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Hello

My name is Eleanor Clark Boli. I am a career educator turned business woman who believes our greatest growth potential is unlocked once we learn how to shift our mindsets. I see the willingness to learn - to ideate, to try, to fail, and to iterate even when the “correct answers” are not immediately available- as key to transformative change on an individual, team or company level.

Due to the educational environments where I spent most of my career and the communities that raised me, I am a strong believer in moonshots and questioning the status quo. I specialize in healthy disruption, have a fierce commitment to level playing fields, and I dare to dream of a future where business, technology and community are beautifully interwoven synonyms.


My career is focused on facilitating transformative strategy, programs and community engagement initiatives to catalyze innovation in business landscapes and cultivate a future in which we can all thrive. If you would like to further discuss or ideate after viewing this visual portfolio, my contact information is at the bottom of this page, along with a gift for readers. Enjoy!

About
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What I offer 

I am a trailblazer…

Haas EWMBA Graduating class nominated and awarded me the the Haas Guiding Principles “Question the Status Quo” award

Haas EWMBA Graduating class nominated and awarded me the the Haas Guiding Principles “Question the Status Quo” award 

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that builds and refines scalable organizational systems with each step I take

For 6 of my past roles, I have been the first hire in a newly created position, typically in startup environments.

Companies hire me when they need someone to take their teams from 0-1 to build an audacious vision.  With a combination innovator-builder skillset, I lay the foundations and basic infrastructure needed for successful growth.  

 

To note- I decided to apply to business school having never stepped foot on a business school campus.  I decided to recruit for investment banking without ever having interacted with an investment banking firm before.  

Both cases are examples of how I apply the same roadmapping and curricular development skills I initially learned as an educator to achieve unprecedented goals.  

“We will either find a way, or we will make one.”  

1st

hire in position for 6 past roles

3
 

organizations launched the newly designed L&D programs I created

1st
 

student from an educator background to successfully recruit for IB at Haas

My modus operandi is to step into dynamic, fast-paced environments and use deep listening and observation skills to develop on the ground knowledge of how systems are actually performing. 

Inspired by companies like:

500
to
1000

current scale goal for clients served through PCV Business Advising Program


3 to 8

20 to 120

90 to 600

national sites

adult participants 


students


SMASH Y1 Curriculum & Training Expansion


100
to
400

student population scale at for MWAUS programs over 4 year period

I began prototyping my own rendition of

playbooks and roadmaps to define and capture operational processes while simultaneously refining and optimizing for scale.

As a nod to my former teaching career, I believe the most salient indicator of a strong system is when you can remove the key players and the system continues to function seamlessly.  I build with this outcome in mind.

Check out the hallmark prototype I designed for  support scaling team processes through documentation:

The Mainframe

I cultivate thriving teams across live, virtual, and asynchronous environments…

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Strong teams are the foundation of any company’s sustained success.  Across live, virtual, and asynchronous work settings, I have proven my ability to cultivate healthy, dynamic, nimble teams that embrace innovation, failure, and conflict throughout the team growth cycle. 

 

I do not believe that being “live” with a team necessarily makes us more productive, nor do I believe that there is 0 difference between a live and virtual work environment.  I do believe it is the responsibility of leaders and management to carefully architect collaborative settings to optimize team interactions, and to utilize research-based practices to design flexible work environments.

 

Cultivating a  sense of belonging, inclusion and engagement with my colleagues is one of my greatest joys.

13

years experience leading teams

30%

increase in staff retention rates at MWAUS while I served as A.D.

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+

​​Decreased PCV BA time spent in daily zoom meetings by 30% and increased NPS by 18% in first year by introducing async working tools and best practices

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while designing and delivering data-driven programs

Learning and Development is an art and a science.  Some say the qualitative aspects of learning can’t be quantified for assessment- I disagree.  I drive for effective, efficient and engaging learning systems with strong feedback loops and accountability measures.

I have architected and implemented L&D programs on topics ranging from Financial Inclusion, Recruiting for Investment Banking, Leadership Training & Facilitation Skills, STEAM Curricula, Social-Emotional Development, and Manager Development.
 

12%

16%

PCV Business Advising Program 

[Reach= 1000+ Small Business Owners and 1225 Corporate Advisors across the U.S.]

average satisfaction rating while migrating 1000+ users to new learning platform

SMASH Site Director Management Training
[Reach= 20 Site Directors and Operations leads at sites across the U.S.]

increase in Manager Satisfaction ratings by end of Y1 implementation 

SMASH Curriculum & Training Program

[Reach= 120 Staff and 600+ students at sites across the U.S.]

improvement in Staff end of year performance ratings by after redesigning training

Haas Investment Banking Recruit Training Roadmap & Curriculum

[Reach= 50+ Haas MBA Investment Banking Recruits]

increase in YoY intern offer rate by after implementing IB training roadmap

88%

12%

16%

9%

I coach Executives, Teams and Individuals…

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As a career educator from startup educational environments, I have an intuitive ability to assess individual and team strengths in conjunction with areas for growth.  

With exceptional relationship building and stakeholder management skills, I carefully and intentionally cultivate individual and team mindset transformation and performance to reach big picture outcomes.

4
to
16

Direct Reports supervised as team manager

7

roles required me to serve as advisor to Executive Leadership

5

former Direct Reports later promoted to Director and Executive levels after I served as their supervisor and coach

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While leveraging my superpower: catalyzing transformative change

After experiencing burnout in education and subsequent revitalization resulting from rapid upskilling and exposure to innovation in Business School, I began focussing intently on how individuals and teams engage with change.   

I used to resist change.  Now, I welcome it as a key catalyst for growth and transformation.  I have adapted the same tools and frameworks that helped me acclimate to change to support my clients and teams as they pursue transformations to match rapidly evolving business landscapes.
 

4

companies have tasked me with leading their Change Management Strategy

3

company reorganizations I have led teams through 

35
to
1000

stakeholder group sizes I have led through change management

Check out this Theory of Transformation I helped a client develop to reposition their services offered in order to access a new target client niche

Here to there:

A quick summary of the professional formula of my life.

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I started my career in education in pursuit of equity and access for all students

3 fun facts about my life in 3-D: 

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I have an 80lb. rottweiler named Sky that is my co-pilot for most of life’s adventures. Unfortunately, she is not as hype about L&D unless there are food-based incentives.

My daily goal is to spend 2+ hours running, lifting, doing yoga or dancing (or some combination thereof).  Movement is my happy place.

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Honoring that small businesses and local entrepreneurs inspired my career pivot from education to business, supporting my community is one of my strongest core values.  

Here is a link to the first documentary filmed by The 6:3 Media Group, a multimedia production company that I helped launch.  Our next filmmaking journey will take us to Cuba to film a docuseries focused on the Diaspora.  

A Few of My Favorite Things

Parting Gift to Readers

I greatly admire companies that build in public due to the resulting accessibility and ability for rapid collaborative learning.  As a nod to these companies, please enjoy A Few of my Favorite Things - a list of my favorite resources for all things business and learning.  

Please message me if you would like to connect.

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© 2024 by Eleanor Boli Clark

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