The world needs you to be brave.

Cindy Chance, PhD, is a Washington, DC-based executive coach, ethicist, and management consultant for mission-driven leaders and organizations. Go from stuck to strategic.

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Services

Executive Coaching
True partnership in becoming who you were meant to be to improve your life and your results.

Organizational Change Support
Get unstuck, seize opportunities, and establish a clear path forward.

Leadership and Board Advisory Services
Stem losses and reestablish trust.

Got wisdom and an objective data driven perspective?

I partner with leaders, independent builders and organizations to help you see what is not obvious and to help you say what needs to be spoken.

What I have learned:

Human challenges need human solutions.

People won’t see what they can’t see now without help.

The price of inaction compounds.

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‍ Values driven professionals are more likely to

experience:

  • Challenging organizational dynamics

  • Gaps between strategy and execution

  • Burnout

  • Values misalignment

  • Governance challenges

Why? Because you refuse to “go along to get along.”

Cindy Chance, PhD, Founder

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I’m a philosopher/practical ethicist, founder, recovered professional association CEO, higher education leader, and educator. I bring clients decades of experience and wisdom. I do the work. This that allows me to connect with people to understand what is really happening.

What breaks people and organizations is not about workload, it is about values diconnection. This is industry agnostic, deeply human knowing.

To move forward, you need to start talking about what matters most. Can’t go around it, gotta go through it.

My “cut to the chase” honesty is grounded in analytical intutition honed over decades of leadership experience in multipleexecutive roles within mission driven organizations — including at Georgetown University and the Urban Land Institute.

There is no substitute for asking great questions of the people doing the work, listening, and connecting this to the data.

Waiting compounds costs. The point is getting at root causes quickly to turn things around for good.

Change course for good in fewer than 90 days.

Why Invest in Coaching?


What clients say…

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“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

My focus is you and everything you are building.

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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


Ready to Move Forward? Book a complimentary session.

Read the case study: 40% net growth in one year