Biography
Colleen Donahue-Bean is the Founder and President of CDB Global Partners, a leadership coaching and consulting firm focused on elevating the human skills that AI can’t replace. While AI is transforming business at an unprecedented pace, Colleen’s work centers on the reality that the toughest challenges remain profoundly human. She helps executives, senior leaders, and individuals sharpen the leadership skills needed to drive growth, lead people, and deliver results.
With 25 years of experience, Colleen is a leadership coach and talent consultant who works with executives, teams, and organizations through enterprise engagements and 1:1 coaching to strengthen human skills and translate them into measurable business impact. She partners with leaders to build skills such as visioning, driving performance, creating shared accountability, leading change, inspiring and developing people, decision-making, and building trusted partnerships. Her background combines corporate leadership, P&L ownership, and deep talent expertise, with experience at large enterprises such as Bank of America and Verizon, growth-focused roles at Forrester and Paylocity, and consulting experience at boutique professional services firms.
Colleen believes you can’t grow your business without growing yourself and the people around you. Her philosophy emphasizes self-awareness, strategic thinking, clear communication, and the ability to self-regulate under pressure while building on others’ strengths. She brings strong business acumen and energy, along with a practical coaching and consulting approach that helps leaders cut through complexity and take action.
Colleen is a Certified Executive Coach grounded in International Coaching Federation standards and ethics. She is also a Prosci-certified Change Management professional and a Certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach. She earned an MBA from Bentley University and a BA from the University of New Hampshire. Based in Massachusetts, Colleen enjoys time with her boisterous family, exploring the world, and cheering on Boston’s sports teams.