NANCY E. PARSONS is one of today’s foremost experts in combining the science of assessments with the art of developing people. She is the President of CDR Assessment Group, Inc. that she co-founded with Kimberly R. Leveridge, Ph.D.  In 1998, they authored the break-through CDR 3-Dimensional Assessment Suite® an ideal coaching tool which has been translated to five languages for global clients. The CDR 3-D Suite measures:  leadership character traits, inherent risk factors for derailment, and drivers and rewards.

Nancy works with global leaders to accelerate success by helping them identify and develop their true talent at the launching point of a coaching engagement.  She provides executive coaching services for the C-Suite and leaders across all sectors, facilitates strategic team development sessions, and instructs custom “Authentic Leadership”  and “Women in Leadership” workshops. She instructs CDR Executive Coaches’ Certification Workshops and acts a mentor/advisor to coaches.

Nancy authored her researched based book, Fresh Insights to END the Glass Ceiling in 2017, has written more than 70 articles, has published a blog since 2009.  Nancy has completed her second book titled, Women Are Creating the Glass Ceiling & Have the Power to End It to be released in September, 2019 with her third well underway titled Transforming LEADEROCRITY® expected in 2020.  She has presented at international, national and regional industry conferences.

Nancy is a member of The Alexcel Group, an elite, global executive coaching and leadership develop consortium and of CoachSource.  She is the architect of “Vets Coaching Vets” which is a philanthropic initiative helping to accelerate veterans’ success in the job market which was launched in 2016.  CDR has worked now with more than 5 veterans’ organizations and has provided assessment, individual coaching and training workshops for over 50 veterans using volunteer executive coaches and assessments contributed by CDR since starting Vets Coaching Vets.

CDR has been a WBENC nationally certified women-owned and operated business since 2000.

A partial client list includes:  Frontier Communications, PDI, Inc., Humana, SouthCentral Foundation, Isosoft, C.R. Bard, Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) – Executive Education, Liquid Power, Nomura Global Investments (Hong Kong), Weston Foods, Lyft, Rexall, Inc., CP Chemical Company, Sunoco Logistics, Phillips 66, Oklahoma City University – Meinders School of Business, AbbVie, Ortho-McNeill, Chinowth & Cohen, SmartBrief, Americas Styrenics, Oneok, Illinois State University, SemGroup, U.S. Beef (Arby’s), American Express, Boston Scientific, ANTHC (Alaska Healthcare,) The Department of Defense at the Pentagon (OUSD AT & L), U.S. Army, Department of Homeland Security (TSA), and the Department of Treasury, U.S. Mint.

Previous to forming CDR, Nancy served as Corporate HR Director for Sun Pipe Line Company.  She served also served in HR roles at Cordero Mining Company in Wyoming and Sun Ship, Inc. formerly in Chester, PA.  She also served at Williams Energy in Tulsa as a Sr. OD Consultant prior to forming CDR.

Nancy is married to William C. Parsons, MD, who serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Phillips 66 and they have four grown, highly successful children and five grandchildren.