Margaret Brake

As an executive coach, consultant, and facilitator with more than twenty years in leadership and organizational development, Margaret has worked with hundreds of mid-level to senior leaders focusing on high-performing teams, communication and influence, executive presence, leadership effectiveness, and managing change. She has held leadership positions across a wide range of industries including financial services, hospitality, telecommunications, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and non-profit. In these roles, she designed enterprise-wide talent management processes and consulted with business unit leaders to drive growth and organizational change.
As a leadership development expert, Margaret has designed award-winning programs that utilize blended learning approaches. Several of these were featured in Investor’s Business Daily and have been implemented widely throughout F100 companies, earning the HR.com LEAD awards for “Best Team Development Program” and “Best Executive Coaching Program.” Her extensive client list includes companies such as Delta Air Lines, Hilton Hotels Corporation, McKesson, Home Depot, the Centers for Disease Control, Chick-fil-A, UPS, ING, Novelis and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Margaret holds an M.B.A. in Management and an M.S. in Counseling from Georgia State University as well as a B.S. in Psychology, cum laude, from the University of Florida. In addition, she has served as a career coach to the Executive M.B.A. students at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. With her husband and three children, Margaret resides in Atlanta and serves on the board of Summerhill Community Ministries, a non-profit organization serving inner-city youth of Atlanta.