What I do
Organizational change facilitation
Guiding executive teams and entire workforces through complex transitions with clarity and alignment.
Leadership development
Equipping leaders with the emotional intelligence and strategic frameworks they need in high-pressure environments.
AI upskilling and talent strategy
Redesigning how you attract, develop, and enable people, including how your managers lead alongside AI, when the old playbooks no longer apply.
How it works
Start with a conversation
You describe what’s happening, what’s been tried, and what success would actually look like. No pitch deck. No intake form.
Diagnose before prescribing
Interviews, observation, and your existing data, to understand the real problem rather than the presenting one.
Design the engagement
Scope, format, and timeline, tailored rather than templated. Some engagements are six-week sprints; others are 18-month partnerships.
Work alongside your team
I’m in the room: leading offsites, coaching leaders weekly, facilitating difficult conversations.
One engagement, in detail
Rebuilding leadership alignment after an unexpected CEO departure
A senior team drawn from three autonomous divisions had never operated as a unit. With a $2B endowment, a new board chair, and a strategic plan due in six months, the organization needed a steady hand and a clear path.
A six-month executive alignment series, plus individual coaching for four direct reports stepping into new visibility.
- Strategic framework endorsed unanimously by the board
- Two senior leaders who had signaled departures chose to stay
- Interim CEO appointed permanently with broad internal confidence
In their words
“Willie has a rare ability to hold a room. We brought him in for a leadership offsite with a team that had never been asked to work together as a unit. He read the dynamics immediately and facilitated us to alignment that shaved years off our timeline.”
“Our workforce spans five generations and a dozen countries. Willie navigated that complexity with a fluency I haven't seen from any other facilitator. He found the common ground without flattening the differences.”
“He opened our leadership summit and set the tone for the entire year. Honest, energizing, and immediately actionable. Our team is still referencing that talk six months later.”
Start with a conversation
Tell me what’s happening, what’s been tried, and what success would look like. I reply within one business day.