Leadership Development, Change, and Customer Success

Hi,
I’m Chris.

I help leaders develop their people, navigate change, and build the relationships that drive lasting success.

Areas of Focus

I work at the intersection of people, change, and client relationships, helping leaders build capable teams, move through transitions with clarity, and ensure the people they serve genuinely succeed.

Leadership Development + Coaching

I help organizations build leadership capacity through structured development systems, coaching rhythms, and pipelines that grow people from where they are into what the organization needs them to become.

Organizational Change + Enablement

I guide organizations through growth and transition by designing change processes, clarifying roles and decision rights, and building the communication and support structures that keep people aligned and moving.

Client Success + Stakeholder Communication

I help leaders and teams build the relationships that last — listening carefully to what people actually need, translating across teams and stakeholder groups, and ensuring the people being served genuinely succeed.

I work at the intersection of people, change, and client relationships. My focus is developing leaders, guiding organizations through transition, and ensuring the people I work with — and the people they serve — get real, lasting value from the work.
2026-present

Operations and Technology Consultant

Partner with physician owners and operational leaders at a multi-location primary care practice to drive change readiness, staff adoption, and leadership alignment across clinical and administrative teams.

2011–2025

President, Chief of Staff, and Program Leader

Led a complex organization through sustained growth and multiple transitions, owning organizational development, leadership systems, culture, and change strategy alongside senior leaders and governance partners.

2008-2011

Director of Programming and Delivery

Led program delivery and volunteer leadership development across recurring, deadline-driven initiatives. Built onboarding systems, coaching rhythms, and structures that grew leaders and improved execution reliability.

2005-2025

Creative and Digital Operations Lead

Led client-facing initiatives across digital, marketing, and creative work — managing relationships, translating needs, and coordinating delivery while balancing competing priorities and limited resources.

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Examples of leading organizations through change and transition:

Situation
Growth introduced new leadership layers, which created confusion around ownership, decision-making, and how work moved across teams.

Action
Led a clarification effort to define responsibilities, map workflows, and establish clear decision rights across leadership, staff, and governance.

Result
Teams reported improved confidence, reduced friction, and clearer understanding of responsibilities and handoffs.

Situation
A proposed shift in long-held organizational convictions carried high emotional risk and the potential to erode trust.

Action
Designed and led a structured change process with clear documentation, open forums, consistent communication, and direct conversations with impacted leaders.

Result
The organization adopted the change with minimal disruption while maintaining trust and engagement.

Situation
Following a leadership sabbatical, the organization experienced misaligned roles, unclear accountability, and loss of shared direction.

Action
Reset leadership structure and operating rhythms, aligned roles to strengths, clarified board scope, and articulated a clear vision for the next phase.

Result
Leadership confidence stabilized, roles clarified, and alignment around priorities and direction was restored.

Across these initiatives, my focus stayed consistent. Reduce anxiety through clarity, develop people through challenge, and help organizations and the people they serve move forward together.
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Contact

I partner with leaders to develop their people, navigate organizational change, and build the relationships that keep clients and teams genuinely thriving.
I am exploring roles in organizational development, leadership development, and customer success, particularly in remote or hybrid environments where people and relationships are at the center of the work.