CLIENT RESULTS
Outcomes That Show Up in the Business.
Not attendance numbers. Not satisfaction scores. Retention gains, pipeline growth, board alignment, and cultural shifts that connect directly to how organizations perform. This is what happens when leadership development is built as infrastructure.
130,000+
103
Leaders Impacted
Organizations Served
Top 10
Leadership Development Firm — Manage HR Magazine
7-Figure
Multi-Year Enterprise Partnerships
CLIENT PARTNERS INCLUDE:
ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION & TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Bridgestone Americas
Fortune 500 | 45,000+ Teammates | Multi-Year Partnership (2021–2024)
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Challenge
Bridgestone Americas was undergoing a historic organizational transformation — evolving from a traditional tire manufacturer into a software and solutions-driven global mobility company. This shift required fundamental changes in leadership capability, culture, and talent strategy. Specifically, Bridgestone needed to retain high-potential leaders during a period of significant uncertainty; equip executives and people leaders to communicate change effectively across a global workforce; engage and develop emerging women leaders who were underrepresented in management and senior leadership; and build a culture where diverse teammates at all levels could bring their full selves to work.
Solutions
Career Thrivers served as a multi-year strategic partner to Bridgestone Americas from 2021 through 2024, working directly with the CEO, CHRO, and senior leadership team across multiple interconnected workstreams:
Executive Advisory: Ongoing strategic advisory to the CEO and CHRO on leadership communication, culture strategy, and talent development during the transformation.
Rise & Thrive Women's Leadership Intensive: Designed and delivered a signature cohort-based leadership development program for emerging women leaders. Over multiple years, 150 women leaders from across the Americas, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific participated in immersive 3-day intensives focused on leadership identity, confident communication, executive presence, and career advancement strategy.
Leadership Pipeline Development: Created a nomination and selection process that deepened the leadership pipeline by identifying high-potential women at manager and director levels earlier.
Executive Coaching and Presence: Coached individual executives on leadership presence, messaging, and stakeholder communication during high-stakes transformation moments.
Culture Learning Modules: Supported the design and deployment of enterprise-wide culture learning modules that reached over 5,000 teammates, reinforcing belonging and inclusion.
Results
27% → 33%
Women in U.S. management increased from 27% to 33% (2021–2023)
32% → 37.5%
Women in Latin America leadership increased from 32% to 37.5% (2021–2023)
150
150 emerging women leaders developed across multiple cohorts globally
82%
82% of teammates reported they could bring their full selves to work
5,000+
5,000+ teammates completed culture learning modules — 90% recommended to peers
$225K–$300K
Retention gains offset potential attrition costs of $225K–$300K per senior leader
"Career Thrivers played a pivotal role in equipping our leaders to engage, develop, and inspire their teams. The impact on our culture and our teammates has been lasting."
— Susie Long, Former CHRO, Bridgestone Americas
ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION & TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Caterpillar Financial Services
3,100 Employees | 3 Continents | Multi-Year Partnership (2020–2023)
Challenge
Cat Financial's leadership identified uneven allyship awareness across the global workforce. While 95% of employees agreed allyship was important, fewer than 40% had taken consistent action. They needed a solution that could scale across 3,100 employees globally while feeling tailored to Cat Financial's brand and culture.
Solutions
Career Thrivers partnered with Cat Financial from 2020 through 2023 in a multi-year engagement centered on The Awareness & Actions of Allies™, our proprietary and trademarked allyship curriculum.
White-Labeled Learning and Licensing: Customized and licensed the Allies framework to Cat Financial, embedding their brand directly into the course experience. Produced video modules featuring CEO Dave Walton and senior leaders to demonstrate visible executive commitment. Delivered a full e-learning platform via Career Thrivers' LMS for global access across all offices.
Leader-Led Live Sessions: Facilitated live allyship education sessions twice a month for nine months, engaging all people leaders. Equipped 250+ leaders with scripts, talking points, and coaching tools to cascade learning across teams on three continents.
Culture and Talent Development Integration: Incorporated allyship learning into Cat Financial's leadership development portfolio and talent strategy. Partnered with HR and DEI leaders to align the program with retention and recruitment priorities.
Extended Partnership: Engaged Cat Financial as a sponsor for Career Thrivers' external programs including the Advancing Black Professionals Summit and the Rise & Thrive Women's Leadership Intensive, extending their investment in inclusive workforce development beyond their own walls.
Results
3,000+
3,000+ employees engaged across three continents
250+
250+ people leaders trained to cascade learning globally
90%
90% rated the program Very Good to Excellent
Embedded
Strengthened employer brand and retention through an embedded culture of trust
"Our global partnership with Career Thrivers brought allyship education to more than 3,000 employees across three continents. Their ability to customize learning for our leaders and scale it enterprise-wide has had a lasting impact on our people and our business."
— Dave Walton, CEO, Caterpillar Financial Services
SIGNATURE PROGRAM: WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Rise & Thrive: Advancing Women Leaders
Multi-Client Program | UPS, Bridgestone Americas, Caterpillar Financial, Sony Music Publishing
Challenge
development broadly but lacked targeted programs to engage, develop, and retain emerging women leaders. Women remained underrepresented in management and senior leadership pipelines, and existing development opportunities were not designed to address the unique barriers women face in advancing — from confidence and visibility to navigating organizational dynamics and building strategic relationships.
