A respected leader on credibility and transparency, Barbara Pagano helps organizations worldwide capitalize on the bottom line benefits of responsible transparency that builds credibility. Driving strategies of alignment and integration, she works with senior executives, business owners, and teams to create processes that have a measurable impact on productivity, innovation, and loyalty, ensuring sustainable business success.

Barbara’s research on credibility, the diagnostic tools she has developed, and her focus on skills and measurable improvement offer leaders proven methods for building trusting, high-performing relationships. She inspires, teaches, and holds leaders accountable.

She combined her broad experience in leadership and her extensive research in human behavior in the groundbreaking book, THE TRANSPARENCY EDGE: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business (McGraw-Hill, ©2004), chosen by Fast Company magazine as a “Book of the Month”. Written with her daughter, Elizabeth Pagano, an award-winning business journalist, the book has been translated into four languages, including Spanish and Chinese, and has been among Bookscan’s list of 50 best-selling new business books in America. It hit #7 on Barnes & Noble’s list of bestselling business ethics books.

Barbara was named an adjunct faculty member of the Leadership Institute of Baptist Health Care (#10 on Fortune’s 2002 list of “Best Companies to Work For” and winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award), which provides leadership training to CEOs and senior vice presidents of healthcare organizations worldwide.

With graduate degrees in human behavior and 20-plus years as a coach and facilitator for Fortune 500 firms, Barbara is a nationally-recognized and sought-after presenter. Her success with global audiences and teams has positively impacted organizations. Articles by and about her have been published in various national and regional business publications and newspapers.

Elizabeth provides leadership and team development for senior executives, middle managers, and high-potentials in a wide variety of functions including sales/marketing, finance, R&D, operations, and human resources. Her research on credibility and her focus on skills and measurable improvement offer leaders proven methods for actionable, sustainable, behavioral change. As a leadership coach, Elizabeth excels at helping her clients create trusting, high-performance relationships.

Elizabeth is the co-author of THE TRANSPARENCY EDGE: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business (McGraw-Hill, ©2004), chosen by Fast Company magazine as a “Book of the Month.” The book has been translated into four languages, including Spanish and Chinese, and has been among Bookscan’s list of 50 best-selling new business books in America. It also hit #7 on Barnes & Noble’s list of bestselling business ethics books.

Elizabeth designs and presents programs on transparent leadership, high performance teams, and authenticity with her co-author, Barbara Pagano, to corporate audiences and leadership conferences. These high-impact programs give organizations knowledge and skills for surviving in competitive times.

Elizabeth is an adjunct organizational consultant with Right Management, the world’s leading career transition firm. She is also an adjunct faculty member of the Leadership Institute of Baptist Health Care (#10 on Fortune’s 2002 list of “Best Companies to Work For” and winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award), which provides leadership training to leaders of healthcare organizations worldwide.

Elizabeth has 15 years of both hands-on and observational business experience. She worked as a senior leader in sales/marketing and business development in the manufacturing sector, managing inside and outside sales teams and developing and overseeing marketing and business development initiatives.

Elizabeth’s articles have appeared in a wide array of business publications, including The Chicago Tribune, Fast Company, Consulting to Management, and American Executive. She was an award-winning business reporter and workplace columnist for a daily newspaper, covering a range of industries, decision-makers and workplace issues of Fortune 500 corporations and small businesses. She has profiled CEOs and business owners who have won and lost at leadership. Elizabeth graduated from Vanderbilt University.