Cheryl Berrington

Cheryl Berrington is an expert in inspiring and developing extraordinary leaders. Cheryl believes effective leadership training has the greatest capacity to make a difference in the workplace. Having designed and delivered hundreds of leadership workshops and managed consultative engagements with Fortune 100 companies, she's witnessed the ways where we fail by flying solo and how building effective teams is critical for maximizing business results.

Through leadership summits and 1-1 coaching, Cheryl helps senior staff better navigate strategic decision making within complex issues and organizations. She improves leaders' ability to be trustworthy of following and to develop the coaching skills and potential of their direct reports. After working with Cheryl, team members report feeling more engaged in a partnership with their boss. Since there are often internal choices for project partners, she also facilitates Team Branding Workshops in order to create consistently in-demand teams.

Prior to forming Berrington Group, Inc., Cheryl was a partner with a Human Resource Consulting firm specializing in organizational design and leadership training and development. Before her consulting career, she served as a human resources generalist for a direct mail marketing corporation and a retail & chemical coatings manufacturing corporation. In her early career, Cheryl served as an employment manager for a Fortune 100 Healthcare Corporation. This experience catalyzed her interest in contributing in a meaningful environment on a large scale. Her work has encompassed supporting clients through M&A, change management, needs analysis, and strategic staffing & planning. She is also adjunct faculty for Corporate Coach U and the American Management Association.

Cheryl holds numerous certifications in training and development and is active in several professional associations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Illinois and has completed postgraduate studies in clinical psychology and business administration.

With a commitment to supporting other businesswomen and under-served youth, Cheryl contributes to the National Association of Female Executives and the research team for the After School Matters Program in Chicago.