course for senior female executives. Before that, Caroline spent the 1990s working in public policy as an economist at the Bank of England. Her work there included global economic forecasting and institution building in post-communist eastern Europe.
Caroline is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, and she has also written on behavioral change topics for the World Economic Forum, Fast Company, Quartz, Business Insider, Huffington Post and WIRED. Her work has also been widely featured in national and international media over the years, including in The Economist, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, Inc., Forbes, Fortune, and BBC Radio. She is a member of Silicon Guild, a Founding Fellow of the Harvard-affiliated Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, and an Advisory Board member for Ethical Systems and OpenMind. She has degrees in Economics from Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and has delivered guest lectures at Harvard, Chicago Booth School of Business, NYU Stern, Columbia Business School, London School of Economics, and London Business School.
Coaching client testimonials
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Caroline came up with unique, creative and outside the box methods to help me with my team.
CFO, Nayan“
Caroline has the ability to literally create a paradigm shift in your thinking and approach to life.
social sector CEO, Ndidi“
It was a pleasure to work with Caroline – she is a wonderful coach and a wonderful person in general.
managing partner, Peter“
Caroline would never approach an issue without a deep understanding of the actual science behind it."
Board director, Angela