Nancy Knowles

Nancy Knowles, MBA, draws upon over 25 years of global experience in human resources, executive staff, and consulting roles working with senior leaders to enhance individual and organizational performance. Her approach is pragmatic yet thought-provoking, with a keen focus on aligning insights, intentions, and specific actions in specific contexts to achieve gains in impact and results. Nancy brings broad-based business and leadership experience and results focus to her engagements, and a spirit of innovation. Above all, she understands the importance of engaging the right people to get the right things done.

Prior to her consulting and coaching career, Nancy served as Chief of Staff to the Vice Chairman and President of Human Health at Pfizer, Inc. She provided coaching and support to senior leaders to advance key business imperatives for the $45 billion pharmaceuticals business, working across geographic and functional business units to remove barriers to success and support decision-making in the C-suite. Nancy also held senior human resources roles. Her experience includes mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and start-ups. Nancy served as Vice President, Human Resources for an electronic medical records company launched by Pfizer, IBM, and Microsoft. She contributed to all operational aspects of standing up the organization, established and led the HR function, and consulted to the Board. Prior consulting experience includes Managing Senior Consultant at Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (acquired by Marsh and McLennan.)

Expertise

  • Executive, High-Potential and Transition Coaching

  • Leadership, Talent & Organization Development

  • Team Engagement and Effectiveness (Assessments and Solutions)

  • Programmatic Change Initiatives

  • Communications & Human Interactions (A Neuroscience Approach)

  • Mergers and Acquisitions and Culture Integrations

  • Senior Women in Leadership Programs • Psychometric Assessments

Professional Affiliations

  • Columbia Coaching Learning Association

  • Actionable Consultants Partner

  • Conversational Intelligence® Dream Team