Solutions
Career Thrivers designed Rise & Thrive as a signature cohort-based leadership development intensive for emerging women leaders, built to be customized, licensed, and deployed within enterprise organizations.
Companies nominate emerging women leaders based on performance, development trajectory, and readiness. Career Thrivers partners with HR teams and participant managers to create alignment before the intensive begins and track impact post-intensive. The 3-day experience includes a Career Thrivers-developed 360 assessment covering leadership identity and confidence, emotional intelligence, stakeholder alignment, communication skills, and leadership branding.
Following the intensive, participants receive six months of continued coaching and leadership labs covering topics including breaking glass ceilings, moving from burnout to brilliance, owning career development, and amplifying their voice as women leaders.
Results
150+
150+ women leaders developed through cohort-based intensives globally
9 out of 10
9 out of 10 participants report implementing learnings immediately
4 Companies
Deployed across UPS, Bridgestone Americas, Caterpillar Financial, and Sony Music Publishing
+6 pts
Contributed directly to Bridgestone's 6-point increase in women in U.S. management
"This course is VITAL to your success as a woman leader."
— Rise & Thrive Participant
"If you have the drive to succeed, increase your impact, and clarify your brand, this experience is for you. You have to put in the work, but this experience gives you a framework from which to operate and inspires you to get started!"
— Rise & Thrive Participant
STRATEGIC PLANNING & INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION
National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM)
Arts, Culture & Education | Board-Level Strategic Alignment
Challenge
NMAAM faced a pivotal inflection point: a leadership transition while maintaining momentum, an outdated strategic plan that lacked execution clarity, limited board alignment around priorities, and an untapped opportunity to unify its value proposition across donors, partners, and stakeholders.
Solutions
Career Thrivers facilitated a board-level strategic planning session designed to move the board from conversation to cohesion. We provided board-level strategic facilitation, strategic narrative and identity clarification, and delivered a post-session roadmap with immediate actions, governance implications, and next-phase recommendations.
Through this work, Career Thrivers recommended the positioning of "Music Starts Here" — a powerful brand narrative anchoring NMAAM's identity in both its cultural significance and its geographical positioning in Nashville as Music City. The framework positions NMAAM to expand from 125,000 to 250,000 annual visitors.
Results
25% → 81%
Strategic clarity increased from 25% to 81% — clear or very clear post-session
16.7% → 63.6%
Board alignment grew from 16.7% fully aligned to 63.6% fully aligned — with 90.9% at least mostly aligned
8.3% → 81.8%
Confidence in direction increased from 8.3% to 81.8% — very or extremely confident
Music Starts Here
Unified strategic narrative "Music Starts Here" centered on national relevance and cultural authority
Phase 2
Defined roadmap for Phase 2: stakeholder engagement, governance, and campaign readiness
"This strategic framework transforms NMAAM from a preservation-focused museum into an amplification engine for African American musical brilliance."
— William Jeffries III, Executive Director, NMAAM
"This strategic framework positions NMAAM to execute this ambitious strategic plan while maintaining the authentic storytelling that makes us essential to understanding America's musical foundation."
— Stacey Koju, Board Chair, NMAAM | Partner, Spencer Fane
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP BRANDING
Executive Ecosystem:
Leadership Brand Transformation
1:1 Executive Engagement | Leadership Branding, IP Development & Industry Leadership Positioning
Challenge
Accomplished business leaders and executives often share a common paradox: they are doing extraordinary work — leading organizations, building movements, developing teams, and creating measurable impact — yet their online presence, personal narrative, and professional positioning don't come close to reflecting the scale of that impact. When someone searches for them online, visits their LinkedIn profile, or looks for their digital footprint, it doesn't encompass the vast nature of what they've built. They are, as Career Thrivers describes it, the best-kept secret in their industry.
Solutions
Career Thrivers works directly 1:1 with executive-level leaders and entrepreneurs through the Executive Ecosystem — a white-glove engagement designed to position their expertise for maximum visibility and impact.
The engagement begins with an immersive Strategy Day where we map the full breadth and depth of the leader's career story, leadership journey, and vision. From there, we build their complete leadership brand ecosystem: leadership brand clarification and narrative positioning, intellectual property development including signature frameworks and thought leadership, packaging expertise for revenue generation including paid speaking, signature talk development, website design and development, LinkedIn profile transformation and content strategy, visual identity refresh, and ghostwriting and content marketing support.
Results
Best-kept Secret
Leaders transformed from "best-kept secret" to visible, positioned, and in demand
Ecosystem Built
Complete digital ecosystem built — website, LinkedIn, content strategy, and speaking platform
Leadership
IP and thought leadership packaged for monetization and influence
Leaders Report
Leaders report clarity, confidence, and alignment between who they are and how the world sees them
"For the first time, I actually said out loud what I've been carrying quietly for years — that I want more out of my career and my life. I've built movements, led organizations, and poured into communities, but when it came to positioning myself as a leader, I always came last. Brittany helped me see that my personal leadership brand deserves the same intentionality I bring to everything else. For the first time, my vision isn't just in my head. It's out. It's real. It's on paper."
— Tequila Johnson, Executive Ecosystem Client | Executive Director, The Equity Alliance
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