Ashley Carter is the Founder of Beyond Perfect, a training organization that supports high-achievers to unwind the patterns of perfectionism that are limiting their professional success and personal satisfaction.

As a result of her early education and career, Ashley understands the unique ways in which many high-achievers grapple with perfectionism. She attended college at Harvard and earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition to working in management consulting at BCG, she has spent her career founding and leading high-impact organizations.

While her perfectionism enabled many of these educational and career achievements, Ashley began to see the limits of her perfectionist approach in her 30s. She started to experience the burnout, loneliness and exhaustion that is common among perfectionists, began to see how limiting her perfectionism was to creativity and connection in her professional and personal life, and acknowledged the toll it was taking her satisfaction and on those around her. As she worked to reduce perfectionism in her own life, she experienced the relief and satisfaction of leaving behind those patterns -- and started Beyond Perfect to bring those learnings and experiences to other high-achievers.

In addition to the training programs she leads through Beyond Perfect, Ashley leads an independent management consulting firm that helps businesses and nonprofit organizations develop scalable solutions on their path to growth. She continues to serve on the board of the nonprofit organization she started in 2001, Daring Girls, which supports locally-led girls' mentoring programs across Africa. Ashley spends most of her free time with her two daughters, who continue to inspire her to do the work she does.