The Manager Multiplier
Why leadership development has to reach beyond the executive suite, and what a complete system looks like
Perspective Paper No. 35 min read
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Leadership & Executive Advisory
We assess, develop and align leaders at every level — from individual executives to leadership teams and the managers who carry strategy into daily work.
Challenges we hear
“A leadership team that isn’t aligned”
“Managers who aren’t prepared for what’s asked of them”
“Executives navigating new scope or transformation”
Services
How we help
Executive Advisory & Coaching
Confidential advisory and coaching for executives navigating complexity, scale and transformation.
- Agreed development goals
- Assessment and stakeholder-feedback debrief
- Executive development roadmap
Leadership Development & 360 Feedback
Build leadership capability with multi-rater feedback, structured development and applied coaching.
- 360-degree feedback process and reports
- Team-wide leadership themes summary
- Individual and group debriefs
Leadership Team Alignment & Effectiveness
Help leadership teams agree on direction and decide, communicate and work together more effectively.
- Leadership-team assessment and interviews
- Facilitated alignment sessions
- Shared priorities
Learning Strategy & Program Design
Translate organizational needs into practical learning that supports workplace application.
- Learning-needs assessment
- Capability and learning priorities
- Leadership or manager curriculum
Related services from other focus areas
01 · Strategy & Business Growth
Multi-Location Growth & Expansion Support
View service02 · Organizational Effectiveness & Culture
Culture Alignment & Organizational Assessment
View service02 · Organizational Effectiveness & Culture
Performance Management & Talent Advisory
View service02 · Organizational Effectiveness & Culture
Change Management, Adoption & Transition Support
View servicePositioned4Success™ executive assessments
Focus executive development
For vice presidents and the C-suite, Positioned4Success™ Executive Coaching pairs a credentialed coach with organizational consulting insight, informed by these research-informed executive tools.
- 01
Executive Dynamics Profile
Helps a leader reflect on how their patterns show up under pressure. Research-informed, developmental and private to the leader.
- 02
Enterprise Impact Profile
Helps a leader reflect on how they lead across boundaries. Research-informed, developmental and private to the leader.
- 03
Executive 360
Structured perspectives from the board or manager, peers and team, kept confidential and used to choose one focused next step.
Consultants with relevant experience
The people behind Leadership & Executive Advisory
Consultants are listed for relevant background. This does not make anyone a practice lead or mean each person delivers every part of an engagement; Dr. Kelvin Thomas assembles the team around each engagement.
Meet all our consultants
Dr. Kelvin Thomas, EdD, MBA, PCC
Executive Management, Organizational Consulting & Leadership Advisory
Terry McDougall
Executive Coaching, Marketing Strategy & Commercial Leadership
Darcy Roberts
Leadership Development, Team Facilitation & Change
Antoine Thomas
Operations, Team Development & Leadership Coaching
Cyrus Erickson
Executive Coaching, Commercial Leadership & Team Performance
Brenda Vallieu
Leadership Development, Learning Strategy & Facilitation
Cindy L. Taylor
Organizational Transformation, Change Adoption & Leadership Development
Other focus areas
01
Strategy & Business Growth
Decide where to focus, build the commercial foundations to grow, prepare for expansion across locations, and turn priorities into organized work.
02Organizational Effectiveness & Culture
Improve how work gets done — the operating model, processes, culture, people systems, change adoption and service practices behind performance.
04Brand & Market Positioning
Define how your organization is seen, remembered and chosen — and put that brand into consistent practice.
Research & Perspectives
Perspectives on Leadership & Executive Advisory
Leadership & Executive Advisory Leadership & Executive Advisory Built to Outlast the Engagement
Capability transfer as a design principle for consulting, and what the evidence says about making change stick
Perspective Paper No. 57 min read
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