Carrie Nelson

Carrie Nelson is an HR executive, consultant, author, and Industrial-Organizational Psychologist with more than 30 years of experience helping employers build stronger workplaces. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a master's degree in human resource management.

Throughout her career, Carrie has partnered with founders, CEOs, leadership teams, and managers to build HR functions, strengthen leadership, improve employee performance, navigate workplace challenges, and develop practical people strategies that support stronger organizations. Her experience spans employers of all sizes across a wide range of industries.

Carrie is the founder of ANOVA Resources, where she provides fractional and interim HR leadership, strategic HR consulting, multi-state compliance guidance, employee relations support, and manager coaching.

She is the author of The Next Wave of People Management, which explores how managers, HR leaders, founders, and executives can build stronger workplaces together in the age of AI, as well as Don't Quit Your Day Job, Learn to Love It.

Carrie has also created a collection of guided journals and workbooks that bring her coaching approach to the page, including The People Manager's Perspective, Because Managing People Is Hard, The Space Between Jobs, and The Book I'll Write When I Retire. Through thoughtful questions, practical exercises, and a little humor, the books help people reflect, work through challenges, and navigate different stages of work and career.