Bio
Emma Browning is a management consultant with almost 20 years of consulting experience in the areas of organization design and talent strategy. She is passionate about creating productive organizations, enabling innovation, and changing systems.
Emma founded Paradox Consulting Partners in 2016. Prior to starting the company, she spent a decade at a large national HR consulting firm. She has consulted to clients in a number of industries including software, technology, bioscience, finance, insurance, manufacturing, education, and healthcare. Specific consulting expertise spans organization design, organization performance, culture change, career paths and strategies, compensation and incentive plan design, systems change, employee experience, sales organization strategy, talent strategy, and equitable process design. Her past clients include a number of Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies and household names such as Microsoft, Cisco, Caterpillar, and the National Football League (NFL).
As the leader of a Certified B Corporation, she is passionate about the capacity for business to create positive impact and change. She serves on the Board (past Chair) for the Wake Education Partnership, a nonprofit that connects the Triangle business community to the Wake County Public School System, and the Board (Programs) of the Triangle Organization Development Network. She is also an active member of the WFU Center for Private Business, the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, and the North Carolina Business Council.
Emma holds a BA from Wake Forest University and MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She has a Compensation Management Specialist (CMS) certification from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP). In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her kids and family and exploring the dynamic business and arts scene in the Triangle.
