I make good people more powerful and good organizations even better.
Are you building a mission driven organization? Pushing a big rock up hill alone? Depleted but determined?
You need:
Clarity and action for you, momentum for your values driven organization.
You are not alone, my clients have been there…
I have been there.
As a leader, you are all in.
You’ve hired good people, built community. You’ve invested in strategy, committed your precious energy, everything you do is values aligned. And now, you’ve hit a wall.
You need a partner who is standing outside your snowglobe. None of us can do this alone.
Until you can see what is causing the drag, opportunities are not seized, and challenges worsen.
What I know:
The power of your agency is the key.
I partner with leaders for targeted, purposeful coaching and consulting to harness your own power by focusing attention on what matters most, creating momentum one win at a time, and addressing root causes undermining long-term value creation.
If this is resonating, you are likely a
mission driven
“high achiever” experiencing:
A time of transition
A gap between strategy and execution that is sapping your energy
Being “yessed to death” yet wondering if you have the support you need.
A board or team that you know is not aligned
A new challenge that requires you to move quickly.
Disruption that demands new approaches that challenge your confidence or expertise.
If that sounds like you, we should discuss what would move the needle. Click below.
I move quickly, and I expect you do,too. Through leadership development, coaching, and advisory services, I bring clients power, using wisdom, experience, coaching skills, and cut to the chase honesty, and structured approaches based on decades in leadership inside mission driven organizations — including Georgetown University, the Urban Land Institute.
We begin with your values because that’s what matters most. We progress quickly to specific, measurable progress: decisions made, actions taken.
You will see results in fewer than 90 days.
Cindy Chance, PhD, Founder
I’m a PhD ethicist, founder, recovering CEO and EVP of two professional associations, and a leader in higher education for over 15 years. Tough environments for change. I’ve been inside organizations—learning what breaks them and what builds them. I learned how to make a difference by difficult experience — running into walls, and breaking through. The pattern: brilliant, capable leaders blocked by something they couldn’t quite see. Values made visible reveal why things go the way they do.
Diagnostic — Surface what’s actually broken. Most leaders are misdiagnosing their own situation.
One-on-One — Conversations with you and your key leaders to understand what’s operating beneath the surface.
Systems Review — Business communications, process and document review to validate what the conversations reveal.
Strategy — This isn’t just handed to you. We work through findings together until you are satisfied we have identified root causes and can benchmark starting now to build a new path forward.
Actionable Plan — A realignment plan with continued accountability and benchmarking so progress is visible and measurable. An implementation partner for if you need it.
A Partner with a Process
What happens when you finally see it
“Cindy helped me see patterns I’d been missing for years. Within two months, we’d restructured our leadership team and our board finally understood our strategy.”
— Nonprofit Executive Director
“I came in thinking I had a people problem. Cindy helped me get clear on what I actually stood for, and what I was willing to do about it, and everything else followed.”
— Professional Services Partner
“In a transactional world, Cindy is a breath of fresh air — a high integrity partner. World class insights and execution. Working with her is a pleasure.”
— CEO, Financial Services Firm