Darren Overfield

Darren Overfield, Executive Consultant with The Advisory Alliance, draws on a background in both business and psychology to help executives from a wide variety of industries enhance their leadership, change management, and decision making capabilities. He has worked with executives in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, boosting the effectiveness of these leaders, their teams, and their organizations.

In a corporate career, Darren worked as a Six Sigma Black Belt, and held management positions at General Electric (GE) and Genworth Financial. He has experience in marketing, global training, systems design, and project management. Complementing his business background, Darren has experience conducting psychological assessments and providing individual psychotherapy.

His recent executive leadership engagements include working with a:

• CEO and his newly re-organized leadership team in a large US retail home furnishings company. The primary objective was to optimize team effectiveness by building trust, addressing conflict, and creating a culture of talent development.
• SVP, Product Management in a Fortune 500 financial services firm. The work focused on broadening his leadership influence and executive presence and increasing visibility with the CEO and senior management committee members.
• Business Unit President within a Fortune 500 global industrial machinery and manufacturing organization. The engagement addressed dealing with heightened stress and complexity in productive ways as well as developing an inclusive decision making style.

Darren blends hands-on management experience tackling tough business problems with a practical way of applying psychology to the workplace. He brings a collaborative style and a pragmatic approach to working with executives — making changes that matter to their effectiveness as leaders.

Darren holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business management from North Carolina State University. He is an avid distance runner, having completed two marathons and competed in a 200-mile relay race from Mount Hood to Seaside, Oregon. Darren is also an adjunct staff member at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL).