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Brookside Coaching Partners (BCP)

 

We are a career management and executive coaching practice focused on assisting mid and senior-level executives and professionals who are in transition or considering a move forward in their careers.

With an emphasis on proactive career management, we assist in developing both career strategies and skills by providing constructive feedback and continual support.

We work with executives, striving to enhance their management and leadership skills, and bringing a fresh perspective, objective feedback and accountability to strengthen their competencies.

Our Mission

BCP’s mission is to help you build a career management plan that will make your transitions possible and your success sustainable.

Empowering You

We enable you to clearly describe the work you want to do, assess your strengths and abilities, communicate a clear set of objectives and set in action a strategy to achieve them.

Crafting Your Proactive Career Strategy

We emphasize the benefits of adopting a proactive career strategy and building and maintain a sustainable and trusted network.

 

“Allyn is a unique coach. Someone that is direct and insightful with an understanding of what it takes to be successful.”

— Client of Brookside Coaching Partners

 

“Each position you hold is but one page in a chapter titled ‘your career’ in a book entitled ‘your life’.”

— Allyn R. Gardner, Brookside Consulting Partners

Allyn R. Gardner

Managing Partner, Executive Coach, and Career Management Advisor

Experience

The strength of Allyn’s coaching lies in his 25 years of corporate talent acquisition, including over 12 years with Fidelity Investments, where he was responsible for selecting, interviewing, qualifying, and hiring executives, professionals, and high-potential employees.

Practical Guidance

He inspires his clients to recognize their strengths and accomplishments, build powerful networking strategies, refine the story of their unique value, and achieve their goals.

With Allyn, executives improve their abilities to listen and delegate, successfully execute strategies and gain awareness and confidence in their leadership style. Young leaders and high-potential employees will learn how to communicate effectively, manage-up, motivate others, and bring engagement to their teams.

He is now a managing partner of Brookside Consulting Partners. Also, Allyn has provided interview coaching and resume development advice to MBA students at the Harvard Business School. At Babson College, he coached undergraduate students in the Leadership and Teamwork Program. At the Olin School of Management, Allyn coaches MBA students on their career management plans and goals. His pro bono work has included coaching with the Institute for Career Transition at MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he advised unemployed professionals over the age of 50 to execute successful job searches.

Allyn holds a master's degree in public administration from the American University in Washington, DC, and a bachelor of sciences degree from the University of Massachusetts. He is certified by the International Coaching Federation and the National Association of Resume Writer as an expert in developing online profiles. He is certified to administer the DiSC assessment tool and the Career Leader assessment tool.

Certifications and Partnerships

  • International Coaching Federation ACC

  • Certified DISC assessment