About Us & Contact Information

Carl Robinson, Ph.D., is a business psychologist and executive coach in Seattle who focuses on the development of high performance leaders. Dr. Robinson has over 20 years experience using research based, proven in the trenches, motivational and performance enhancement technologies to help individuals and organizations improve their effectiveness.

His clients come from a variety of industries and organizations primarily centered on companies who offer intellectually based products and services in highly competitive, volatile markets with people who are intelligent, creative and usually impatient.

He speaks nationally on topics related to leadership and effectiveness enhancement. Some recent presentations include:

• Leadership in the First 100 Days: How to ensure your success – workshop for partners at Tatum LLC, National Conference
• "How to Become a Level 5 Leader." Venture All Stars CEO Workshop - seminar
• "Executive Effectiveness: The Essentials of Outstanding Performance." Financial Executives International - Seattle
• "Coaching Executives: Challenges and Opportunities for HR." - workshop for the Society of Human Resource Managers - Seattle & Bellevue
• "When Times are Tough, the Tough Become Better Leaders." - workshop for Fashion Group International - Seattle Chapter
• "Improving Board/CEO Relationships." Keynote for Directors' College - workshop presented through Graham & Dunn law firm
• "Tales from the Crypt: Board/CEO Interactions." Panelist - MIT Enterprise Forum Northwest
• "Selection by Design, Not by Chemistry: Upgrading the Assessment and Selection of Key Employees for Your Organization." - workshop for YEO University International Conference (Young Entrepreneurs Organization)
• "From Dreamers to Optimizers: Can This Team Make the Transition." - presentation to Entrepreneur University - Northwest Entrepreneur Network

Dr. Robinson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Relations and Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and, a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Vermont College. He earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies where he studied both Eastern and Western Psychology and Religion. Counseling psychology is the branch of psychology that is concerned with the enhancement of human performance and the quality of life. His dissertation research investigated factors that influence creative thinking. He also has conducted research into the personality differences between entrepreneurs and mainstream executives and his research was incorporated into the ASSESS personality survey by Bigby/Havis and Associates.

Dr. Robinson got his start in the field of psychology working with emotionally disturbed adolescents (the type that beat up, killed and robbed people)…some would say the best training for working with executives. Along the way, on his untraditional career path, he spent a year working for a world-renowned artist as a craftsman, as the assistant to the head of a Mutual Fund and as the lead management recruiter for one of the largest health insurers in the country. He has successfully started two consulting practices, first in San Francisco and later in Seattle. His most recent entrepreneurial endeavor was, with his wife, to open, grow and successfully sell a coffee house, Caffè Zingaro, Coffee – Tea – Delectables, in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Besides featuring great coffee, tea and desserts, the coffee house is a free wireless hotspot where at any time of the day you are likely to find entrepreneurs sipping, surfing the net and starting businesses along side ballet dancers, opera singers, actors and playwrights.

Dr. Robinson is a member of:

Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) Received Board Approval in Leadership Development & Executive Coaching
Society of Consulting Psychology
American Psychological Association
Seattle Rotary #4.

Contact Information:

Mailing Address: Carl Robinson, Ph.D. Principal Advanced Leadership Consulting 14416 3rd Ave. NW Suite 300 Seattle,   Washington   98177 carl@leadershipconsulting.com Work Phone:  206.545.1990

Office Location: My office is located within the WRF/Washington Research Foundation Venture Center located at 2815 Eastlake Avenue E., Suite 300 in Seattle. We are located on the corner of Eastlake and Hamlin. Entrance to our parking lot is off of Hamlin on the South side of our building. Click here for map and directions to the building. If you have difficulty finding my office please call the WRF receptionist at 206.336.5600.

Strategic Partners

Below are our trusted strategic partners (companies and individuals) with whom we collaborate or refer when working on larger scale or complex projects or if the project is outside our area of expertise. 

Ascend Consulting Executive & Employee Compensation   David Lough   Seattle,   WA   98115   david@ascendseattle.com   Work Phone:  (206) 525-7503	Human Investment Consulting Debra Condren, Ph.D. http://www.humaninvestment.com   San Francisco, California and New York, NY
Bigby/Havis Organizational & Industrial Psychologists   http://www.bigby.com   Dave Bigby, Ph.D., President   Dallas,   Texas	Paladin Partners Janis Machala Managing Partner   http://www.paladinpartners.com   Kirkland,   Washington
Bridgeway Career Development Janet Scarborough, Ph.D,    http://www.bridgewaycareer.com   Seattle, Bellevue, and Mercer Island, WA	Dr. William E. Scannell http://www.ConsultingPsychologist.com   6130 Center Point Road   Fredericksburg,   Texas   78624   William@Scannell.net   Work Phone:  830-990-0310