About us

MEET THE PRESIDENT

Brooke Linn

Brooke Linn is an organizational consultant and executive coach who has been helping businesses create high performing teams that thrive for almost ten years. She is an associate certified professional coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), a Gallup-Certified Manager and CliftonStrengths coach, a DiSC and Working Genius certified facilitator, and a certified practitioner for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). She has been trained as a super user for the Gallup Q12 employee engagement tool and was a CAPAPro member with Patrick Lencioni and the Table Group for two years studying various aspects of organizational health and strategy. She uses her training and certifications to help organizations optimize team performance, reach record levels of employee and customer engagement, and create a vision for the future to increase retention rates. With a variety of strategies, Brooke strives to help her clients become leaders in many ways in their given industries.

Previously, Brooke has served as the Executive Director of Learning & Talent Development for the Purdue for Life Foundation, where she created and implemented professional development training programs at all levels. Her Talent Development department focused on effective onboarding, employee engagement, managerial and leadership development, and the development of technical fundraising skills. She has also served at Purdue University in the Daniels School of Business as the Professional Career Management course coordinator and as a career coach, and in the College of Pharmacy as an academic advisor. Prior to the start of her career at Purdue, she worked as a literacy coach, reading interventionist, and second grade teacher for the Crawfordsville School Corporation. 

Brooke is a proud 2004 graduate of Purdue University with a degree in Elementary Education; she obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing Popular Fiction in 2011 from Seton Hill University. Outside of her consulting business and career at Purdue, Brooke is a professional writer for children's and young adult literature. Her first book, BoilerMAKER: Discovering Purdue University, was published in November of 2014. Brooke is originally from Kentland, Indiana, and has lived in the greater Lafayette area since 2006 with her son, Noah. 

  • “Brooke Linn has been an advocate for my personal and professional development since day one. With her help, I am now thriving – without having to leave my organization.”

    Andrea Marfell, Director of Donor Experience, Purdue for Life Foundation 

  • “Brooke Linn is not just an excellent coach and leader; she is an exceptional person who possesses a unique blend of expertise and passion for helping others succeed. During my time working under Brooke's leadership, I was consistently inspired by her dedication to personal and professional growth. She has the ability to harness her extensive knowledge in organizational development and channel it into strategies that truly make a difference."

    Nina Fox, Assistant Director of Talent Development, Purdue for Life Foundation

  • “Working with Brooke has been eye-opening!! Her expertise as an executive coach has allowed me to connect better with my teammates and increase our communication with each other, adding to our effectiveness and efficiency. As a certified Strengths coach, she also challenged us to focus on our own, and each other’s, personal Strengths. We are better because of Brooke!”

    Travis Stoutenborough, Chief Development Officer, Purdue for Life Foundation

  • "What makes Brooke such an outstanding leader is here ability to get you to really think about your goals, what you need to change to achieve those goals, identifying your strengths and then using those strengths to help execute on the changes."

    Drew Weintraut, Assistant Vice President of Foundation Relations, Purdue for Life Foundation

  • "Brooke is an expert Strengths coach and facilitator. Her passion combined with deep knowledge of the concepts offers immediate impact to leadership and individual contributors alike. Brooke’s work driving a ‘Strengths-based culture’ throughout my organization increased employee engagement, skilled-up our leadership team and made our organization a better place to be!"

    Michelle Bates, Assistant Vice President for IT, CRM, and Data Analytics

Our certifications

Brooke Organizational Consulting is certified in a variety of tools that help meet your needs and drive valuable change in your organization’s culture and performance. Please see the list of tools below for a better understanding of how these tools can positively impact your team.

    • Executive Level – Organizational Health & Strategy, Culture Building

    • Middle Management – Creating High Performing Teams, Developing Potential

    • Team Members – Thinking Like a Leader, Building a Professional Vision

    • Aligning natural talent to role

    • Project management

    • Increasing team productivity and efficiency; enhancing collaboration

    • Enhance performance using the Q12 employee engagement survey

    • Build stronger relationships

    • Management training

    • Aligning individual contributor passions to role

    • Provide a comprehensive approach to getting work done

    • Building effective teams

    • Understanding personality (taking in/processing information, making decisions)

    • Enhancing communication

    • Building stronger relationships

    • Predicting behavior and recognizing patterns

    • Identifying sources of tension and conflict

    • Raising awareness of verbal and emotional behavioral responses

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organization thrive?