Evelyn J. Walter
Founder and Coach — Next Up Leadership GroupBiography
A career, executive and leadership consultant, Evelyn comes to coaching, training, and facilitation with 25+ years of experience leading human resources teams in global corporate environments at Level 3, Clorox, Vail Resorts, and Cummins. Evelyn’s most noteworthy and rewarding professional accomplishments were the result of her ability to coach leaders, facilitate employee development, and lead team development work. By quickly establishing a deep level of trust, Evelyn helps individual contributors, leaders and teams move to authentic self-awareness, leading to organizational and personal transformation. Evelyn’s skill as a presenter and conversational demeanor opens participants to new possibilities and perspectives. A natural servant-leader, Evelyn thrives as an advisor and coach to individuals who aspire to achieve their next level of employment, leadership, and team performance, often in the midst of rapid growth and change in their organization or life. Leaders describe Evelyn’s approach as motivating, passionate, and high energy.
Evelyn is comfortable speaking about soft skills related to leadership, managing people, leading with empathy, leading through change, self-awareness, vulnerability, accountability, conflict management, and more. Evelyn is open to supporting any student, and the greater OWU Community with the following:
- Speaking with a student virtually or on the phone
- Presenting to a class in-person
- Presenting to a student organization
- Conducting a virtual webinar
- Mentoring a student
- Assisting OWU Alumni (recent Alumni, or Alumni in transition)
- Serving as a resume-reviewer for OWU students and/or Alumni
- Participating in OWU events such as speed networking, mock interviewing, panels, etc.
At Ohio Wesleyan, Evelyn studied Politics and Government / Journalism. Evelyn was involved in WCSA, Student Court, Intramural Sports, Greek Life, and various other Volunteer opportunities.