Colleen Hauk
Founder & CEO | The Corporate Refinery
Colleen Hauk, founder and CEO of The Corporate Refinery, is a sought-after workplace dynamics expert and keynote speaker with a passion for forging new paradigms for women and what leadership means for today’s world. After 15 years as a corporate executive, her first-hand experience of the negative effects of poor leadership has empowered her to eradicate stale systems to distill uncompromised excellence.
Colleen has worked in education and business development, most notably as a team leader for a shopper intelligence and media company. Today, she focuses on helping global and mid-sized organizations shift how they develop high-performing women and leaders to build a solid leadership pipeline, retain top-tier talent, and sustain excellence across the organization.
Over the past two decades, Colleen has studied human behavior, elite performance, leadership, and burnout. Her expansive background coupled with an inspirational approach gives her the unique skillset to produce and deliver custom-tailored programs that give women and leaders both the hardcore, tactical skills they need to excel, as well as the ability to navigate the boundaryless professional-personal life.
Colleen is an executive coach and the co-author of two books, including the bestseller, Women Who Ignite, and she’s the creator of the popular LinkedIn Learning course, Improving Your Leadership Communications. She is a multiple-time contributor to Forbes and delivered her keynotes and trainings to Fortune 500 companies and organizations such as Dell, Pfizer, Panasonic, Merck, and New York Life.
Colleen currently serves on the Advisory Board for University of California, Riverside Women in Leadership Program. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Services from California State University, Fullerton, a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and Certified Professional Coaching certificate from Success Coach Institute.
