Carol Vallone Mitchell, PhD, is cofounder of Talent Strategy Partners, a twenty-five-year-old leadership consulting firm working with organizations to identify and develop leaders who can nurture a healthy workplace culture and drive exceptional results.Carol earned her doctorate in organizational psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her bachelor's degree in microbiology from Rutgers University. She received a US patent for molecular biology research conducted at DuPont.Carol lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and son.