Teacher First. Consultant Second.

I’m not some shifty, extravagant slide deck jockey that seeks to “add value” while I milk your consulting budget in perpetuity. 

But when something in your organization is turning toxic and you’re wondering why, that’s where I come in.

Leaders are ineffective micromanagers.
Your best people are getting quiet.
Good employees are leaving.
Productivity is tanking.

At some point, you’ll wonder how you all of sudden ended up with an awful workplace.

That’s when you need to actually understand what’s driving it.

I’m a scientist and teacher first and a consultant second.
I don’t drag things out or sell dependency.

I help you see what’s really going on so you can fix it and move forward without me.

If you’re looking for a down-to-earth, no BS partner to help you make sense of what you’re dealing with, you’re in the right place. 

Philosophy

I want to teach you how to think differently and then get out of the way so you can execute.

Together, we focus on identifying what is actually driving the problem and make targeted changes that improve how the organization operates.

My work is finite and designed to return ownership to your company without creating dependency.

What I Do

Leadership Workshops

Leadership is a never-ending journey, and you can’t afford to pay for awful leaders at all levels. In this half-day workshop, I will teach you new ways to think about leadership based on organizational behavior science, leadership research, and prior experience.

The lessons learned are timeless and an invaluable asset in a manager’s toolkit, no matter their title and what they oversee.

Leadership Coaching

I offer short-term, focused coaching for leaders who choose ownership and want direct, research-grounded feedback tied to real work outcomes.

This is not emotional support or an open-ended engagement. Coaching is finite and purpose-driven.

Organizational Health Diagnostics

I do system-level organizational health diagnostics when performance, tension, or safety concerns don’t match leadership intent and informal fixes aren’t working. The focus is on how the system is actually producing behavior, not on assigning blame or fixing individuals.

This is for leaders who want clarity before acting, because delay is already costing them.

Targeted Team Building

I lead short, structured interventions for teams where conflict, avoidance, or silence has become normal.

This is not mediation or fluffy “pizza and mandatory fun” team building.

The goal is to surface issues and correct the system conditions that keep the team stuck.

The work is direct, contained, and designed so leadership can take it forward without me.

Executive Sense-Making & Decision Support

I work with senior leaders to make sense of complex organizational dynamics before they act. This includes pressure-testing assumptions, clarifying causal pathways, and identifying second-order effects of likely decisions.

This is not coaching or motivation. It’s decision support when the cost of being wrong is high.

If your company is rife with friction and toxicity, and you’re tired of guessing what’s wrong, let’s figure it out together.

Even if you just want to get a clearer read on a situation, I’m happy to have a conversation.