Carol Coles is president, COO and co-founder of Mitchell and Company. She is a co-author of The 2,000 Percent Solution (1999). She also is co-administrator and designs and conducts research for three organizations: Share Price Growth 100, which focuses on better understanding how transactions affect value; Leading Division Presidents 100, which works on operating performance improvements; and Outstanding Chief Executive Officers. She has spent twenty-two years designing management processes for major corporations to support strategy, helping companies develop the strategic potential of their businesses, and helping corporations improve their market value. She has been quoted in Business Week, Forbes, Money, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and numerous key regional newspapers concerning the future direction of major corporations and of the stock market.