A title doesn’t make a leader. Intent, actions, and impact create an opportunity to become one.
Since 2013, Acumentri has worked with people and organizations who share the belief that leadership is more than title. It’s about self-awareness, development, shared purpose, and creating a ripple effect of flourishing throughout the organization.
Our coaching programs are research-based, context-specific, and designed to support leaders and organizations long after the engagement ends. Through insight, thought partnership, and new strategies, Acumentri supports leaders as they take on greater responsibility, expand their organizational influence, and drive meaningful impact across their teams and organizations.
Fun Fact: Her family owns a local ice cream shop, Farfar’s, where they’ve been making ice cream fresh on-site for over 4 decades.
Alex Carleton, M.Sc.
Leadership & Executive Coach
Alex has been a professional executive coach supporting senior leaders since 2013. She draws on experience coaching hundreds of leaders across sectors to support her clients in developing their own strategies and style. She specializes in supporting driven leaders who are expanding their executive role and responsibilities and those who are guiding strategic organizational change.
With coaching, her clients have enhanced their impact with authentic leadership approaches that engage and motivate team members, even in highly challenging circumstances. They increase their effectiveness and confidence in:
- Strategic leadership and aligning organizational objectives
- Executive communication and organizational alignment building
- Developing upcoming leaders, high-potential staff, and teams
- Prioritization and balancing competing demands of their time
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Coaching Approach
Executive leadership requires capabilities in multiple dimensions including personal awareness, interpersonal leadership skills, and organizational effectiveness. Organizational input and stakeholder involvement are key to the coaching process to ensure alignment, success, and sustainability. My approach leverages clients’ strengths, experiences, and values to adapt to the current leadership needs and responsibilities. We focus in real time on the leader’s actual business challenges using evidence-based coaching techniques and practical strategies. The coaching supportively challenges leaders to develop new awareness, behaviors, and strategies.
Leadership Experience
Prior to Acumentri Leadership Coaching, Alex was the Chief Operating Officer for an emerging technology company. In her own professional journey, Alex has held senior leadership roles in a variety of industries including technology, engineering, consumer products, manufacturing, and small nonprofits. Her diverse experience helps her to come up to speed quickly with her client’s context. Her own trials learning leadership at various levels fuel her passion to coach and share experience.
Credentials & Education
Alex holds a Master of Science in Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology from University of East London. She’s a Certified Professional Coach by the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching and accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through International Coaching Federation. And a long time ago, she earned her BA in English from Smith College. Additional Certifications: Group Coaching Practitioner, Neuroscience Coaching, and Applied Neuroscience & Brain Health. Assessments: Bates Executive Presence Index, Fearless Organization Scan, Emotional Intelligence: EQ-i 2.0/360.
Beyond Coaching
Her family runs an ice cream shop where ice cream is still made fresh daily. She’s immensely curious, frequently grateful, forever learning, and often outside.