MEET NICOLE

Meet Nicole Provonchee
Founder, Executive Coach, Speaker, Working Mother

Nicole is an experienced executive coach and strategist working with existing and emerging leaders, their teams and the companies that employ them. She helps already successful leaders and high-potential professionals seize opportunities, overcome obstacles and achieve impactful, impressive results. ​

Bright Blue Consulting offers executive coaching, team coaching, and strategic planning services to organizations ranging from midsized non-profits to Fortune 100 corporations.

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In addition to extensive training and experience as an executive coach, Nicole brings over 20 years of experience successfully navigating the corporate world, working in a variety of strategy, consulting, business development, and marketing roles. 

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A FOCUS ON SUPPORTING WOMEN

As a former female executive, Nicole can relate to the unique situations women sometimes face as leaders and the challenge of finding just the right balance of work, family, friends and the rest of life.

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She is a frequent speaker to groups on a variety of topics ranging from work/life balance to self advocacy to the management skills leaders need to succeed. Nicole combines a wealth of research, real-world experience, humor and pragmatism to ensure attendees leave with tangible information they can implement immediately (and have a bit of fun while learning).

Nicole holds an MBA with a concentration in strategy from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she founded the school's first MBA association for women. She has a BA in English from Birmingham-Southern College.

Nicole has an executive coaching certification from the Center for Executive Coaching, is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has experience in a variety of coaching methods. In addition to working with leaders across a number of well-known international and US-based companies, she currently serves as an Advisor to savvy entrepreneurs at the Entrepreneur Center in Nashville and is a coach with Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Business. 

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Residing in Nashville, Tennessee with her two young sons and architect husband, Nicole is committed to causes advocating children and women’s rights, including the Mayor’s Parent Cabinet for Nashville Metro Schools, Our Kids, PENCIL, Children's House Montessori, Percy Priest Elementary School, Nashville Public Radio, and the Sexual Assault Center (SAC).