Change management and leadership coaching
for nonprofit, association, and corporate leaders

We support CEOs, Executive directors, and senior leaders as they guide their organizations

through growth, transition, and change — using our proven Seasons of Growth™ Framework.

Based in Washington, D.C. and working globally.

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Change is inevitable.

It is also complicated, chaotic and confusing.

As your organization evolves, you quickly realize the skills that got you this far aren’t suited to the new challenges you’re now facing.

You start feeling unsure, your team begins to struggle and before you know it, the wheels are falling off.

There is conflict. Infighting. Politics. Your staff aren’t engaged.

Morale is decreasing, turnover is increasing.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Using our proven Seasons of Growth Framework™, we are your guide as you lead your organization through transition.

We place a strong emphasis on listening, and work out what makes you and your
people tick.

Drawing on 25 years of experience with organizations around the world, we create
a bespoke intervention which we help you implement.

Through this process, team engagement increases, conflict decreases and your
organization is aligned on its vision for the future.

A bright future, one where you’re achieving results and increasing impact.

We are with you, from start to finish.
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Lead like a gardener

RCA Seasons for Growth Framework™

Your role as a leader during times of change and growth is similar to the work of a gardener tending to their land.
Underpinning our practice, this framework helps build a strong foundation for transformation and sustained impact.

Phase 1

Prepare
map

Assess the landscape

and make a plan.

Phase 2

Cultivate
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Put the plan in

action, planting and

tending to the land.

Phase 3

Harvest
orchard

Enjoy the fruits of your

labor, preparing for the next

cycle of change and growth.

LEARN HOW IT WORKS
Global Company - PharmaSenior Director
“Michael worked with our teams to address key issues impactingaffecting effective operation across global sites. His team adeptly evaluated these issues, facilitating the teams in agreeing on recommendations, and we were able to resolve them.”
National Philanthropic FoundationProgram Officer
“Michael and his team were core to our 5-year change initiative. They brought an inclusive facilitation style, steady follow-through, and were open to ideas and feedback. They have an ability to not only draw connections between ideas and people, but to also create the spaces in which all this comes together for transformational change.”
Financial Services CompanyDirector
“I can confidently state we would not be as far along in theour advancement of our organizational DEI initiative without the explicit support of Michael and his team. Their attention to the whole enterprise helped me pace this change in a deliberate manner, overcoming skepticism and gaining supporters and champions.”
National Philanthropic FoundationExecutive Director
"Michael was the right person to lead us through a very fragile and complex process. His expertise, patience, and guidance helped us get there. He has an extraordinary capacity to balance bold leadership with measured guidance. We have learned an enormous amount from him on how to work together on change."
Nonprofit Organization - Arts and CultureSenior Director
“We were facing multiple, complex challenges, entailing reorganization and launching new ventures. Michael provided crucial assistance to our leadership in a wide variety of areas. His patience, humor, diplomacy, and broad knowledge has been invaluable.”
Financial Services CompanyVice President
“After a deliberate process of assessing our company, Michael and his team synthesized their findings in an easy-to-understand format. They were able to deliver some uncomfortable findings and cultural observations to executive leadership. This was done in a way that didn’t raise hackles, instead resulting in a significant amount of buy-in for the change initiative.”
Federal Aerospace AgencyDeputy Director
“Michael’s successful engagement with me and my team and I had a big impact on how I operate today. By getting staff to open up, I learnt more about their experience and perspectives, leading me to modulate my approach significantly. I now enjoy very positive relationships with my current team.”
Global Company - Pharma Senior Director
“I found Michael to be insightful in his coaching to our teams. His advice was tailored to our situation and our people, and not a boilerplate solution to a generalized problem.”
Nonprofit Organization - Arts and CultureSenior Director
“Michael and his team were core to our 5-year change initiative. They brought an inclusive facilitation style, steady follow-through, and were open to ideas and feedback. They have an ability to not only draw connections between ideas and people, but to also create the spaces in which all this comes together for transformational change.”
Embracing the Gift of Resistance

Embracing the Gift of Resistance

December 9, 2024 No Comments

Michael joins Elisa Pratt and Andrew Chamberlain, hosts of the Association Transformation podcast, to unpack the surprising gift of resistance and its crucial role in organizational

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