Leadership Consulting
Evolving people practices for a better future
INTWOIT's Leadership Consulting services help you design strategies and programs to deliver transformative leadership solutions that promote human flourishing, team effectiveness, innovation, and future-fit resiliency.
The metacrisis is calling for new leadership paradigms capable of centering the planet and people before power and profit. Addressing the complexity of our times requires brave thinking, unusual alliances, and whole system engagement. From consultation to design and implementation here’s how I -and my trusted collaborators- can help you shift the narrative on leadership.
Here’s how I – and my trusted collaborators – can help you shift the narrative on leadership
Nested-system Strategy
Leadership transformation starts with the voices that matter. I will working with you to design a planning process that brings diverse perspectives to the table-individuals, teams, departments- to build a strategy that is implementable, scalable, and sustainable.
Frameworks That Resonate
Forget cookie-cutter templates. Together, we’ll craft a leadership framework that is grounded in your organization’s unique DNA. We will interweave your orgnizations values and people priorities and honour your commitments to wellbeing, decolonization, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
Competencies That Matter
More than ever before, the world needs leaders who are motivated by solutions that transcend self-interest. From leading self to leading others, we will strive to identify and develop the knowledge, skills and abilities of leaders at all levels of the organization, and aim for flourishing within and between people.
Pragmatic Curriculum
We collaborate to design and deliver leadership learning journeys that are immersive, inclusive, and alive to the realities of 21st-century challenges.
Coaching for Growth & Impact
Leadership development is ultimately a personal commitment. Coaching helps leaders at every level build the clarity, courage, and capacity to lead with authenticity and purpose in an unpredictable world.
Nature as Metaphor
Holding and honouring a systems view of life is vital to leadership development. For what is any organization but a living system, bound together by relationships and sustained by the pulsing flow of energy and resources? Metaphors allow us to assemble around an imaginary fire and co-construct compelling images of futures we wish to be a part of.
Programs & Topics of Interest to Leaders
As a leadership consultant, coach, educator, and facilitator, I have designed and delivered a range of leadership programs and custom workshops. Depending on your desired outcomes, I will work with you to:
- Deliver a unique cohort leadership program for new and/or advancing leaders
- Augment an existing leadership program with additional topics or design ideas
- Grow a team or department’s skills through professional development
- Boost Individual Leadership Performance
Whether working with a cohort, department, or team or focusing on individual leadership growth, most offerings can be tailored to align to your strategic priorities, culture goals, and available resources.
“Every Fire Rescue Professional is a Leader” – A Proven Coach-Approach for Accelerated Development
- A Leadership Skills Self-Assessment that evaluates a leader’s proficiency level in 60 Transforming Leadership Skills
- Triad development and goal setting conversations between participating leader, their manager and coach
- A personal leadership development plan
Every Fire- Rescue Professional is a Leader- Manual and Field Guide - Dedicated 1-1 leadership coaching
- Targeted skill building to enhance individual learning and leadership outcomes
I work closely with Fire Chiefs and Executive Staff to design and implement leadership development strategies customized to meet the unique needs and challenges of fire departments. My approach ensures that leadership capacity is built vertically and horizontally, instilling a shared understanding of essential leadership skills across all ranks.
Transforming Workplace Conversations: OptimizeD Coaching Skills for Leaders
A customizable workshop series for leaders who wish to strengthen their coaching skills. Content blends coaching theory and practice as participants learn a proven framework for orienting and navigating coach-like conversations; The OptimizeD Model operates around a five-phase cycle of inquiry – Discover, Define, Determine, Design, and Deliver- and is adaptable to numerous workplace conversations, including:
- Career Satisfaction & Development
- Performance Management & Feedback
- Ideating & Strategizing
- Collaborative Decision Making
- Problem & Opportunity Exploration
Core Values: A Leader’s Compass for Aligned Action
Knowing what your core values are and how they shape your behaviours and decisions is essential to living a purposeful and intentional life.
- This half-day workshop can be delivered virtually or in-person and can be customized to support emerging leaders in pursuit of personal mastery, as well as people leaders in key decision-making roles.
The ABCs of Effective Planning: Becoming an Outcome Oriented Leader
From ideal future vision, through to strategy development and implementation the ABC Model provides an accessible framework for all types of planning.
- This workshop introduces leaders to the essentials of systems thinking while providing them with a powerful model that can be applied across multiple contexts to improve thinking, planning, and outcomes.
The Experience Cube: Enhancing Relationships Through Clear Communication
Poor communication is at the root of most workplace conflicts. From blind spots, to unchecked assumptions, conflicting theories, and unconscious wants and needs, people are often operating in a mess of mixed messages.
- This experiential workshop introduces learners to the work of Gervase Bushe and his four-element model of human experience and explores ways for enhancing relationships and shared learning through structured self-reflection and dialogue.
Connect with me to discuss transformative leadership solutions for your organization.
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