You are on a mission to create value.
When something isn’t working,
I partner with clients to create clarity, momentum, and better results.
Are you building a mission driven organization? Regulated? Disrupted? Caught in a cycle of constant change?
Go from stalled to strategic, with a partner who has been there.
Clarity for you and for your organization.
As a leader, you are all in.
You’ve hired good people, built community. You’ve invested in strategy. You’ve committed your precious energy. And now, something is not right.
It’s usually a lack of true alignment.
Until you can see what is causing the drag, opportunities are not seized, and challenges worsen.
What I see:
You had a plan, with clear values, but they no longer drive the action.
Competing values operate beneath the surface, often in direct conflict, create misalignment.
The result? Good people work at cross-purposes. You at odds with yourself. Progress stalls.
If you are in the midst of disruption, dissonance, or uncertainty, you need greater clarity, insight, and a plan.
I partner with leaders to focus attention on what matters most.
If you are like my clients, you are a high achiever who is deeply mission driven and:
You are in transition.
The gap between strategy and execution is sapping your energy.
Conflict has gone underground.
You are navigating a board or team that is not aligned with your values.
You’re building something new and need to move quickly.
You’re facing disruption that demands new approaches.
Through leadership development, coaching, and advisory services, I bring clients wisdom, cut to the chase honesty, and structured approaches developed over decades working inside major 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, conversations had, actions taken.
Move from stalled to strategic 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