Individuals and leadership teams achieve results with less friction when they are aligned on values, goals and strategic implementation. That’s what I help my clients to accomplish.
A systems thinker, PhD ethicist, and life-long learner and teacher, my capabilities have been honed through decades in nonprofit leadership. At heart, I am a determined truth teller and optimistic leader of change. I began my career as a faculty member teaching ethics; I have decades of experience as a speaker, faciilitator and advocate. Early on, I seized opportunities to improve decision making through better use of technology, and simpler processes. Throughout my career, I have led successful change initiatives in complex global higher education and professional advocacy organizations. My experience has been in distributed governance environments that benefitted from continuous improvement. I have developed, coached, and facilitated decision making for leaders including academics, high net worth donors, C -suite executives, and multiple global boards. I bring proven approaches to revenue growth based on organizational alignment, rapid scaling and development of educational products, improved events, targeted grant support, and program development to support engaged donor investment. Throughout my career, I have achieved results based on simple standards — ethics, excellence, and continuous improvement.
Leaders, leadership teams and boards are under pressure to add value. The world of work has changed for good. You will improve results only when you confront what is holding you back. Change can be uncomfortable, challenging, and it can be met with a surprising level of resistance(!) The lesson is that there are benficiaries of dysfunction — and not all are “convinceable.” Collaborating alongside you, the work is done only when there is positive momentum with systems and disciplines in place to keep you on a growth path.
This is not a time to rest in the false comfort of “the way we’ve always done things.” Embrace the invitation to reinvention presented daily by higher expectations of the most diverse workforce in history and AI powered technology. The upside of continuous improvement includes better financial results, increased value, and deeper engagement with your stakeholders.
Cindy Chance, PhD
