Adair Powell

As a member of the FGP Consulting Team, Adair partners with individuals and organizations during pivotal career transitions, helping both employers and employees navigate change with clarity and confidence.  Based in the Greenville office and serving clients nationwide, she specializes in career transition and outplacement support, delivering thoughtful solutions that guide change in ways that support both people and the organization. Drawing on her own firsthand experience, Adair provides structured, empathetic coaching to help individuals move forward with purpose and momentum.

In addition to supporting individuals, Adair works closely with organizations on organizational strategy, talent optimization, and culture development initiatives. She partners with leaders to assess workforce needs, align people strategies with business goals, and design intentional approaches to growth, restructuring, and change. Her work focuses on building strong, engaged teams and cultures centered on trust, engagement, and long-term performance.

Prior to joining FGP, Adair worked as a business consultant for Subway Development of South Carolina. In this role, she collaborated with ownership and staff of more than 40 restaurants to improve performance through data-driven insights, training, and relationship-focused problem solving. This experience sharpened her ability to understand organizational dynamics, build strong partnerships, and deliver practical guidance.

 Interesting Facts:

What motivates you to work hard?

Support from people I respect motivates me, and the prospect of being able to help people and solve problems for them.

What’s your favorite travel destination, or where would you like to go?

I love the beach, particularly going to my family’s house in North Litchfield. But, there’s just something about the cooler weather and beautiful waterfalls and streams of the majestic mountains. Both of those are my close by “happy places.” I’ve traveled to various places in North America but have never made a far trip overseas. There are so many places I’d like to go; Ireland, Greece, Tahiti, just to name a few.

What did you want to be when you were small?

When I was small, I wanted to be either a veterinarian or zoologist. A funny memory of what I thought I wanted to do “when I grow up” is of being on the Mr. Knozit Show on the local news station in Columbia, SC when I was about 4 or 5 years old. Mr. Knozit (broadcaster Joe Pinner) would ask each child what they wanted to be. I anxiously awaited my turn. When he got to me, I answered that I wanted to be Wonder Woman. Mr. Knozit chuckled, but what I meant was not that I actually wanted to BE Wonder Woman, but that I wanted to be the cartoonist that drew Wonder Woman.