Castro EllenAs a globally recognized leadership consultant and executive coach, Ellen Castro helps her clients create comprehensive, strategic action plans that move critical initiatives forward. With a proven, results-oriented framework, she focuses on leaders nd their teams-building strong working relationships and a foundation of trust that transform managers into credible, engaged leaders who people will follow. A valued partner in many industries-ranging from high tech to entertainment to education-as well as the government and non-profit sectors, Ellen has worked with small teams at startups and large teams at Fortune 500 companies. Her clients have include Adobe, American Airlines, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Deloitte Consulting, Ericsson, Fidelity Investments, Frito-Lay, Head Start, Mary Kay, McAfee, Southern Methodist University, Texas Instruments, United Way, Univision and Verizon. Always constructive, pragmatic and solution-focused, Ellen delivers tangible results that have a solid and lasting impact on her clients' bottom line and long-term success. As a frequent media guest and best-selling, award-winning author, Ellen has touched millions of people around the world with her messages about the potential and power of the human spirit. Her latest book, Happy in Spite of People, received glowing reviews around the world for its common-sense approach to embracing all personality types on the job and in life. The third edition of her classic, Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust, received an International Latino Book Award. Now in its fourth edition, this timeless resource continues to be used by thousands of leaders to revitalize their teams with trust. Ellen earned a MEd from Harvard and a MBA from Southern Methodist University, where she served on the faculty of the Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Center for more than 15 years. She had the honor of teaching the inaugural Latinas and Leadership class at the University of North Texas in 2015. Read More Read Less