Passionate about guiding leaders through rapid growth and change, bringing innovative thinking, swift execution, and compassion to complex challenges.
Dolores Bernardo
With over two decades of experience, Dolores is an executive coach and leadership consultant known for helping leaders navigate complex challenges. She has served as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across industries such as technology, biotech, financial services, and higher education.
Dolores’s career includes roles such as Head of HR at Calico Life Sciences and Talent Development, where she collaborated with the CEO and executive team on navigating the Pandemic and Return to Office, and led initiatives that resulted in significant improvements in manager performance at 20pts above peer companies. During her eight years at Google, Dolores led the Global Manager Development team, empowering over 6,000 managers and creating leadership programs featured in the bestselling book Work Rules! and on Google’s reWorks site. She has also served as Director, Western Region for Catalyst, where she worked with organizations like Nike and Microsoft on organizational development.
Dolores holds a master’s degree from Harvard Kennedy School and a BS in Finance from Cal Poly, SLO. Passionate about growing leaders, she enjoys tennis, tai chi, and exploring neuroscience and longevity research.
Education
MPA, Harvard University
BS, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Associate Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation
Expertise
Certifications
Google’s Manager and Team Effectiveness Research, Team Stakeholder-Centered Coaching by Marshall Goldsmith Group, Hudson Institute Coaching Program Certification, Insights for Discovery, Myers-Briggs, Immunity for Change Coaching Model, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Program (Mindfulness & Empathy), Adaptive Leadership, Gallup Clifton Strengths, ICF, ACC.
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